TW: This article speaks about the eating disorder. This article may be triggering for some readers. Please read with care.
Hi, my name is Keyle. During my summer break this year I was going through a lot of changes in my life, and from all the stress and anxiety I started to develop an eating disorder. When I found out I didn’t believe it, and I was scared to go into an eating disorder treatment and not see my family for a couple of weeks. I was in a deep hole and trying to figure out how to live and recover from this. Every day I spent trying to focus on myself and learn how to take care of myself. It was a tough road, but I made it. Even writing this makes me cry, because I never knew I would go through this. Life is unexpected and coming out from all of this I learned a lot and learned how to care about myself and it’s a challenge every day trying to come out of the effects of body dysmorphia after having an ED. After all of this happening, I learned leaning on friends and family help a lot, and most importantly talking it out is something we all forget when we are going through something. I have applied that to myself every day while going through my dark times. Having hope is the key to getting out of a situation and hoping that towards the end there is something better for you.
Having this type of experience made me reflect on my life and appreciate it more because I worked on myself and survived because I thought, in the beginning, there was no light or hope for me. I feel so much at peace and getting the help and the resource made me who I am today I am still working on myself and trying to figure myself out but having my friends and family support that’s all I need.