I was on my way downstairs two nights ago in the middle of the night. I needed a glass of water, and yes have this bad habit of living on the edge of walking down in the dark. The next thing I know, I tripped on something causing me to fall flat on my face. [...]
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EATING DISORDERS AND TRAGEDY… SAFE AND SOUND
THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO BOSTON I was talking to several people the other day in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. None of them had eating disorders but were expressing the horrible feeling they got when they heard the news. How they were just sick to their stomach and just couldn’t [...]
EATING DISORDERS RECOVERY…IT’S MY RECOVERY, I’LL CRY IF I WANT TO
I have never been a pretty crier. I am not one of those girls whose make-up stays in tact and afterwards nobody would possibly know. Nope I am an all out black mascara running down my face, swollen face, puffy eyed looking train wreck. Has that stopped me from crying my whole life?…Um No. I [...]
EATING DISORDER RECOVERY: IF I FELL BACKWARDS WOULD YOU CATCH ME?
One of the hardest parts of getting over an eating disorder is earning back people’s trust. Lets face it, this disease does nothing to gain any friends, but rather enemies. When you truly decide in your heart that you want to get better, it is truly a gift. So how do you earn that trust [...]
BODY IMAGE ISSUES: DON’T ASK US, AND WE WON’T TELL
Girls we have all done it at one time in our life. Our boyfriends or husbands are sitting on the bed just having a happy relaxing day and we walk in to try something on, or to take something off, or we simply look in the mirror while we are brushing our teeth. Suddenly out [...]
RECOVERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER…CARPE DIEM!
If you were told you had one day left on this earth what would you do? Would you immediately go weigh yourself 20 times, try on all your clothes to make sure they fit, jump on the treadmill for 5 hours and then make yourself a yummy bowl of lettuce? Would you be able [...]
EATING DISORDER BEHAVIOR…BORN TO BE WILD
I have always considered myself an impulsive person. Seriously, I’m that girl they target in the supermarket when I’m at the checkout stand who suddenly has to buy 600 q tips, a cherry air freshener for my car, and a plastic dog toy in the shape of a heart, even though my dog isn’t even [...]
RECOVERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER….A STAR IS REBORN
I remember truly being happy with myself once. I was ten years old and I had just written a complete play to perform for my Grandfather. Ever since I was crawling he encouraged me to express myself by acting and writing. He always called me his movie star, and because of all his encouragement and [...]
ANOREXIA TREATMENT… TO TOURNIQUET DEATH, OR KEEP A DISEASE ALIVE??
There are many issues and emotions that come up when you or somebody you know is suffering from severe anorexia. Anorexia is basically “self starvation” and is considered by many a slow form of suicide. When somebody gets to such a low body weight to the point where they are a walking time bomb, sometimes parents, [...]
THE FRESHMAN 15 MINUTES OF FAMINE
The pressure of being in college can be a lot for anybody, but mixing that with the pressures to have the perfect body can be overwhelming. The transition from high school to college is an overwhelming reason that a lot of young women develop eating disorders. People used to somewhat joke that a lot of [...]