4st7lbs: A Painful Journey Through Anorexia

4st 7lbs is a song from Welsh rock group Manic Street Preachers off of their third record The Holy Bible. Written by rhythm guitarrist Richey Edwards, it is often viewed as a reflection of his experience with Anorexia. This video was done as a way to preserve the importance of its contents and to bring awareness to this condition, so suffice to say that viewer discretion is advised.

This video was a bit hard to make due to how long it is, but the length was necessary to properly explain the contents of this song.
Thank you so much for watching.

Organizations for the recovery from eating disorders:
(UK):
Caraline: https://caraline.com/
BEAT: https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
National Center of Eating Disorders: https://eating-disorders.org.uk/
(US):
National Eating Disorders Association: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.o... National Alliance for Eating Disorders: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorder... National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders: https://anad.org/- FEAST: https://www.feast-ed.org/- Project HEAL: https://www.theprojectheal.org/
(Australia):
National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/
Butterfly: https://butterfly.org.au/
(Japan):
Japan Association for Eating Disorders: https://www.jafed.jp/
(Canada):
National Eating Disorder Information Centre: https://nedic.ca/
(Germany):
German Society for Eating Disorders: https://www.dgess.de/
(Portugal):
CRETA: https://www.cretatratamento.com/anore...

Research links:
NHS UK Anorexia page: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/cond...
Interview with Emily Troscianko and Sue Blackmore: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/...
Epidemiology of Eating Disorders: Incidence, Prevalenceand Mortality Rates: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Depression and Eating Disorders: https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/tr...
Richey Edwards's BBC article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sit...
Caraline Neville-Lister documentary:    • Caraline's Story - A Young Anorexic's...  
Article written by Within Health: https://withinhealth.com/learn/articl...
Edwards' interview with Villa 65 Dutch Radio:    • Richey interview at Villa 65, Dutch R...  
A Version of Reason The Search for Richey Edwards by Rob Jovanovic: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Version-Reas...

My Twitter:   / joefikifiki  

PS: I mentioned Wendigoon so here's his channel -    / @wendigoon   (best youtuber out there)
(Also I've just realized that I misspelled Richey Edwards' name in 00:33, sorry about that...)

00:00 Intro
01:25 Anorexia Nervosa
03:33 Richey's Story
07:22 4st7lbs Melody
09:15 Caraline's Story
11:02 4st7lbs Story
25:35 Aftermath
26:19 Outro