"It is not a sudden leap from sick……" — Marya Hornbacher
"It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger."
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Marya Hornbacher
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104 Quotes by Marya Hornbacher
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One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind…
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[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the…
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You will miss her sometimes. Bear in mind she's trying to kill you. Bear in mind you have a life…
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I wish I could find words to explain what this kind of cold is like- the cold that has somehow…
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Somewhere in the back of my brain there exists this certainty: The body is no more than a costume, and…
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You will not stop. The pain is necessary, especially the pain of hunger. It reassures you that you are strong,…
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Starvation is incredibly frightening when it finally sets in with a vengeance. And when it does,you are surprised. You hadn't…
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Recovery isn’t easy, at first. It takes time. It takes more work, sometimes, than you think you’re willing to do.…
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So many means of self-destruction, so little time.
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We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or…
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The problem is that you don't just choose recovery. You have to keep choosing recovery, over and over and over…
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In truth, you like the pain. You like it because you believe you deserve it.
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