“A depressed person is selfish because her self, the very core of who she is, will not leave her alone, and she can no more stop thinking about this self and how to escape it than a prisoner held captive… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“Nobody would commit suicide if the pain of being inside herself, the agony of the sleepless, tortured hours spent watching the world get smaller and uglier, were bearable or could be relieved by other people telling her how they wanted… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“Cincinatti was where I learned that running away from your problems has a three-month statute of limitations, a lesson I have found repeatedly to… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“A depressed person is selfish because her self, the very core of who she is, will not leave her alone, and she can no… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“The singing stopped when I walked in. They all turned and stared at me, Bonne-Bell-Orange-Crush-glossed mouths hanging open, looking at me with the same… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“I believed by age eleven that I was horribly ugly and undeserving of human companionship.” — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“The tattoo artist inflicts pain and I take it. With each breath I count to one again. Each inhale, each exhale, time passes in… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“A second of intense pain is the most profound thing you can live through. And another, and another, and another, and then you know… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“One thing that pisses me off royally is hearing drug companies denounced as the devil. I don't like giant corporations (or, in the words… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“Borderline means you’re one of those girls… …who walk around wearing long sleeves in the summer because you’ve carved up your forearms over your… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“This is why I feel frustrated now when I hear people referring to suicide as a self-centered act: of course it is. Nobody would… — Stacy Pershall 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 popular girls… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“Not all deviance is negative; without it, we'd never change the world.” — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“Nobody would commit suicide if the pain of being inside herself, the agony of the sleepless, tortured hours spent watching the world get smaller… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“One of the things I’ve read about borderlines is that we alternate between a sense of entitlement and the belief that we’re lower than… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“To anyone who thinks eating disorders are something rich, bored white girls do to get attention, I bid you bite me. I have frequent,… — Stacy Pershall 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 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/img-quotes/bcd/stacy-pershall-33606_anorexia_eating-disorders-are-a-wonderful-tool-fo_2456897.jpg)
