#nedaw2016

[oblivion-x]

it makes me so happy to see so many lovely posts for NEDA Week. I am proud of the progress I have made with my own ED in these past months. Even though your mind may be against you at times, remember to judge your progress on what you do with your thoughts and not the thoughts you cannot control. Much love for anyone who has or is struggling, you're all beautiful.

[edo-vivendum]

NEDA walk Athens GA 2016! Had a great time with @mel-hamlet 💙

[notsobodyposiafterall]

“The constant feeling of nausea, pain, weakness. 
When will enough finally be enough? 
I don’t know how much more I can take this
Room spinning, eyes close as your body hits the floor
A brief moment of bliss 
Before you realize enough is enough 
Your body can’t take this”

In honor of eating disorder awareness week 2016

[maddies-miles-blog]

At my school it’s Body Awareness Week. 

As a peer health educator I’ve had a privilege to lead and attend some events including a yoga class, eating disorder panel, and a media and body image film screening. I’ve heard personal stories from individuals who have or are still recovering from EDs and I know there are so many people on this site that have gone through the same.  

While I have personally not experience any type of extreme body dysmorphia, it would be remiss of me not to say I haven’t had negative body images. As you grow you come to realize EVERYONE does at some point. Whether it’s in middle school when you’re gawky and brace-faced, whether you have a growth spurt in high school, or college radically changes your weight and complexion. Everyone has their days when they don’t feel so hot about the skin they’re in.

This week has been so amazing to reflect on what that all means. For me, I’ve always had great self-esteem and confidence. I never really thought negative of my body until I came to college and the food made me bloat and my skin broke out more than it ever had. Or when I got injured and my body wasn’t giving me the results I always saw. I’m talking openly about this because even the most confident people can have their blah days. And we need to recognize that.

Your body is YOURS💕. If you’re lucky enough it let’s you smile, laugh, run, stretch, make cupcakes, have a child, hug someone- the list is ENDLESS. Never forget all it does for you and all you do for it. 

⭐️What I’ve learned this week is even when you feel 100% about your body, it’s nice to take a minute or two to just recognize it and show it some extra love. I challenge you (and me!) to do that more each and every day.⭐️

[agrarian-revolt]

when the body is not enough, or things that crossed my mind during NEDA Week 2016

i.

my body is a

ticking time bomb,

ready to explode at any minute.

mass destruction is imminent in

my bones.

every “it gets better!” post

I scroll past on social media

is a haunting reminder that

I am simultaneously ill

but still not sick enough.

I want so badly to one day

post about how I’m going to get better

that I’m getting better

that I am better.

But better is a silly operative term

it means nothing.

My body is nothing.

ii.

my body is an open minefield:

one mistaken step

could create a catastrophic explosion.

my peers are beginning

to question my food choices.

their comments are scathing

scarring my insides.

“Why are you trying to lose weight?”

“Why are you eating so healthy?”

“You don’t anything.”

As I pick at a measly salad

a friend makes a joke about

how self-starvation is really

starting to work for me.

My insides recoil,

explosion

My sense of rationality

becomes inherently disfigured

as I choke out a laugh, and lie:

“I’m not starving myself,

just trying to make good choices.”

when I get home that night,

I pinch the small layer of fat

covering my stomach

I slap my stomach so hard

it stays purple for nearly a week.

I wear the bruises

like a badge of honor,

a soldier of my own experience

iii.

my body is a

nuclear meltdown

everything I used to know

about it

has disintegrated to dust.

I carve the bad thoughts

out of my mind,

but they keep rushing back:

you bad, fat, ugly cunt

How dare you attempt

to exist in this world as whole.

You are broken parts

for so long I have been attempting to become beautifulto evolve into something I’m not quite. I’m afraid I am forever destined for mediocrity. for so long i havebeen attemptingto learn how to radically love myself. for so long i havebeen trying to wash my insides out. for so long i have been trying to become whole.I still am.

[bradyem93]

This really resonated with me this year,more than I think it ever could have. Fight the illness,not yourself. There is hope.

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[thetrevorproject]

"My body positivism is still evolving. It is self-critical, changing, and growing to encompass each and every person. Fat folks, disabled folks, people of color, transgender people, and every intersection in-between — there is a place for you in this movement. And I’m calling on you, body positive advocates, to not just make space for trans people, but to include us, too. We need your hashtags, your affirmations, your shameless stretch mark pictures, your inspirational quotes, your fatkinis and your crop tops, and all of the validation that comes with it.

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