Tag Archives: eating disorder

Poetry Series – Purge

I think the saddest part of our healing journey can often be seeing that while we felt everyone else was out to get us, we were really inflicting the most harm towards ourselves. I’m still working on forgiving myself for some of the pain I’ve endured as a result of my own hand but owningContinue reading “Poetry Series – Purge”

Poetry Series – Free Eater

I’ve struggled with disordered eating, a lot more seriously than I’d like to admit, over the better part of my teenage and adult life. The thing is when we don’t feel like we have control over most of our lives we’re willing to grasp for anything to take control of, even if it destroys us.Continue reading “Poetry Series – Free Eater”

Feeding the Body

Have you ever felt so out of control that you’ll grab on to anything just to regain a sense of it? I once heard that children that have gone through traumatic experiences will hold their poop in and push themselves into constipation as an attempt to have a sense of control over part of theirContinue reading “Feeding the Body”