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.”

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.

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."

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.