LET'S BEAT THIS.

{BLOG POST BY S}

This is the second blog post from this wonderful girl, she really is such an inspiration and I hope you find this post as helpful and inspiring to read as I did. 

Hi Guys!

I'm back again! I hope you liked my last post. I am so honored and chuffed to be involved in this blog. I think it is just super unreal and it's so nice to have this here for help and support and to know there are others out there like us - sometimes you just feel so alone and isolated and like nobody understands - but that's not true! So many people do!

So anyway today I had an epiphany.

I just realised how horrible and disgusting and awful I am Ana has made me appear. And no, it wasn't cause I felt fat. For once in my life it wasn't that, no- it was because I saw a bald spot on my head. Like, ew right?! And whose fault is that? It's Ana's. Yes it is. So thanks a lot Ana. At seventeen I'm losing my hair. That is just sick and super awful.

I thought if I got skinny I would get skinny and girls and boys would look at me and think, "Wow! She's gorgeous!"

However, when i saw that spot I realised that what people are probably saying is "eww she is so ugly" and boys probably look at me and think I am the ugliest creature they have ever seen. I'm not saying before Ana I was pretty but this eating disorder has made me uglier than I ever was, both inside and out. My insides are rotting away and on days when Ana is really strong I am a horrible grumpy person. 

[You are not a horrible and ugly person at all and I'm sure no one thinks that. No one could change how amazing you are, but Ana does everything in her power to try to take that away from you. But that's why we fight.]

So guys, can I please tell you something....which I'm sure you all know in the back of your minds but here it is... Ana is NOT cool. Ana is not glamorous. Ana is not VOGUE!

Ana is a monster!

Ana is ugly.

Ana is death. 

- Yes Ana is death.

Two in ten people with eating disorders die; one in five. That's a fact.
That's what this cow does-  but I am determined to change that but I need all your help.

Image via here.

We need to defeat the facts.

We need to beat the statistics.

We can beat Ana.

Let's make that 2 a 0. Whether you have ANA, MIA , BED or any other eating disorder, it's time to fight! Gather all your strength, go to battle with your Ed and lets beat this Statistic!

STAY STRONG
xoxo S
(Written 5/10/13)


If you would like to write a guest post, a series of posts, or be a permenant contributor/author, please email me at myjourneywithrecovery@gmail.com.

Choose recovery NOW.

{BLOG POST BY S}

So today I want to introduce you to this amazing girl who will be a new contributor and "second author" to this blog. She is such a fighter and never fails to inspire me. I hope you will enjoy reading her posts as much as I do. I know she is going to fit into this blog just wonderfully.
She insisted on keeping the beginning bit about me, and I just want to say a huge thank you- it really is so sweet and kind!
So without further ado, let the blog post start!

Hi Guys!

I am a new contributor to Hannah's blog. I think it is absolutely fabulous and for a fifteen year old Hannah is simply incredible and inspirational.

I too am suffering and in recovery from anorexia. I have had it since summer 2010 but it only got really very bad at the start of 2012. I have been in recovery for a while now but am super determined now.
After all this time I have finally realised, as I have been told over and over again, that a life with anorexia is NOT living!

It really is not!

No matter how much you and anorexia try to deceive yourself, there is actually no way you can live a life with anorexia. She destroys you. She takes away you personality and leaves a wrecked, barely-alive person behind. I don't mean in the sense of you not being alive because you are underweight, you are not alive because anorexia has taken control and is living your life for you. You may be a perfectly healthy weight at the moment, but do not deceive yourself. You are sick. Ana is ruining your life and you need to get it back.

I know this is a very short post and I am sorry, I will do longer ones in the future.

Over time I will tell you my story, give encouragement etc. but today I want to leave you all with one instruction...

Start taking back control NOW! Don't leave it till tomorrow, or next week, or next month. Do it now. Just do one little thing that gives Ana a kick in the face and shows her who's boss.

WELL DONE :)
Stay Strong Lovelies
xoxo - S


If you would like to write a guest post, a series of posts, or be a permenant contributor/author, please email me at myjourneywithrecovery@gmail.com.