“People think anorexia is all about wanting to be beautiful, wanting to be thin, and believing they’re the same thing. But it wouldn’t matter how thin I got when I still feel this… wrong.”

That’s the most accurate description I’ve heard of anorexia. No, it’s not from a leaflet. It’s from a Netflix show.

I can’t watch TV series or films about eating disorders. They are too triggering, too painful, and, often, totally inaccurate. For so long, it feels as though writers have prioritised the ‘shock factor’ over the wellbeing of viewers, with the safety of eating disorder sufferers cast aside for reckless depictions of the most deadly mental illness.

But I think that’s shifting. Slowly.

Everything Now is the most brilliant portrayal of an eating disorder I have ever encountered. For the first time, I felt seen, as this show’s intentions were so pure. Instead of aiming to unnerve viewers with graphic details, it focuses on the very human aspect of eating disorders, the time they steal from us, and how they make just existing as a human being so indescribably hard – I never thought I’d witness that.

“Everything Now is the best representation of eating disorders I’ve seen on screen – you need to watch it”