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I cannot cut food out of my life cold turkey, but I can manage the situation now. And for me, that management came through honesty, openness and sharing.
I kept noticing all these small things that were building up over time, all the things that were indicating I was firmly on my way to recovery.
Anorexia isn’t the same for everyone, & whilst the majority of patients share negative attitudes towards food, it doesn’t manifest itself in the same ways.
I never wanted to play football at school; I never really wanted to take part in anything like that. I did occasionally partake in table tennis.
10 helpful things to say to someone with an eating disorder as knowing what to say to someone can be tricky.
I told my parents and they said they had suspicions but thought they'd know if something was wrong. A lot of people didn't know what to say.
I know it is up to me to destroy you. His fight alone would never win this war. But with him I do not face you alone.
It seems strange to write a letter to someone or something that isn’t a physical entity, but at the same time couldn’t be more real to me.
For me, letting go of anorexia and choosing recovery was about acknowledging that I had an identity separate from the eating disorder.
I know I have to make my secret public for my own recovery & for the sake of everyone else feeling trapped by the stigma of mental illnesses.
I don’t have an eating disorder. If you have an eating disorder you are skinny, you are a young girl, you have self-control.
There are a lot of things that often trigger people recovering from an eating disorder. Here are some of them.