Mental Illness Quotes

Anorexia Quotes 2

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"Recovery is a challenge, but it's not as difficult as continuing to live the wrath of an eating disorder."

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"I destroyed my body for a peace of mind I never got." 

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 "Sometimes your biggest bully is you." 

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"Anorexia isn't a diet, Bulimia isn't a bad habit, EDNOS is not just being a picky eater. These are horrible disorders, not life choices."

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"Don't believe everything you think."

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"One of the most dangerous myths surrounding eating disorders is that they are a life sentence."  

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"You go home, you look in the mirror, you cry, you think you are ugly, you think you are fat, you want to die and the worst thing is, the next day it happens all over again until the day you give up."

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"I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth..."

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"In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough fell into the failure category."

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"My body had never felt so small or so fragile. In one sense, it was a moment of ecstasy and I was comforted with soft, almost compassionate, encouragement."

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"Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries."

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"What if I'm so broken I can never do something as basic as feed myself? Do you realize how twisted that is?"

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"I am spinning the silk threads of my story, weaving the fabric of my world... I spun out of control. Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest."

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"I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles."

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"My worst days in recovery are better than the best days in relapse."

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"The heart of eating disorders is silence."

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"Starvation is incredibly frightening when it finally sets in with a vengeance. And when it does, you are surprised. You hadn't meant this. You say Wait, not this. And then it sucks you under and you drown."

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"We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need." 

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"Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control."

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 All quotes from www.heathlyplace.com

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