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5 Ways My Eating Disorder Made Me A Better Person
It’s been seven years since my eating disorder took over my life; seven years of a complete and utter roller coaster of emotions.
And as weird as it is to say, I wouldn’t change anything. I wouldn’t magically go back in time and replace that chapter of my life with one written in a prettier tone.
The experience I went through with recovery from a mixture of anorexia, orthorexia, and bulimia caused me to see the world differently and forced me to retake control of my life.
So as much as the pain, tears, hard work and sadness totally sucked, it all shaped me in many ways to become a better person today.
I Became More Understanding of People’s Struggles
When you silently struggle for years with something, you can convince yourself that you’re broken and no one understands what you’re going through. But that’s the sad part about illness in this country: we don’t speak about it enough for people to know that we’re all struggling with something.
When I opened up about my eating disorder, I received a flood of support and stories similar to mine. It was kind of shocking too; no one talked about disordered eating yet so many women related to me.
