Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Amysboarderlineworld My Clouded Perception Body image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception. These feelings can be positive, negative or both, and are influenced by individual and environmental factors. Have you ever looked at yourself Continue Reading
Anorexia is a liar. It’s a manipulator. It twists my perception of reality. No matter how much weight I lose, my reflection looks huge, fat and wobbly.
If your best friend told you every day you were fat, disgusting, pathetic, ugly, wouldn’t you dump her? I don’t. I keep letting her come back.
Acknowledging your feelings is daunting when they’ve been trampled on. I’m used to having my thoughts and feelings dismissed by professionals.
College triggers a lot of underlying issues, which tend not to surface until you’re too far into the rabbit hole to comprehend what’s happened.
For as far back as I can remember I was Kirsty, and I was Blonde and Skinny. And how I was praised for being Blonde and Skinny!
Lonely and isolated, I didn’t know how to make it stop. Now I look back over my long journey. It’s my life, and I will live it.
You Win. Every time I think I’ve beaten you, you reappear. In the pit of my stomach you erupt a world of emotions. The nausea takes over my body.
By Amysboarderlineworld Amy, this is a letter to you from a place of experience. A letter to my younger self. I am writing to tell you all the things I wish you knew. Also, how all the things I wish you didn’t have to go through will make you a Continue Reading
By Amysboardlineworld Self-care is something that is found everywhere in the media at the moment, and rightly so. I too, am always talking or writing about it, and I read regular posts and articles about it all the time. The Blurt Foundation are an excellent example of self-care advocates, and Continue Reading
By Cara I’ll start by saying there is no right or wrong way to recover from an eating disorder; what works for you may not work for the next person. It’s rarely a linear process, there are so many peaks and troughs, and everyone’s experience of eating disorder recovery is Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Those of you that follow my blog will probably know that I am diagnosed with anorexia. I’ve lived with it most of my life despite only being officially diagnosed 4 years ago. I am pregnant right now and actually I am still suffering. I am not restricting food Continue Reading