Having an eating disorder doesn't show ‘strength.’ Strength is when are able to overcome your demons after being sick and tired for so long. Starving is not a ‘diet’ and throwing up isn't something that only extremely thin men or women do. Eating disorders do not discriminate..Neither does any other mental illness. These are deadly diseases that are taking lives daily. So please, let's be cautious of the words we use when discussing ED's and other mental illnesses.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

I was compulsively overeating when I was eight years old.

Focusing on food and exercise changed my life.

I'm teaching myself to believe in things I don't understand, I don't even know if they're true, but that's what dreamers do.

I like to focus on what I'm doing now, which is giving back. I've done interventions with people I've been close to.