Bringing Mental Health Out of the Dark: Part 2

A poised, lovely young woman, Moet Kurakata, 24, loves to paint works of art and help create exhibits that promote others’ art. But seven years ago, during the summer before her senior year of high school, she became obsessed with running and counting calories. She had an eating disorder but couldn’t admit it until she was hospitalized.

“My relationship with food and exercise shifted in the summer of 2012,” she says. At the time, she was going through her first breakup and starting her first job at a Japanese restaurant.

“I can’t pinpoint what exactly led to it, but I started cutting back on my food intake, regretting whatever food I did eat.”

published on September 18, 2019