Mayim Bialik opens up about eating disorder for the first time, recovering

“Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik opened up for the first time about an eating disorder for which she has been in therapy for two years.

In a new episode of her podcast Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, she revealed that her latest guest – author Glennon Doyle – had inspired her to talk about it for the first time.

“In this episode, I publicly identify myself as someone with an eating disorder, which I had never done before. It was a big deal,” she told Co- host Jonathan Cohen in an introduction that appeared before the interview – but was clearly filmed after it was conducted. “I only feel inspired because of her, to do this. I’ve known my issues for years, and I’ve been recovering, so to speak, for two years.”

During the interview herself, Bialik explained that she just happens to be “compulsive hypertrophy, and I’m anorexic and I’m restrictive and I never said that.”

“This is the first time I’ve talked about it, because people are like, ‘Well, why are you so overweight?’ Well, because I’m compulsively overworked on top of being anorexic and restrictive, ”she added.

Although she has been in therapy since the age of 17, it was only recently that she began to deal with her eating disorder. “I eat too much when no one is watching,” she also told Doyle. “I eat so I have nothing to feel.”

About her weight, she was immediately exasperated to be told that she was “brave” to put herself in the public eye when she had gained 30 pounds, before opening up to the pressures on her. women in industry.

“I’m trying to release the pressure by 15 pounds lighter, which I quote” should be “by Hollywood standards,” she added. “I try to release the pressure of worrying about wearing clothes that make me look like these other women, even though I’m not these other women.

“These are my short-term goals for 2021,” she concluded. “For example, when can I wear all black without asking a stylist to say, ‘We need you in more colors.’ It’s like I’m wearing black because I feel better and I like it, and they do a lot of cool clothes in the color black? “