“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 the dirt under people’s shoes.” — 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 be true. Three months is still a first impression -- of a city, of other people, of yourself in that place. But there comes a point when you can no longer hide who you are, and… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share
“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 horror and excitement they'd exhibit it I had just walked into the room naked. I stood there frozen, hyperaware of my scruffiness, my shirt untucked and one ponytail higher than the other. The Bad Dog turned… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share
“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
![“[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)
