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My distorted thoughts began when I was five and my eating disorder (Ed) stayed with me until age 37. Ed was by my side every day telling me what to do, how to do it, what to eat, what not to eat, where to go, what to say and so much more. Today, I am finally free.

On a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon last month, 250 people laced up their sneakers and headed to the University of Connecticut campus in West Hartford to participate in the first National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) walk in Connecticut.

Walden Behavioral Care and Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), opened a clinic for treating eating disorders at the ECHN South Windsor Medical Office Campus, 2400 Tamarack Ave.