n/a – i’m still trying to deal with this day by day

I now know that I deserve to be happy. I no longer define myself through a psychiatric and eating disorder identity. I am learning who I really am without being sick for the first time since I was 11 years old. The world seems full of endless possibilities instead of the narrow view I had when I was sick.

   Yes, I now (at least try) know that because I suffered with a ED doesn’t mean it has to identify me. I am my own person.

   Without the eating disorder it has been very hard for me to see a purpose for myself but I do believe that over time, if I stick to recovery I will start to see who I was before the eating disorder reappear.