Alone in the Crowd
"I was scared to be honest about where I had been, so I smiled and continued on as if nothing had happened."
Topic: eating disorders
"I was scared to be honest about where I had been, so I smiled and continued on as if nothing had happened."
"My appearance has been used to determine everything from my worth to my wellbeing, but today I am saying goodbye to that standard of measurement."
You might think you aren't hurting enough. That people are worse off than you, have fought themselves more, or have been through more.
“It was at that moment when I decided I would have to let go of the identity I built in order to live in a body and mind that I loved.”
“Real stories are powerful because they give us evidence that things can change. They show us possibilities in impossible situations.”
“At that time, all I knew was that I needed what seemed like a safer escape before things got even more dangerous.”
“I’d made multiple attempts over almost a decade, but up until this past year I hadn’t felt a true desire to let go of my eating disorder.”
“Know that, despite how alone you feel, there are always people here with outstretched arms and hearts to help you heal.”
I’ve learned there is more power in treating myself well than the power I was searching for with my compulsive behaviors.
“I felt trapped for far too long, held captive by my own preoccupation with the number displayed on my bathroom scale.”
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I tell my students there will always be these kinds of people, the people who do not believe what they have to say.
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