Connor Spratt is a mental health advocate from the UK. Using his own experiences with an eating disorder, he aims to expand the conversation needed around eating disorders, body image, obsessive exercise and related topics.
Being one of very few men who speak about these issues, he aims to get men more to come forward and share their experiences.
Approximately 50% of people suffering with a binge eating disorder, and 25% of people suffering with anorexia or bulimia are male. Yet cultural stigma, as well as under-diagnosis, means these actual percentages are likely much higher. So why are we still being told that eating disorders are just female illnesses — and why is this misconception so very problematic?
Connor Spratt, shares his experience from his own eating disorder and discusses why lack of male representation has a devastating effect on recovery.