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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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skeletons
thin
eating-disorders
bulimia
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Marya Hornbacher |
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I have a remarkable ability to delete all better judgement from my brain when I get my head set on something. I have no sense of moderation, no sense of caution. I have no sense pretty much.
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memoir
marya-hornbacher
wasted
eating-disorder
bulimia
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Marya Hornbacher |
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ad497ac
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At the lip of a cliff, I look out over Lake Superior, through the bare branches of birches and the snow-covered branches of aspens and pines. A hard wind blows snow up out of a cavern and over my face. I know this place, I know its seasons - I have hiked these mountains in the summer and walked these winding pathways in the explosion of colour that is a northern fall. And now, the temperature drops well below zero and the deadly cold lake rages below, I feel the stirrings of faith that here, in this place, in my heart, spring will come again. But first the winter must be waited out. And that waiting has worth.
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spirituality
alcoholic
anorexia
eating-disorder
bulimia
recovery
mental-illness
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Marya Hornbacher |
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8d798b8
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"I look back on my life the way one watches a badly scripted action flick, sitting at the edge of the seat, bursting out, "No, no, don't open that door! The bad guy is in there and he'll grab you and put his hand over your mouth and tie you up and then you'll miss the train and everything will fall apart!" Except there is no bad guy in this tale. The person who jumped through the door and grabbed me and tied me up was, unfortunately, me. My double image, the evil skinny chick who hisses, Don't eat. I'm not going to let you eat. I'll let you go as soon as you're thin, I swear I will. Everything will be okay when you're thin."
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depression
eating-disorders
bulimia
mental-illness
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Marya Hornbacher |
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0b288bc
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"Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the fact that she felt safe in it, and cared for. 'It was the first time I'd been in an environment where I felt comfortabe with all the people around me. I felt "I can be here and I can talk to anybody" and that was something that had been missing from my life'."
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anorexia-recovery
bulimia-recovery
eating-disorder-causes
feeling-safe
psychiatric-hospitals
psychiatric-unit
mental-hospital
eating-disorder
bulimia
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Carol Lee |
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e3585fa
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Mi sgridano perche non riesco a vedere quello che vedono loro.
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inspirational
wintergirls
mia
anorexia
bulimia
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Laurie Halse Anderson |