I wish there was a way to say any of this without it sounding like a pity party or a cry for help. I am just at rock bottom, coronavirus excluded.
I have been struggling with anorexia and bulimia for 11 years. It has gotten to the point where I had to leave a full tuition scholarship masters program in English at a school I really loved because I needed to attend an inpatient eating disorder treatment facility. I was too sick there and dropping weight even more and they wanted to send me to a hospital which I couldnât afford.
I came home to being kicked out of my grandparentsâ home for being too sick to deal with. So I slept on my dads living room floor the whole summer while struggling with my health.
Then I decided to go back to school near my hometown and I pushed and fought my way to earn three As and one A- (lol seriously you canât give your girl a full 4.0?!) This semester, however, my health worsened and I am now on my second medical withdrawal from a graduate program.
I now stay with my dad in his new apartment where we are both struggling to pay bills before coronavirus impacted the country so badly. Now, I have 100 dollars to my name and nowhere to turn. I usually substitute teach but with schools shut down Iâm isolated having chest pains about my mental, physical, and financial state.
A swiftie youâve met, Marvin, was kind enough to gift me two tickets to lover fest East. I live in upstate New York so I would just have to cover the cost of travel and food. Whether or not lover fest gets cancelled (I hope not), I probably wonât be able to attend. I am heartbroken but I know there are bigger things to worry about and Iâm just grateful to have seen you during 1989 and rep.
Your words about your own struggles with your body shook me because I have two paper airplane tattoos on my left wrist as a reminder of my eating disorder.
Are we out of the woods yet? And I hope we will be soon.
I love you and I am wishing your family health and wellness and peace.
I am embarrassed for sharing this (I didnât post it on twitter because I have more people that know me on there following me and my family would be really hurt/angry) but hope that the swiftie community, though weâre all struggling in our own ways, might still post and share this.
@taylornationâ @taylorswift

















