As someone who hasn’t struggled with food, the thought of someone who hasn’t suffered with an eating disorder doing this kind of vid doesn’t really make sense to me. I feel like there’s so many struggles that only those who have gone through it understand. Like I couldn’t even begin to imagine the feelings of fear foods. You are so inspiring and helping so many people🤎
The video's where people who haven't struggled with disordered eating/their relationship with food eat fear foods can be helpful when you want to see that people actually eat those foods. Personally I find eg. your video's more helpful because as you said, it shows growth and helps me believe that maybe I can actually reach that point too. It feels like some sort of weird "secret" bond/understanding of knowing that you were once at the same kind of point I am right now, which is more than just knowing other people eat the foods I fear? It's helping me hope that feeling normal again is doable. It also makes me weirdly proud in a way haha
I swear.... your enthusiasm about food literally comforts me so so so much and makes me feel less guilty about eating! I watch your videos either during a meal or after a meal/snack that I felt guilty about, or whenever the crippling thoughts kick in. You're such a huge help!! Thank you so much for being a part of the side of RU-vid which promotes healthy relationship with food and body alike! ♥
Love this series and how your so transparent and clear about your experience so we can understand more! Love a bit of education mixed with entertainment. Also the vibes are ✨immaculate✨
Appreciate you so much 🤍 I can’t imagine ever getting to this place but watching you makes me know that it absolutely can be possible. As always, thank you x
a couple of months ago I was still so rigid in terms of what I ate and when, and watching you eat these things and realising none of them scare me anymore, whilst eating vegan choc cake + icecream & digestives with tea at midnight after a spontaneous gin, has made me so bloody thankful for recovery 😢😢 THANK YOU for helping me get to this place xxxx
I 100% agree that these kind of videos are more helpful/valuable coming from someone that has struggled with food in the past. Seeing the growth is so inspirational and helpful to people currently struggling whereas I think someone who hasn't struggled with disordered eating can't relate in the same way.
ok I gotta say. I have nothing against anyone who follows a raw diet, but it’s so lovely to see a vegan/plant based person on this platform with a varied diet! I love watching vegan/plant based wieads but sometimes find it triggering when all I’m seeing is a big bowl of leafy greens and 12 calorie veggies for every meal and nothing else. It’s truly a pleasure to see you eat in a non restrictive way that serves your lifestyle :)
I think it can be really helpful to see people eating normally, incorporating foods that i fear in their daily lives when they haven't struggled with an ed. It helps to see what normal eating and a healthy relationship with food looks like. however, i don't really see the value of them doing a video dedicated to it as they would then be taking up space in the recovery community that they're not a part of??
Yeah I agree with this. Like I'm not going to go off on anyone or stop watching/following them if they do it but sometimes people who haven't experienced it don't quite get what will be helpful in those videos (obvs everyone finds different things helpful but there are some general things). I do really like the idea of 'eat with me' tiktoks etc and it's so nice that people are trying to help but they're generally less helpful when the person hasn't experienced struggles with food etc. Idk if that's just me
I m so happy that I overcome most of my fear foods. All i care about nowadays is to have a healthy and functioning body. Since recovery and reaching a healthy weight i have a normal digestion, menstrual cycle and life in general got better without having the need to exercise daily for hours. This was the last thing I struggeled with the most. Its a long process and I do think everyone needs their own time. Its okay if youre still struggeling with 25 or whatever but please never give up. Its worth it to fight for your life to get it back so much there will be good and bad days but the bad days will become much less worse 🙏💛
The Swedish glace ice cream is just called "choice" here in Sweden 🤔 oh and as a former anorexic and bulimic I would NOT want a never-disordered make these videos. It's not their place.
please do more of these videos again! they are so inspiring. Loved seeing how free you are with food and how you made your milkshake and didnt measure things/ate stuff while you were making it
This was a cool video for me because I remember when I first started watching ur fear food vids I was first coming to terms with my ED, hella scared, and couldn't imagine being able to eat freely. Today, watching this video, i realized I've gone back to normal eating patterns!! It made me very proud of myself, so THANK YOU HELS for being so inspiring 💕
You are the most kind hearted soul, your compassion and reassurance has helped me more than I can ever say. Thank you for being you, and for helping us all get through life together x
Great video as always! In regards to your question about these kinds of video from some one who hasn't had disordered eating, personally I am not a huge fan. They can be done respectfully and with the best of intentions, but honestly it just doesn't sit right with me. It's a little bit like using someone else's issues for content.
Olivia Rose you are giving me hope and I am so grateful to you XXX just watching you eat all this wonderful food I am thinking I could never eat like that and wishing I could.I don't know how at the age of 52 I ended up even more messed up about food than I was at 16, I promise myself every day "today will be different, I WILL eat "fear" foods and bigger portions" but the overwhelming feelings of guilt and tension and anxiety override every time, like today when I pushed myself to eat a really huge dollop of hummus as oppose to my usual portion.... It helps so much hearing about your experience, and seeing how free you are now. Also you are so honest about constantly challenging yourself, in spite of feeling horrendously uncomfortable. To know because you pushed through it, and now you are here. I am so happy for you, for your recovery, from this moment on every time I feel the fear I am going to ask myself "what would Helena Rose do/have done " so a very big heartfelt THANK YOU XXXX (wish me luck 🥰) And to any one else going through this, good luck and so much love, we can overcome this, we can eat freely and LIVE.
