My name is Alicia and I have struggled with an Eating disorder for 19 years along with depression and self harm. I was hospitalized final may for my eating disorder and self harm and I never thought that I would be able to be in a better space than I am now. I still struggle with eating disorder thoughts and self harm thoughts,but I have learned better ways to cope and I can honestly say that I am much better than I have ever been in my whole journey with my eating disorder. I am not saying that I am perfect, or fully recovered but I am saying that it is possible to salvage recovery and I want that for everybody because living with an Eating Disorder is a crappy existent! I have not self harmed since final year and that is also something that I never thought I would be able to pause doing, and I still struggle some days,but I am learning how to cope better! For anyone who has struggled with an eating disorder and self harm it does salvage better and I hope that by sharing some of my story I can inspire others to see that recovery is possible!
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