February 2012
6 posts
Eating Disorder Awareness Week - Break the silence
As you all probably know this week is EDAW and, to me, this is a very important week in the battle against EDs.
The theme of the week is ‘Break the Silence’ which, essentially, carries a number of messages:
- If you are suffering alone with an ED, speak out and get help.
- If you know of somebody who is suffering alone then speak out for them, tell somebody.
- If you are, or were,...
Anonymous asked: I know you're not as active on your blog as you used to be, and I only recently discovered your blog... but today I have read through all 86 pages of it and been totally inspired, encouraged, excited and touched by what you're doing on here. (and at the end I went and got a chocolate bar!). This is just to say how amazing you and your recovery are, and whatever happens in the future for...
Anonymous asked: I'm recovering and beating my anorexia by myself. I now realise food isn't the problem, but my problems made food representative of them. I'm really struggling to accept myself as a healthy person and to feel like I have any worth at all. If you had a bad day would there be anything you'd do or any way you would deal with it? x
So sorry...
Hi guys,
I know I haven’t been active in a while and I’d very much like to apologise! I’ve just moved house and have practically had it knocked down and rebuilt, not to mention doing exams as well!
I will, however, be posting regularly again!
Hope you’re all stilll fighting!
xxx
August 2011
9 posts
3 tags
“Mental illness doesn’t choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest...”
– Steve Lopez (The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music)
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“I honestly don’t understand why so many people believe that this mental illness...”
– Sickly-thin (via scaredofliving)
Sorry I haven't posted in a while
I needed to take a break from all of the eating disorder stuff for my own sake. I’ve been crazy busy since exam time and things with my friendship group haven’t been running smoothly - I was beginning to feel the pressure. I needed to take some me time and focus on keeping myself well. So I haven’t forgotten you all, I’ve just been making sure that I’m in the right...
100reasonstorecover asked: Hello!
I am trying to compile a book based around the idea of my blog called 100 Reasons to Recover. The book will be submission based, and it depends on people submitting inspiring photographs, stories, and artwork based around the reasons. Any money I raise from the book will go towards funding treatment of my friends, who are currently in recovery for eating disorders. Only thing...
I am trying to compile a book based around the idea of my blog called 100 Reasons to Recover. The book will be submission based, and it depends on people submitting inspiring photographs, stories, and artwork based around the reasons. Any money I raise from the book will go towards funding treatment of my friends, who are currently in recovery for eating disorders. Only thing...
Anonymous asked: I hope you realise how many people you are helping to become strong enough to live their lives again. You are so amazing Emily. We are all so very proud of who you are & how much you do for others. Xxx
Anonymous asked: You are awesome :D It would make my day if in the near future, I would walk into a hospital and see you taking care of the patients - I would feel so relieved and assured as they would be in safe hands :) as professional help for EDs seriously needs someone like you in the scene. Fast!! :) xxxxx
Anonymous asked: are you going to update atall?? guess your very busy!? it's been quite a while now.
June 2011
53 posts
Never falter, never fade.: Dreams comes with a... →
keepyoursmile:
It comes with sacrifice. You have to have the will, and the integrity, to stand up for what you want. Even if you may have the talent, you have to be able to dream for it. You have to see it within your grasp, and you have to work hard for it everyday, or else it will turn into a dream deferred….
“Change those voices in your head, make them like you instead.”
– Pink - Fuckin’ Perfect
Reblog if you do or have actually cried because...
The thing is it really isn’t worth shedding a tear over, but sometimes it helps!
Anonymous asked: Hi, I have had anorexia for almost 3 years now and I'm 17...I was discharged from an inpatient hospital and eventually my cahms and everything was going really well but now i've just gone so far back to my old ways i don't know what to do. I'm on a meal plan which I can't avoid because my mum makes me eat it but now its just the exercise which i'm finding really hard...
super-jelly asked: thanks for following..<3
Anonymous asked: I'd just like to thank you for this blog. it has really turned my life around. reading the motivational quotes, images and reading what you or others type has really helped me bury the old niggles and demons from the past about eating and my body shape. it has really helped me look at things in perspective and make me realise that its the future that matters and your past only makes you...
