In Unrestricted, Dawn Brockett refutes the long-standing paradigm that anorexia is about the anorectic’s need to control. Having battled and beaten severe restrictive anorexia herself, she proposes that anorexia is triggered by a lack of the space a young woman needs to fully individuate— to become who she chooses to be without being controlled by others.

Given how long treatment paradigms have held firm to this belief—and the limited progress we’ve made in treating anorexia, the deadliest of all mental health disorders—she issues a call to action to change the way anorexia and anorectics are viewed and treated.

At once heart-wrenching, heartwarming, and hopeful, this is the story of how one woman stopped disappearing, started listening to her own voice, and finally claimed her rightful place in the world.

Dawn Brockett is an author, keynote speaker, professor, advisor in the research and treatment of anorexia, and the managing director of a medical society.

Dawn was published alongside the powerful stories of many extraordinary women in What Doesn’t Kill Her: Women’s Stories of Resilience, in 2021. In 2023, she released Unrestricted: How I Stepped Off the Tightrope, Learned to Say No, and Silenced Anorexia—a deeply personal story of how one woman stopped disappearing, started listening to her own voice, and claimed her rightful place in the world.

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