Just for context. I watch a LOT of RU-vid and I have been in recovery for 2 months. There are literally THREE channels that i can watch with food related content without making recovery harder for me, and yours is one of them. AND on top of that you not only don’t make it worse, you help me to recover. So that’s extra special. I know this video and my comment are food related but this goes for all of your videos whatever the content. So keep doing what you’re doing. You’re amazing and I really wish u the best ! Have a lovely day ❤️ and I’m in quarantine so that makes me extra hyped about your videos
i completely agree with you about the topic of fear food vids ! it makes me feel a little uneasy because it can come across as very ingenuous and they sometimes don’t really address the fact that fear foods look different to others ? there definitely is a lack of education and it especially bothers me when youtubers who use diet culture references(i.e the use of “cheat day” and “naughty foods” 🤢) in their vids try to make fear food videos …
!! Yes I completely ! I find it very confusing when people will say do a fear food video, followed by a weight loss video that is riddled with diet culture convo - think all intentions are in the right place but wonder if it’s best placed elsewhere
I find it fascinating how we become stuck in food anxiety - what is that actual moment when our mentality changes to start fearing something we now can no longer see as "okay" to eat? Weird isn't it? Your videos are brilliant. Much respect!
I’m 12 and I’m in an Ed recovery unfortunately I’ve had to start this by myself but I have decided to not let my Ed take over me anymore and I’m trying out intuitive eating, wish me luck.
Personally when I see people who have not struggled with food/eds making this type of video, I appreciate it because I think it helps normalize eating meals like these and make it something that can be shared/enjoyed by everyone! However I think maybe to be more sensitive they could frame it as something other than eating “fear foods”, eg. treating myself with food for a week or eating my subscribers cravings or something like that which is not specific to people who have or are trying to recover from issues with food.
Watching these videos makes me uncomfortable but also important. Over the last year, I've been super obsessed with body image and I really stopped loving a lot of my favorite foods. I'm going to try to enjoy more foods more, thank you ♥
Feels so good to see that others got fear foods too and one's not alone with it ... ? Was sceptical when I started the video, but got the message - thanks helena x
normally i don't write comments but this time i definitely have to! thank you very much for making videos like this and talking about this topic so open... it's like chatting with a friend and i looovee it. i am from germany and i am so glad that i found you. during lockdown i really struggled with food etc and videos like that would have helped me a lot. i really hope you can help others with your videos! keep going! thank you!
Have had a bunch of fear food, some I have overcome, some I still struggle with... Butter, gravy, whipped cream, bananas, and soda are definitely the worst for me. Haven't really told anyone, just hiding behind a 'Just don't like it' facade (which makes it really hard to overcome). Not sure why I'm sharing on here, maybe for accountability. Anyway, great video
i think something thats interesting about mukbangs and food challenge foods is that it's completely fine for slimmer people to make those types of videos but as soon as someone who is larger makes these videos, it's as if people take that as permission to fat shame/body shame them. idk it's a complicated one isn't it
10000% this is such an important point !!! u see this all the time on tiktok, not even challenges just eating certain foods in general - there’s so much fatphobia and double standards when it comes to food content online
Great video.... I generally thought the tub of butter in table by pastries was a tub of ice cream hahaha, interesting chat about people without ED history I look at hubby like wow eats what he wants what he fancies whenever, as in he is a no Ed history person and it’s like to me I am like #goals but then people who have videos like this it helps as they understand fear foods to a level others without will never fully comprehend
My fear food is sushi. But I had it today and it was delicious! I was still hungry afterwards so I ordered tofu curry soup. It was hot asf and I'm sweating now
As soon as I saw whipped cream in the opening I was like "damn" lol One of my favourites that others "fear." So many fear foods are fucked up. I can't eat in front of people, but I will go out for alcoholic drinks. Drinking calories? Yes please. Love frappuccinos. Starbucks will give you a literal cup of whip on the side lol Essential. Gak! WTF vegan croissants! Can you share about where the UK is at with pandemic bullshit? I heard you guys are doing really well with lifting restrictions and attaining a significant amount of normality. I'm thinking of moving! I like when "normal eaters" do I-eat-your-fear-foods videos because: 1. They probably get tons of comments from disordered eaters (because we all know we love to eat vicariously!) saying "I wish I could eat like you", or "x food terrifies me" ... 2. It reminds you what "normal eating" looks like. This person never had food issues so I can trust that the way she eats is normal, these foods are not good, bad, or scary, and wow she's eating that, why can't I!? 3. When I watch fear food videos by disordered eaters in recovery, I question whether the actually eat like this on the regular or if they're "allowing" a cheat day or a one-off to challenge the ED. Schitt's Creek is Canadian
One of mine was deffo 'cereal bars' like even 7 years plus after recovery ill eat a belvita and that little fucking voice sayings its bad is SO GOD DAMN LOUD i eat it anyway cos belvita is fit, but still 🤣🤣🤣
I personally would feel patronised by people who haven't had food issues making videos like this, even if it's not intended, because they will never understand first hand the seriousness of fear foods and disordered eating.
