Follow my unique story of anorexia recovery where, following 3 long hospital admissions, I am now out living life and fighting for recovery. I'm fighting a mental illness whilst doing a full time job and trying to make it in the world. This is my journey of recovery which hopefully will help all those out there in a similar situation to myself - You are not alone! I vlog about the daily ups and downs of anorexia recovery, the good bits and the bad bits, what I eat in a day, and popular topics and issues around eating disorders and recovery. Please, please subscribe to my channel - we can do this together!
I'm so sorry you went through that, and is amazing you could get better. When I was in Highschool I tried to get this illness, but I just couldn't stand the migraines of not eating. Now I'm thankful of those migraines, they may have saved my life.
This is my biggest fear ; I only eat about 2 tablespoons of mashed vegetables per day, mainly focusing on high calorie, low density food (cheese, peanut butter). It's taken me 11 months to gain 2kg, but my midriff is still flat
Dealing with eating disorders is no joke. I’m doing better now but I got hit hard with anorexia in middle school, I had teachers and classmates constantly telling to just eat more and calling me a twig all the time which made it worse. I was miserable in middle school and completely unaware that what ppl were saying to me wasn’t right but I wish I had bc it was totally inappropriate (especially the teachers). I was around 5’5 male and barely 80 pounds throughout all of middle school
I always thought that what they meant was it was your own voice not a different voice . It's not another voice in their head it's the anorexia thinking of your own self
I’m 14 and I was put in hospital 2 years ago today, since than I’ve managed to nearly fully recover and I can tell you I wouldn’t trade anorexia for a single one of the memories I’ve made, relationships I’ve built with my friends and the things I’ve been able to do ❤ Anyone reading you are beautiful and make this world way better, care for ur healthy and the environment! There’s just so many things to do, people to meet also, reach ur inner child’s dreams❤❤:)
@@mel_justmel9569 Hi! It was unessecerry putting that detail into my comment and I apologize for that. If you think you aren’t “sick enough” it shows you already are “sick enough” because when someone who is healthy would not think like that. I’m not just talking about my experience but what I mean is the same can and WILL happen if you choose to recover. You will realize how truly beautiful life is and you deserve it girl, I promise 💕💕🫶🫶.
I'm so so proud of you beating anorexia,you look amazing,I was sitting crying at your journey back to health and living again,god bless you and keep you safe xxx
Hello, first and foremost, thank goodness that you are alive & healthy again. ❤ Anorexia is a horrible disease. I believe that your loving parents had a lot to do with your outcome. They deserve to be thanked for loving you so much. They are the ones that didn't give up on you when you gave up on yourself. I feel like they should be given praise for being wonderful, loving parents. So, I just wanted to acknowledge them. 😇
My best friend died from anorexia at seventeen. I wish this illness wouldn’t hurt so many people anymore. Thank you for getting better. The world thanks you for living to see it and shining on it more. You’re amazing.
Hands susceptible to burns. I've to wear protective gloves and had to get childrens ones as my fingers got too thin. I also have 2 use takeaway two coffee cups as heat of one will burn to the bone. The ceramic mugs also hurt my hands. Rings were very hard to find.
I finished reading you book its a very interesting book and im happy you recover from Anorexia it help me to understand my daughter and what is she going through now Than You
I almost died cus my esophagus stopped working now I’m gtube dependent I find it hard to relate to people starving on purpose. I wanted to eat that pizza you showed so bad I cried. It was so annoying for drs to gaslight me saying “you gotta eat!” Would not listen to me I was down to 87 pounds they put me in gtube and accused me of being anorexic on purpose IT TOOK THEM 6 mos to finally do swallowing test to finally discover my esophagus won’t work and the swallow problem is beyond my conscious control!! Nothing worse than being treated like a mental case when you have a physical problem!
It's been a while...how are you dong now? But OMG...YOU are ME!! I gained a good amount of weight in ED recovery, so now I'm really physcally healthy, but none of my old stuff fits. I'm FREAKING out, don't know what to do or try...the styles that looked good before don't anymore and I'm in uncharted territory. HATE dressing rooms, yikes! Looked up the Garment Project, but they are no longer a non profit. wish i could find some help.
