Alanis Morissette Talks about Her Eating Disorder

Alanis Morissette opened up on her blog about how she struggled with eating disorder during her teenage years--eating food as a response to emotional pain.

The singer battled eating disorders bulimia and anorexia when she was a teenager and admits her struggles with food were linked to her desire to bury her feelings.

Alanis Morissette at the recent American Music Awards

'Fat can be a way to protect ourselves and survive, a way to control something in a world where everything feels out of control, and a way to stave off profound fear of feeling our feelings.

'I often find anxiety, fear, boredom, disappointment, loneliness, excitement and grief to be the top feelings food can attempt to prevent.'



Despite overcoming her disorders, Morissette still has a troublesome relationship with food and weight.

She added: 'My fraught relationship with food and fat has always been a cloaked invitation into a more profound kindness to myself (one I have so often ignored).

'Being kind toward my fragility in the face of a monolithic message of perfectionism and intolerance has not been an easy path - nor, I'm ashamed to say, a consistent one. Writing about it helps.'