Lets Get Better Together

your eating disorder is going to convince you that being smaller will make you feel happy and satisfied with yourself. you will not. not even slightly. it will forever tell you it wasn’t enough, and you’ll eventually be on your death bed still unsatisfied.

the people around you telling you that you need help or that you are dangerously underweight aren’t lying to you. your eating disorder is fucking with your self perception. these people have no reason to lie about stuff so serious.

you want kids one day? if you stay malnourished you’ll lose that chance. not only that but if you do get lucky and have children without recovering, you’re going to pass this painful disorder down onto them due to unintentional projection.

your eating disorder is convincing you that your body is eating it’s own fat. your body is actually eating it’s own muscle. what else counts as a muscle? your heart. you can and will cause heart problems that could be avoided. don’t wait to have a heart attack to wake up to the realization of needing to recover.

i know you can’t control it. if you could no one would pick something so painful and brutal to deal with. 1 in five people will die from their eating disorder. 20% of all eating disorders result in death.

think about how you could’ve spent so many years not being miserable from this and going out with friends and eating cake on your birthday and not letting it consume you. you deserve to have cake on your birthday.

you’re gonna think i’m wrong and say “this won’t be how i’ll feel though”, but you’ll be the one wrong. i used to think people who made these posts were full of shit. the harsh truth is that me along with all the others telling you to wake the fuck up are not lying whatsoever. get out while you can, this will never be worth it and you will never be happy with yourself if you stay stuck in the loop.

skinny ≠ happiness.

you're growing...

...every second of every day, even when you don't realise it. especially, when you don't realise it.

life may be slow but it's never stagnant. you're always moving forward, always learning new things about others and about yourself, always living, always going.

Seeing others dare to be different always inspires me to not be afraid of my differences! ✨Letting who you are shine is not only freeing for yourself, but also for others! 

Small frog comic. 💕

two years ago i wore baggy sweatpants and flip flops every day because i was depressed but then decided eh to hell with it and bought some black edgy emo clothes bc thats how i always wanted to dress but never got a chance to and it was only then that i realized that the sweatpants flip flops look was just keeping me in my depression funk. i didnt like the way i looked and i didnt identify with the clothes i was wearing and it only made me feel worse.

i then went through my entire wardrobe and got rid of everything that made me feel that way.

now i have multiple outfit possibilities requiring different levels of effort but on days where putting on clothes just seems like a project i just have to put on black jeans and a band t-shirt and i can still feel good about the way i look which is a really good way to start off my day.

ADHD can make it difficult to figure out how we are feeling physically, mentally and emotionally. Commonly it is due to difficulty with self awareness caused by our executive dysfunction.

This is a checklist I go through mentally to try and figure out why I might be feeling off. Referring to it helps speed up the process.

I feel off..

Am I sitting funny/ have I been sitting in this position for a period of time?

Am I mentally drained?

Have I been working on this task for a long time?

Have I eaten/ drank anything recently?

Have I been eating properly? Am I craving something specific?

Have I gotten enough sleep recently?

If not, am I being kept up by any specific thoughts/ worry?

Have I socialized recently?

Have I forgotten to hang out with my friends?

Have I spent time with my family?

Is how I’m feeling positive or negative?

If negative, have I experienced anything recently that I haven’t processed?

Have I fought/ argued/ had disagreements with people close to me?

Is there anything coming up that I am worried about?

Have I been making a lot of small mistakes recently?

Have I felt that I lot of things have been happening to me that I can’t control?

If positive, have I let myself enjoy the feeling?

If don’t know, has anything happened recently out of the usual?

Have there been any changes in my life, big or small?

Have I done my usual relaxing activities/ hobbies?

Have I been unable to follow my normal schedule due to any reason?