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.
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.
For me, letting go of anorexia and choosing recovery was about acknowledging that I had an identity separate from the eating disorder.
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If this experience has taught me anything, it is that although it is scary to take a leap of faith, to venture into the unknown, it can be so worth it.
Having anorexia is a journey and at every step I’ve taken with this illness, my mother has been there.
What people do not seem to realise is that we do not want this either.
I want to raise awareness of this terrible illness and what it does, not just to the sufferers but also to the ones around them.
Anorexia was not a part of my early life. I was a pretty normal teenager, I didn’t really rebel.
When I heard that word, “Anorexia”, I remember feeling completely in denial of all the information that was being bombarded at me.