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> [In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I do my best to avoid this kind of 'victim thinking.' Instead, how I am doing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/in-the-past-i-was-a-perpetual-victim-how-i-was-doing-in-any-given/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

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## More by Jenni Schaefer

> [In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/in-the-past-i-was-a-perpetual-victim-how-i-was-doing-in-any-given/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/real-hope-combined-with-real-action-has-always-pulled-me-through/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/oftentimes-especially-during-my-recovery-i-didn-t-need-to-think-about/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“Why couldn’t I find one action that would make the need to binge automatically disappear? Because there is no magic action to make that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/why-couldn-t-i-find-one-action-that-would-make-the-need-to-binge/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“When we feel like giving up, like we are beyond help, we must remember that we are never beyond hope. Holding on to hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/when-we-feel-like-giving-up-like-we-are-beyond-help-we-must-remember/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [Recovery is about making room for the real me to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/recovery-is-about-making-room-for-the-real-me-to-exist/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Real hope combined with doing nothing has never pulled me through.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/real-hope-combined-with-real-action-has-always-pulled-me-through-2/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/connect-with-supportive-people-who-empower-you-the-more-you-jump-into/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“In the past, my brain could only compute perfection or failure—nothing in between. So words like competent, acceptable, satisfactory, and good enough fell into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/in-the-past-my-brain-could-only-compute-perfection-or-failure-nothing/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“anxiety becomes high energy when taken to the light. For me, it worked like this: I used to live in a constant state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/anxiety-becomes-high-energy-when-taken-to-the-light-for-me-it-worked/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [I would not encourage you to go through the sweat, blood, and tears of the recovery process only to reach some kind of mediocre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/i-would-not-encourage-you-to-go-through-the-sweat-blood-and-tears-of/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“I wrote in my journal about how good I felt when I was not living under Ed’s control. Then, when I really felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/i-wrote-in-my-journal-about-how-good-i-felt-when-i-was-not-living/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“During the worst stages of my eating disorder, I was all-or-none with food—either bingeing or not eating. Much of my experience was, in fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/during-the-worst-stages-of-my-eating-disorder-i-was-all-or-none-with/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/replace-perfectionism-with-persistence-after-all-in-recovery-and-life/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

> [“When you feel like you would rather die than live another day with an eating disorder, know that I used to feel that way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenni-schaefer/when-you-feel-like-you-would-rather-die-than-live-another-day-with-an/)

[Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenni-schaefer/)

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