“I was always happy when he was around. My heart did not stay still in it's place even. Nowadays my stomach replaced… — Arzum Uzun Copy Share Image
I'm here to change things so that little girls have someone to look up to. I'm here to fight the eating-disorder battle… — Whitney Thompson Copy Share Image
Girls developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn't obtain by being healthy. When unnatural thinness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know how this feels: the tightening of the chest, the panic, the what-have-I-done-wait-I-was-kidding. Eating disorders linger so long undetected, eroding the… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth,… — Jena Morrow Copy Share Image
Probably my eating disorder [is the hardest obstacle]. It ruled my life for years, and I didn't know how I could live… — Ashley Rickards Copy Share Image
“When you feel like you would rather die than live another day with an eating disorder, know that I used to feel… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
When I went through my eating disorder, I never sought medical assistance. I created myths in my head about how I should… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
“The leap of faith is this: You have to believe, or at least pretend you believe until you really believe it, that… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“Well, Kessa, I am glad to see that you're taking your body seriously. I shudder when I see the girls leaving class… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
“Why? You want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yourself for two or three days. After your skin… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“She's a baby," Maggie told me. "Babies wear pastels." "Says who?" I asked. ... "Society. The same society, I might add, that… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
What I’d like to teach my daughter about self-image and self-esteem is that you’re beautiful on the inside and the outside, and… — Dara Torres Copy Share Image
“I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed’s control. Then, when I really… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
“Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
I don't believe consumers want to see fuller-figured girls in ads. Because if they did they would refuse to buy the things… — Kelly Cutrone Copy Share Image
“It is a visual temper tantrum. You are making an ineffective statement about this and that, a grotesque, self-defeating mockery of cultural… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“[Eating disorders] are a wonderful tool for helping you reject others before they can reject you. Example: You're at a party. The… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
I struggled with restricting and purging. It is not really anorexia or bulimia. It is more anorexia than bulimia, but it doesnt… — Malika Andrews Copy Share Image
Looking to biology to explain the low prevalence of eating disorders among men is like looking to genetics to explain why nonsmokers… — Susan Bordo Copy Share Image
“Around the tenth time reading some of these books to your kids, you begin to develop some really strong opinions and questions… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
There are so many people who have eating disorders or who body shame themselves every day or have some sort of insecurity,… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
“I decided to say something. It was through an email, an email to my mom confessing that I had a problem with… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
The causes for my eating disorder ran along the usual lines: depression, an inability to express my rage, a desire to exert… — Zoe Kazan Copy Share Image
“Deception' is the word I most associate with anorexia and the treachery which comes from falsehood. The illness appears inviting. It would… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
I want to be a positive role-model for my daughter. The last thing I want to put out there is that it's… — Tori Spelling Copy Share Image
In college I had a coach who did that for me. I was struggling so much mentally with depression, anxiety, eating disorders...… — Bianca Belair Copy Share Image
People with eating disorders tend to be very diametrical thinkers – everything is the end of the world, everything rides on this… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Anita Johnston, Ph.D., author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, taught me to look in the mirror with curiosity rather… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
“We're a nation with an eating disorder, and we know it. The multiple maladies caused by bad eating are taking a dire… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“When we feel like giving up, like we are beyond help, we must remember that we are never beyond hope. Holding on… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
“The physical shape of Mollies paralyses and contortions fit the pattern of late-nineteenth-century hysteria as well — in particular the phases of… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
“My body had never felt so small or so fragile. In one sense, it was a moment of ecstasy and I was… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I will never have, it is an eating disorder. I won't have girls -- even if it… — Kate Hudson Copy Share Image
“Did you ever think about boys?' I say, staring up into the dark. 'There wasn't room,' she whispers, and her voice is… — Brenna Yovanoff Copy Share Image
“But who am I if I'm not Janie the bulimic? Bulimia has become so much a part of me that I can't… — Sarah Darer Littman Copy Share Image
“Now, all of this is enough to make anyone a bit anxious, and I’ve seen women, as well as myself when I… — Alisa Vitti Copy Share Image
“SOCIETY AS COMPULSIVE AND ADDICTED Our society is highly addictive. We have sixty million sexual abuse victims. Possibly seventy-five million lives are… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“In more ancient times the life was simpler, but now the discovery of all these different medicines for curing dyspepsia shows that… — Virchand Raghavji Gandhi Copy Share Image
![“Probably my eating disorder [is the hardest obstacle]. It ruled my life for years, and I didn't know how I could live with it forever, but I didn't know how I could live without it. It was a struggle to recover from, and it's only a daily reprieve, but as long as I stay spiritually centered, I…” quote by Ashley Rickards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/ashley-rickards-25480_disorder_probably-my-eating-disorder-is-the-harde_947658.png)
![“Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the fact that she felt safe in it, and cared for. 'It was the first time I'd been in an environment where I felt comfortabe with all the people around me. I felt "I can be…” quote by Carol Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/carol-lee-39506_anorexia_emma-cites-the-structure-of-the-eating-d_45862.jpg)
![“[Eating disorders] are a wonderful tool for helping you reject others before they can reject you. Example: You're at a party. The popular girls are there. You know you can never be as cool as they are, but when one of the pops a potato chip into her mouth or chooses real Coke over Diet, for that…” quote by Stacy Pershall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/stacy-pershall-33606_anorexia_eating-disorders-are-a-wonderful-tool-fo_2456897.jpg)
