For The Days When You Need a Reminder That You Are Worth the Fight
“Hope always seemed like something abstract to me. It was out there, somehow, just maybe not for me. But now I’ve learned that it’s a tangible thing.”
Topic: eating disorders
“Hope always seemed like something abstract to me. It was out there, somehow, just maybe not for me. But now I’ve learned that it’s a tangible thing.”
“Dear bulimia: I am telling you right now that you will never come back into my life.”
"My superpowers were failing me, just like my organs were failing my body."
"You aren't wasting time. You aren't being a burden. You aren't taking away resources from people who 'need it more.'"
"In keeping these pieces hidden, I feel like I would be endorsing the view that mental illness is something to be ashamed of and it’s just not."
"I know the idea of recovery is scary, but nothing is scarier than staying in this hell we’ve been allowing ourselves to live in."
"I don’t know when I first gave myself the label of ‘not good enough.’ But I do know how it has shaped my history."
"I’d take bad days in recovery over the crappy days at the hands of the eating disorder any day."
In partnership with the National Eating Disorders Association, Screening for Mental Health provides free, anonymous eating disorder screenings.
"It seemed about as improbable as being struck by lightening or winning the lottery. And yet here I was, the victim of this thing called mental illness."
We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Crisis Text Line to connect you with a trained, compassionate counselor.
"Stigma feels like: the time I decided it would be easier to fight this alone than tell anyone and risk having them think I’m 'crazy.'"
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