EP 250: 5 Scary Stories Your ED Tells You + How to Stop Being Haunted by Them This Halloween👻🍬

Happy Halloween, girlfriend! But let's talk about what's TRULY scary - the lies your eating disorder has been telling you that keep you trapped, paralyzed, and missing out on your life.

In this special Halloween episode, host Lindsey Nichol unmasks the 5 scariest stories your eating disorder tells you and reveals why they're complete fiction. If you're a woman over 40 who's been haunted by food fears, candy panic, and the belief that you've been struggling "too long" to ever find freedom, this episode is your wake-up call.

Lindsey shares her own triggering Halloween experience - dressing up as a plastic surgery victim in her mid-20s, complete with bandages and circles marking her "imperfections" - and how that costume revealed just how deep her denial really was. Then she walks you through each scary story, debunking the lies and replacing them with truth.

This isn't just a Halloween episode. This is permission to finally unmask your eating disorder and step into the freedom you deserve - no matter your age, no matter how long you've been struggling.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

Lindsey's Halloween Confession:

• Why Halloween was always triggering (candy panic, food fear, restriction spirals)
• The plastic surgery victim costume story that revealed her denial
• How eating disorders convince you the horror show is normal
• The moment she realized she was literally wearing her body dysmorphia as a costume

The 5 Scary Stories (Lies) Your ED Tells You:

Scary Story #1: "If I Eat Candy, I'll Lose All Control"

• Why restriction and deprivation CREATE the loss of control
• How scarcity breeds obsession and leads to binging
• The truth about trusting yourself around "forbidden" foods
• What you're really missing when you avoid Halloween treats with your family

Scary Story #2: "I'll Gain Weight Immediately If I Stop Restricting"

• Why your body is not a calculator waiting to punish you
• The truth about initial weight fluctuation during healing
• How restriction has NEVER given you the body you thought it would
• What set point really means and why fighting it exhausts you

Scary Story #3: "I Can't Trust Myself Around Food"

• Why you've forgotten what trust feels like after years of external rules
• How every restriction reinforces the lie that you're not capable
• What you're modeling for your kids or grandkids when you don't trust yourself
• The truth: trust is rebuilt one choice at a time

Scary Story #4: "Everyone Will Judge Me If I Gain Weight (And So Will I)"

• The double lie: external judgment + internal harsh critic
• Why the people who matter want you PRESENT, not perfect
• What people are actually judging (your obsession, not your body)
• The scary truth: you're already miserable, the ED isn't protecting you FROM misery

Scary Story #5: "I've Been Struggling So Long, I'll Probably Always Be This Way"

• Why the length of time struggling has NOTHING