People say "get off the internet" "why post your food" "why post your struggle" "stop blogging and get help" "help yourself before you help others"
First of all, I was doing much worse before I started posting my meals, I was doing much worse before, I started sharing my struggle and my story, my journey to health.
Sharing my story has inspired myself more than you'd know. I am facing the demon inside of me by sharing my story and writing my blog.
Secondly, I know that so so many people support and encourage my posts and my blog! I am in no way taking away from the tremendous amounts of support I get!
Thirdly, I am inspiring people ALL OVER THE WORLD, with my blog. I am inspiring young women and young men all over Instagram. I am inspiring myself every single day with the words that I end up writing. I have people who look forward to reading my story and other who reach out to say they feel like they know me. People with or without eating disorders being inspired and learning about this horrible disease. I have girls who are young and I mean to young to be battling this who come to me when they just need to feel supported and I can go to all of them aswell. Sharing my story has helped me in so so many ways.
I am no longer ashamed of my anorexia. I am in no way proud of it either. I have lifted so many weights off my shoulders just letting some of my biggest fears and feelings out. For the entire world to see. On the biggest place of judgement you could ever come across; the internet, and you know what I've received in return?
Positivity, friends, I have received support and encouragements the feeling I get when someone tells me my story means something! I get to give the gift of understand this horrible disease and how it can live inside of you without you even knowing it's there. I have given myself the opportunity to write my journey down so that I can not only help myself, which is the main focus of why I started this blog but to help others as well! I am not the only one struggling and if my blog can save someone's life, or even just help someone for a day, an hour even just a minute, to put a smile on someone's face or to give understanding to those who are in the unknown, to give understanding to the people watching others go through this disease that matters to me. That makes me feel strong, stronger against this battle I live with everyday.
I didn't start sharing my story for anyone but myself, but I continue to share my story for the hundreds of people who have reached out to me in just a few short months, to all those people my blog helps and to all those I've inspired! I continue to share my story because I know that even in the biggest place of judgement, I can be open and honest, and not be torn apart and that to me shows me that I'm doing something right by sharing my story.
EMPOWER ONE ANOTHER! No matter how they choose to recover! ❤️
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