Anonymous asked: I would really like some advice:
I have had anorexia from the age of 11 (I'm 15 now). Since then I have had a morbid obsession with counting calories, meaning that for years on/off I have been only eating pre packaged foods and other foods of which I know the exact cal content of. I have been hospitalised two times. However, for most of this time I have been at a 'healthy'...
I have had anorexia from the age of 11 (I'm 15 now). Since then I have had a morbid obsession with counting calories, meaning that for years on/off I have been only eating pre packaged foods and other foods of which I know the exact cal content of. I have been hospitalised two times. However, for most of this time I have been at a 'healthy'...
“There is no bad guy in this tale. The person who jumped through the door and...”
– Marya Hornbacher, Wasted (via selfinspiration)
Bear in mind that people with eating disorders tend to be both competitive and intelligent. We are incredibly perfectionistic. We often excel in school,athletics,artistic pursuits. We also tend to quit without warning. Refuse to go to school,drop out,quit jobs,leave lovers,move,lose all our money. We get sick of being impressive. Rather,we tire of having to seem impressive. As a rule,most of us...
“This is a much more complicated issue than appears at first glance, and if a...”
– Myths and misconceptions (via betterthanbones)
This disgusts me, how do the expect us to get...
sickly-thin:
Lets get another perspective to look at! Below are some things doctors and therapists have said to ED-patients…
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spellboundrapture asked: You are inspirational; I have added your blog to my 'Support' list on http://thisunbearablelightness.tumblr.com/, I hope you do not mind; please continue the wonderful work you are doing! x
How to live with someone who is mentally ill (when...
livinginthebelljar:
So I got a request yesterday to write about how to live with a mentally ill person when you’re mentally ill yourself. I don’t have any firsthand experience with this, so excuse me if I’m not getting everything right – I’m a little out of my comfort zone. However, I’m going to throw in some general tips about living with a mentally ill person in general. Since mental illness...
Youth Self Help United
As part of my work with S.E.E.D I have helped to from the support group, Youth Self Help United. We’re meeting at 6pm tomorrow at:
The Endsleigh Centre
Beverley Road
Hull
HU6 7LJ.
If you’re local feel free to come along!
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings...”
– Frank Herbert (via atomos)
strongerthistime-deactivated201 asked: I do have professional help but I don't feel 'just talking' is getting me any where. It's been two years now. The only thing I've achieved is knowledge. Sometimes I miss being clueless. Knowing you have a mental disorder can be so overwhelming, it's easy to just ignore it & pretend that everyone else is wrong.
I'm not sure if it's worth fighting...
I'm not sure if it's worth fighting...
strongerthistime-deactivated201 asked: I've set myself back by 3 months. I really don't know how I'm going to get those 3 months back plus the weight I'm meant to put on. I know we all fall down but I've fallen down too many times now. I've had wonderful support off here but I can't motivate myself to doing it.
What motivated you the most?
What motivated you the most?
strongerthistime-deactivated201 asked: Really? That means a lot as you're one of my role models. One day I wish to be as strong as you, I want to show an amazing example like you do. You're proof that there is hope for all us. We're blessed to have you ^_^.
The leap of faith.: "Pro-ana" is a rather strange... →
skinnythinobsession:
diamondskeletons:
reachingthin:
It’s a serious disease. And it makes me sad.
Could not agree more, I don’t see anyone on here saying they think diabetes is a lifestyle choice
I just love how eating disorders are the only mental illness with this ‘pro’ crap….
strongerthistime-deactivated201 asked: I really do admire you, you have so much potential & ah you're just so wonderful!
strongerthistime-deactivated201 asked: Your last post was so beautiful <3!
You're such an inspiration!
You're such an inspiration!
What's the point?
Sometimes the world seems to slip away from me, it falls slowly between my fingers and its gone. Everything that I have is lost for a split second, nothing feels real. Its like when you repeat a word over and over again until it sounds like a jumble of sounds that make no sense. My life becomes a jumble of colours, sounds and memories that mean absolutely nothing. Its then that I realise that...