14. Growing Up with a Parent with Mental Illness & Struggling with an Eating Disorder




The Phoenix Effect show

Summary: Today on The Phoenix Effect Podcast Veronica shares her very personal story of growing up and her struggles of having one parent with schizophrenia and the other battling alcohol abuse. Veronica shares how she tried to take control of some parts of her life, and controlled food, and eventually developed an eating disorder. Veronica opens up about all of her hard times, and how she grew into the amazing woman she is today despite all she has been through.