163 Quotes About Anorexia

Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the fact that she felt safe in it, and cared for.'It was the first time I'd been in an environment where I felt comfortabe with all the people around me. I felt "I can be here and I can talk to anybody" and that was something that had been missing from my life'.

I am too big and too small and too much and not enough and too frightened to change and too sad to stay the same.

They said I had to get fatter. I told them my goal was 080.00 and if they wanted my respect, they'd better stop lying to me.When my brain started working again, I checked their math. Someone had made a mistake because they didn't figure in the snakes in my head and the thick shadows hiding inside the cage of my ribs.

I guess I will never come back all the way, a fog will always stand between the person I am and the person I should have been.

Looking down, she became aware of the water, which was covered with a film of calcinous hard-water particles of dirt and soap, and of the body that was sitting in it, somehow no longer quite her own. All at once she was afraid that she was dissolving, coming apart layer by layer like a piece of cardboard in a gutter puddle.

I must fight my demons, they are illogical and irrational, yet they seem to beat me each time they strike.

I wonder if she felt like me … like there’s someone inside that is so terrified, so alone … so confused and fucked up … death … it’s welcoming … it’s familiar. Living … that’s the hard part. Sometimes just taking a breath hurts.

- Yo no me revuelco en el barro -observó Bipa-. Y no hace falta ser muy lista para darse cuenta de que aquí la gente se muere de hambre. Así que no veo por qué debería tener en cuenta la opinión de alguien que vive en una casa de hielo y dice que es mejor ser blanca y flaca que estar sana y tener un hogar cálido y confortable. Es una idea absurda y estúpida.

They taught me not to harm myself by taking away anything that could be used to cause harm, by analysing my every move and studying every centimetre of my naked body on Thursday afternoons. They taught me to eat and love myself by imposing fear of consequence. When the fear vanished, I knew I would forget. They taught me nothing.