inherited hunger trauma

Foggy Victorian beach mid-morning with blank canvas showing skeletal outlines and chaotic strokes on easel, sparse driftwood piles, Bass Strait backdrop, representing CPTSD eating disorder, restriction, binge cycles, and slow path to nourishment in trauma recovery.

CPTSD Eating Disorder: Starved Strokes

This week the brush starves the frame: eating disorder's grip for control, restriction to skeletal basics or binge floods to numb the void. Echoes of childhood hunger for safety, intertwined with OCD rituals and alcohol haze. A slow breath toward nourishment.

Written by: Blank Canvas

Published on: 03/03/2026

About

I’m Elara Thorne, a 35-year-old artist tucked away on the Victorian coast, gathering driftwood and watching Bass Strait storms roll through. Behind the pseudonym and the paint lies the long shadow of a childhood shaped by a combat veteran father’s anger, silence and neglect. This blog is my canvas for Complex PTSD – raw, disguised stories of hypervigilance, alcohol’s haze, depression’s grey wash, and the slow, stubborn return of colour. No confessions, just strokes towards something new.

© 2026 Strokes on a Blank Canvas