I’ve suffered from anorexia and bulimia. As a fashion model the drive to be thin was intense. In the years since I’ve struggled with emotional over eating. Thank you for sharing your story
Hi, have you heard of Dr Joe Dispenza and his amazing work? People heal all sort of dis-eases through changing their emotional state. It's a mind to matter healing approach. Plenty of testimonials here on RU-vid ✨🙏✨
Hi hun , how are you doing these days with your eating disorder as I've suffered from severe Anorexia with binge / purge subtype for the past 34 years now as I'm 49 years old ? Xxx
This is why I knowledge is power, to think you would get “faster” by losing muscle is crazy. If your trainer was any good he would have told you losing any weight past how thin you already were would fuck up your training. Yea you might be lighter on your joints that it don’t matter if you don’t have muscles to work with the joints.
you’re incredible! and you’re NOT alone. so many of us out there, all over the world know this struggle. thank you for this video! you’ve helped thousands of people.
This sure struck a cord. It took me 20 years to stop punishing my body. I was an artist and had to be perfect at it just like she wanted to be perfect in sports. It seems most of us who have fought anorexia are perfectionist with whatever our passion is. She didn't mention her parents, but for me it was my dad who made me feel inadequate. He didn't mean to and he loved me, but I was always seeking his approval. i Was a big child and very unpopular and picked on by other kids, even some teachers. Some family members even had to make comments about my size. I wasn't just over weight, I was tall and broad. Finally at age 13 I went on my first diet. I lost 20 pounds in a month. People started noticing and complimenting me. That put in my head that my worth depended on my size. So, I dropped more and more weigh. I became obsessed with dieting and would punish my body by, no food and exercise exercise exercise. On normal days I'd eat mabey a small salad with no dressing and nothing but vegetables and water all day. On my punishment days when I didn't lose a pound or two, it was a few saltine crackers and water. I passed out a one time but I was alone. I'd lose weight this way and crash, start again, crash. I once took so many over the counter diet pills that I thought I was gonna die. My parents were clueless. This was in the late 80's when ED's were not as noticed. I did this crazy form of dieting over and over until age 35. I am now completely over it. I a happy mother, grandmother and a freelance artist. My dad finally told me, he was very proud of me. My family and Jesus are the ones who got me here. I'm a bit over weight at 54 but I could care less. My focus is no longer on my vanity. Its on my babies, grand babies, my art and my God.
i am so proud of you ♥︎ there are a million things i'd like to tell you right now but i'm going to limit it to the most important: your story was heartbreaking to read.. though you came out as the winner - standing beautifully and passionate about so many beautiful aspects of life (family, art, ...) you're an inspiration! 🍀 i hope you're loving life these days and i wish you the very, very best ⋆｡ ๋࣭ ⭑ much love from lilly!
@@orbesoi thanks Lilly, yes, I love life. I still have some issues with depression and anxiety but that is a chemical thing that I deal with with some meds but mostly with prayer, my family and painting. I am beyond blessed but it took me many years to see that and to let that frame of mind drive my thoughts instead of feel the hurt. I now count my blessings every time the woes well up. You be blessed dear lady.
Thank you. I don't know how the algorithm got me here. I guess it knows... I struggle with anorexia as part of severe depression. When the depression is in remission, I am actually fine. When it flares up, I start to struggle with food, body image, obsessive weight control, compulsive exercising etc etc. Tough battle. Getting adequate medical care is not easy. And finding people who accept us and love us despite the illness is even less likely. I am somewhat resigned I will battle with these problems all my life. I am grateful of all the help I received along the way. I am only sad it take away so part of me and my life. If I could always stay healthy I could do more good in the world. Thank you.
I briefly met a girl that did modeling and was about 20 years old. I was thin myself, around 103 pounds, and she offered me a bathing suit that was too “big” for her. It was even small for me though. I remember seeing her knees and they seemed too large. It looked strange to me. I realized later why her knees looked large. It wasn’t that her knees were large, it was that her upper legs were so thin that her knees were bigger than her upper legs, like this girl’s picture. It wasn’t but a couple weeks later that I heard that she died from anorexia. Her heart just gave out I guess. I was shocked. She apparently was modeling up until a few weeks before she died. That should say something about the modeling industry.
