Ana is not a friend
01/05/2019
There were two of me – there was Ana (the anorexia) and then there was the real...
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Life does get better!
29/04/2019
My resolution last year was to keep choosing recovery. After looking back on the...
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“Free, exciting and emotional”: Join the Big Jump for Beat!
25/04/2019
Will you join the Big Jump on Saturday 5 October? Take part along with hundreds...
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You have to work hard to achieve recovery, but it is achievable....
24/04/2019
Bulimia isn’t a disease or bug you just get over by taking antibiotics. It is a...
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Healing my damaged brain
19/04/2019
I was walking around my local library looking for a new book to read, when I saw...
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Zero does not equal love. Only in tennis.
17/04/2019
Three different weights. One eating disorder. One struggle. The first time my...
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I am a warrior.
15/04/2019
I think I was about 14 years old when my eating disorder started, but I think I’...
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10 Lessons I Learnt Last Year
12/04/2019
1. Comparison really is the thief of joy. There will always be someone who...
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It really is okay to eat
10/04/2019
When you’ve had an eating disorder for so long, you become numb to the feeling o...
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Sui Generis (A person or thing that is unique, in a class by its...
08/04/2019
Following about 25 – 30 admissions to psychiatric wards and eating disorder unit...
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I decided to take the risk and it’s been the best decision yet.
05/04/2019
Below is a poem I wrote near the start of my recovery from anorexia. I felt I co...
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Learning to open up…
03/04/2019
Going to my GP in March of last year was something that I knew I had to do. Don’...
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