General Article What recovery means to Mel

Topic Selected: Understanding Eating Disorders Book Volume: 461

Recovery is always a word that I did not think was possible, as my eating disorder had been part of me for a long time, and I felt it was my whole life and identity. 

As a girl, I always felt that I would be liked if I were slim and pretty, but here I was, at that place, and I was miserable. I blipped, lapsed, and relapsed so many times that it felt safer to stay where I was, but part of me yearned for that ‘normal life’ not the constant tug-of-war between my eating disorder and me. I wanted ...

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