This article includes discussion of eating disorders.

“It’s important to ask for help,” she said.

“The only reason I got better is I basically asked for help for the first time.”

Galey Alix on “Home in a Heartbeat”

Things only escalated in 2018 when she began planning her life with her then-fiancee.

“It kind of culminated in a really, really, really severe eating disorder.”

“I woke up the next day covered in hives.

Galey Alix walking outside

My body physically INTERNALIZED the anxiety I was having from these calls.”

“I battle this issue constantly,” Alix said.

Or do I lean into the fact that ‘feeling things deeply’ is a super power."

Galey Alix smiling in a mirror selfie

Mental health is a life-long journey, but we admire Alix’s moments of candidness along the way.

If you need help with an eating disorder, or know someone who does, help is available.