I have often heard anorexia nervosa sufferers complain of “memory gaps,” particularly during the times they were really sick. As if they weren’t really there. It can be scary and unnerving, to say the least. A few months ago, a Tumblr user asked me about this:
I researched the question a bit myself and what was meant to be a short responses turned into a 1,000+ word answer.
In this post I’ll expand on my answer, and so it will be different from what I usually write. It won’t be an in-depth analysis of one or two studies. Instead, I’ll guide you through my thought process in answering this question and what I found during my search.
Importantly, I am not expert on this topic and I have not done a thorough search, which is to say: this is not comprehensive and your ideas/thoughts are always welcome.
When I first read the question, I thought, assuming this is something that is true and replicable among many with eating disorders (or just anorexia nervosa), the phenomena might be due to deficits with …