But for all the women and girls who suffer from the diseases, there are handfuls of people who just don’t understand.
To combat the stigma, Revelist reached out to our networks and asked eating disorder survivors to share their stories, but more specifically, the one thing they wish people knew about their battle.
What they had to say was equally as moving as the struggles they’ve overcome.
Trigger warning: disordered eating
I didn’t care if I died. I didn’t care about the long-term effects.
I just wanted to be thin.
In September of 2009, I was 120 pounds and by March of 2010, I weighed 89 pounds. My skin was gray. My bones hurt.
I looked like shit.
I never felt proud of my weight loss. Never flaunted it.
Fast forward a few years and I’ve graduated college, landed a good job, and wanted more from life. And somewhere in that time, the ED got swept to the side. It was no longer a priority. I think distraction played a large part in this.
But it’ll never be enough. I’m thinking about food right now. I thought about how to eat less this morning and yesterday and for the past seven years. Every day I make a choice to eat or not eat. And that’s something that I don’t think people realize. Anorexia wasn’t a choice, as badly as I wanted it to be. It will be something that’s forever with me. It’s scary how accessible the images and stories we see online are and how influential they can be. And how influential friends and peers can be. I’m currently making the choice to be healthy. I have people that I care about and responsibilities in my life that require me to be at my best.
And who knows? This could change.
A year from now, will I still be choosing to be healthy or will I invite my ED back into the picture?
title: “9 Survivors Share The One Thing They Wish The World Knew About Eating Disorders” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-15” author: “Christopher Gutknecht”
But for all the women and girls who suffer from the diseases, there are handfuls of people who just don’t understand.
To combat the stigma, Revelist reached out to our networks and asked eating disorder survivors to share their stories, but more specifically, the one thing they wish people knew about their battle.
What they had to say was equally as moving as the struggles they’ve overcome.
Trigger warning: disordered eating
I didn’t care if I died. I didn’t care about the long-term effects.
I just wanted to be thin.
In September of 2009, I was 120 pounds and by March of 2010, I weighed 89 pounds. My skin was gray. My bones hurt.
I looked like shit.
I never felt proud of my weight loss. Never flaunted it.
Fast forward a few years and I’ve graduated college, landed a good job, and wanted more from life. And somewhere in that time, the ED got swept to the side. It was no longer a priority. I think distraction played a large part in this.
But it’ll never be enough. I’m thinking about food right now. I thought about how to eat less this morning and yesterday and for the past seven years. Every day I make a choice to eat or not eat. And that’s something that I don’t think people realize. Anorexia wasn’t a choice, as badly as I wanted it to be. It will be something that’s forever with me. It’s scary how accessible the images and stories we see online are and how influential they can be. And how influential friends and peers can be. I’m currently making the choice to be healthy. I have people that I care about and responsibilities in my life that require me to be at my best.
And who knows? This could change.
A year from now, will I still be choosing to be healthy or will I invite my ED back into the picture?
title: “9 Survivors Share The One Thing They Wish The World Knew About Eating Disorders” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-20” author: “John Dayton”
But for all the women and girls who suffer from the diseases, there are handfuls of people who just don’t understand.
To combat the stigma, Revelist reached out to our networks and asked eating disorder survivors to share their stories, but more specifically, the one thing they wish people knew about their battle.
What they had to say was equally as moving as the struggles they’ve overcome.
Trigger warning: disordered eating
I didn’t care if I died. I didn’t care about the long-term effects.
I just wanted to be thin.
In September of 2009, I was 120 pounds and by March of 2010, I weighed 89 pounds. My skin was gray. My bones hurt.
I looked like shit.
I never felt proud of my weight loss. Never flaunted it.
Fast forward a few years and I’ve graduated college, landed a good job, and wanted more from life. And somewhere in that time, the ED got swept to the side. It was no longer a priority. I think distraction played a large part in this.
But it’ll never be enough. I’m thinking about food right now. I thought about how to eat less this morning and yesterday and for the past seven years. Every day I make a choice to eat or not eat. And that’s something that I don’t think people realize. Anorexia wasn’t a choice, as badly as I wanted it to be. It will be something that’s forever with me. It’s scary how accessible the images and stories we see online are and how influential they can be. And how influential friends and peers can be. I’m currently making the choice to be healthy. I have people that I care about and responsibilities in my life that require me to be at my best.
And who knows? This could change.
A year from now, will I still be choosing to be healthy or will I invite my ED back into the picture?
title: “9 Survivors Share The One Thing They Wish The World Knew About Eating Disorders” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-27” author: “Dung Sallee”
But for all the women and girls who suffer from the diseases, there are handfuls of people who just don’t understand.
To combat the stigma, Revelist reached out to our networks and asked eating disorder survivors to share their stories, but more specifically, the one thing they wish people knew about their battle.
What they had to say was equally as moving as the struggles they’ve overcome.
Trigger warning: disordered eating
I didn’t care if I died. I didn’t care about the long-term effects.
I just wanted to be thin.
In September of 2009, I was 120 pounds and by March of 2010, I weighed 89 pounds. My skin was gray. My bones hurt.
I looked like shit.
I never felt proud of my weight loss. Never flaunted it.
Fast forward a few years and I’ve graduated college, landed a good job, and wanted more from life. And somewhere in that time, the ED got swept to the side. It was no longer a priority. I think distraction played a large part in this.
But it’ll never be enough. I’m thinking about food right now. I thought about how to eat less this morning and yesterday and for the past seven years. Every day I make a choice to eat or not eat. And that’s something that I don’t think people realize. Anorexia wasn’t a choice, as badly as I wanted it to be. It will be something that’s forever with me. It’s scary how accessible the images and stories we see online are and how influential they can be. And how influential friends and peers can be. I’m currently making the choice to be healthy. I have people that I care about and responsibilities in my life that require me to be at my best.
And who knows? This could change.
A year from now, will I still be choosing to be healthy or will I invite my ED back into the picture?
