“Just Make Her Eat”
“Dear God, please just let me wake up in the morning.” I weakly said that before I’d drift into a fitful sleep every night for weeks as I was deteriorating from a relapse of starving and purging. I...
View ArticleRaising an Eating Disorder
When I got any sort of clarity about the origins of my eating disorders, I realized they started off pretty early in my life. Now, I don’t blame anyone on what I did as an adult; that’s on me. But I...
View ArticleThe Fight With A Fork
Fortunately, most people don’t understand the battle that goes on whenever someone with an eating disorder sits down to eat. It’s agonizing, isolating, and terrifying. And, the person is grossly...
View ArticleStarving At 35,000 Feet
I’d been put on a plane in San Antonio en route to Los Angeles, via Houston (ascend x 2 and descend x 2…no direct flight). I don’t like to fly, and had taken a Benadryl to get me past the jitters. I’d...
View ArticleIntervention and Treatment Memories
I gained a lot of weight during the time I was on chemo for leukemia. It’s been very hard to get rid of it, as I’m also perimenopausal, and limited physically as far as what activity I can safely do....
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