fighting the good fight

julia | 18 | eating disorder recovery |

[edrecoveryprobs]

When your family visits you in treatment

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[edrecoveryprobs]

Struggling to function for long periods of time

(fuzzysparrow)

[edrecoveryprobs]

"Why have you been in treatment so long?"

(screwthisimrecovering)

[tea-and-tranquility]

[grace--upon--grace]

[recovrywarriors]

[lovelustquotes]

[babyegg-deactivated20250610]

When ppl kno about ur depression and they randomly ask “are you okay? How are you doing?” In that special voice

[croptopdelapistola-deactivated2]

Whats up u depressed bastard

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[noshameinoursickness]

recovery/mental-health/advice blog

[mirithebrave]

I remember one time when I was in an eating disorder treatment center and struggling to finish a particularly hard meal, a therapist kneeled down next to me and said, “You don’t need to prove to me that you’re in pain.” I could feel some emotion starting to come up and I tried to push it away. She said, “Tell me about the pain, Lindsay. Use you words, not your body.” That’s still one of the most powerful things I’ve been told when in my eating disorder. There have been times, even subconsciously, that I’ve used ED behaviors as a way of showing people how much pain I’m in, telling them that I am not okay inside.  There are still days when I’m tempted to take out my emotions on my body, to make my internal pain visible. But sometimes I think about this therapist and it makes me pause, even for a second, and remember that I don’t have to destroy myself to prove my pain to anyone. It is valid and real whether I look “sick enough” or not.

[constantlyeternal]

[pnutbutterandtrashley-deactivat]

Just a PSA

It’s 100% possible to recover from an eating disorder without getting into fitness. It’s 100% possible to recover from an eating disorder and to have belly rolls instead of have biceps and abs. It’s 100% possible to recover from an eating disorder and gain weight from fat rather than muscle. It’s 100% possible to recover from an eating disorder without eating nice cream and oatmeal every day. It’s 100% possible to recover from an eating disorder and tumblr isn’t always the best definition of what recovery is. Be wary. Listen to your therapist and dietician. Eat food and fuel your body. Don’t work out until you’re stable. Eat a real breakfast. Stop going vegan because let’s be honest, you’re doing it to cut out food groups. Wear jeans sometimes instead of leggings. And just try. It is 100% possible to recover from an eating disorder.

[lovelydownfalls]

A year ago today i started wearing short sleeves after months of livin in long sleeves. FUCK YOU SELF HARM😊😊

[mentallyillsafehaven]

im here for the mentally ill who have violent intrusive thoughts 

im here for the mentally ill who have no empathy

im here for the mentally ill who cant tell reality and fantasy apart

im here for the mentally ill who have hallucinations 

youre amazing, i love you

[fuckyeahbodypositivity]

you don’t have to be in crisis to deserve help you don’t have to be bleeding or starving or dying you don’t have to reach some mythical level of “sick enough” or “sad enough” you don’t have to keep struggling alone you deserve help and love and care right now, no matter what, even if you feel like you don’t