Advocacy through storytelling: challenging eating disorders and eating disorders stigma.

Background: Although eating disorders (EDs) are among the most stigmatised mental illnesses, a number of individuals break past this stigma and engage in ED advocacy by sharing their recovery stories. Little is known, however, about the role of such advocacy in their healing journeys.

Methods: To bridge this gap, the authors examined the role of autobiographical oral storytelling in the ED recovery of adult advocates.