May you live every day of your life.
"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
There have been many times when I’ve been talking about body positivity/intuitive eating/killing the diet industry and have been ricocheted back with comments such as, “But you’re not fat so this isn’t an issue for you” or “You’re only saying that you can eat whatever you want when you want because you’re skinny”. Comments like … Continue reading “But you’re not fat”
I’ve seen many a psychiatrist over my time spent battling mental health problems. Some have been okay, and some have felt like a complete waste of time. Since my relapse late last year, I have taken the private route in seeking mental health help due to the poor service and agonisingly long wait the NHS … Continue reading “You’re Such a Drama Queen!”
It's been nearly 4 months since I started recovering and I am now thankfully past all the uncomfortable and distressing effects of initial weight restoration, and my body is now adjusting to its natural weight and fat distribution (yay!) I thought I would take the time to reflect on the past few months and share … Continue reading Going Against The Norm – How I Went About Re-feeding and Weight Restoration
The following post was originally a document I created for myself to read whenever I was stressing out about weight gain (i.e every second of the day). I read through many recovery websites and blogs, and picked out the information and facts that I found most helpful and reassuring. After showing it to some of … Continue reading What To Remember During and After Weight Restoration From a Restrictive Eating Disorder
About two and a half weeks ago, I made the brave decision to recover. I plan on doing a post about what happened for me to have this change of mind towards recovery, in hope of saving someone else going through what I did. However this will most likely be at a later date, as the point at … Continue reading The Initial Stages of Recovering From Anorexia – Behind The Scenes
I was debating about whether to address or talk about this situation at all until I remembered that I created this blog to document the highs AND lows of recovery. Unfortunately, recovering from any mental illness is never a straight road and it would be naïve of me to not address the bumps and slips that are … Continue reading Understanding A World of Madness
Growing up, society taught me that salads were healthy and burgers were not. In hospital we were never allowed to discuss topics such as food or exercise so during my recovery this mentality never changed. When I was discharged, I was really struggling with the concept of being healthy. It got to the point where I … Continue reading There Is No Such Thing As ‘Good’ And ‘Bad’ Foods
Hey guys. I decided to create this blog to document my recovery from mental illness in hope that it helps me express my feelings in a more positive and helpful way. With stress and exams taking over my life at the moment, I have found myself bottling everything up and using unhelpful coping mechanisms. I also … Continue reading The Beginning
May you live every day of your life. 