439 Quotes About Eating-disorders

I AM TAKING A LEAP OF FATH TO LOVE MYSELF MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY—AND TO TAKE A CHANCE ON HAPPINESS BECAUSE I DESERVE IT!

No two eating disorders are the same.No two individuals are the same.No two paths to recovery are the same.But everyone's strength to reach recovery IS the same.

Sometimes we take leaps of faith, and sometimes we take tiny steps. Even the tiniest step can require a lot of courage. Like climbing out of denial and admitting my real need for help. Like trusting someone who said I wouldn’t die from eating a bowl of pasta, and taking another bite. Like reaching for a pen or a yoga mat when what I really wanted to do was reach for a cookie. Like searching for a smile in my heart when my mind was busy screaming about how sad and serious I should be.

When I was around Sunny, there was no time to dream about some easier, prettier, more comprehensible, less fucked-up existence. Now was all we had: Sunny lifting her eyes to meet mine. Cupping water in my own hands to rinse the blood off her head. Sunny’s tongue on my nose, her tail thudding on my leg. The reach of my hand across her spine. The words of comfort and rage and fear and sadness and hope that I spoke only in her presence.

Chinazo had spent another night trying to eat her way out of this sinking placeeverything dissolved into a depression she had yet to understandas a sickness not a sadness.depression her mother had understood as the devil not a sadness.

Chinazo had spent another night trying to eat her way out of this sinking placeeverything dissolved into a depression she had yet to understand as a sickness not a sadness. Depression her mother had understood as the devil not a sadness.

Recovery is a verb, not a noun. You have to be an active participant in order to continuously improve.

Your body is the piece of the universe you've been given; as long as you have a pulse, it presents you with an ongoing shower of immediate sensate experiences.

Premevo la lama come si fa con la maniglia della porta. Sperando di entrare in un'altra vita.