March 2019
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
4h 45m
English
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CHAPTER 19Be careful keeping secrets
During my teenage years I developed the eating disorder bulimia. I'd read about it in a teen magazine and my naïve 13-year-old brain thought, ‘Wow, what a great idea to lose weight. No dieting!' What I had no idea of was what a vicious cycle I'd be pulled into. By the time I left home at 18 for university I was trapped in a relentless cycle of binging and purging. While I did well in my studies and made friends easily, I felt like an imposter living a double life. As well as being constantly preoccupied with eating, I carried with me a constant shame, absolutely mortified at the thought of anyone finding out. With each broken promise to myself to stop what I was doing, I grew more and more doubtful that I ever could.
ONCE EXPOSED A SECRET LOSES ITS POWER.
Nearing the end of my second year at university I decided to confide in my friend Anna. I recall feeling extremely exposed and vulnerable as I shared with her my struggle. Just describing it made me embarrassed. How could anyone who had it ‘together' possibly understand why someone who outwardly also appeared normal would eat so much that they had to sneak off to a toilet and throw it up? Again and again. Day after day. Truth is, I wondered myself.
Anna didn't judge me. She didn't say, ‘That's gross! You're revolting!' as I'd feared she might. Instead, she gave me a hug and encouraged me to get professional help, something I'd always shunned as being just for ‘crazy people'.
I remember ...
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