Freshers' Week 2017 Magazine FW Magazine | Page 23

STARFISH Our relationship with food and our bodies often changes – sometimes we feel secure in our bodies, other times we may feel insecure, we also may go through phases of trying to eat more healthily, or we might eat too much and lose touch with our appetite. Troubles with eating and our bodies are incredibly common, but they can become a problem when we feel like they are taking over. There are great benefits from talking to others with the same problem. Starfish is a peer-support group which we run in conjunction with the Glasgow-based eating disorder charity, GEDS. Starfish runs once a month on campus but GEDS also run a session in town, so there is a meeting once a fortnight. You can go to as many or few and go as often or little as you feel you need/want to – the sessions are anonymous (and no one from the GUSA council sits in on them).