She's had a tough week, her "R" Ex wanted to get back together and she said she'd try and not be so possesive.
My siter an Brother in-law weren't happy, but it was her decision.
But 3 days later "R" said she'd changed her mind, my niece thinks it might have been deliberate. So now my niece has blocked her number and removed her from all her social media.
My niece is also thinking of quitting her part time job as she's not happy.
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She posted the following recently on Instagram and I'd though I share it, as its powerful reading, and I'm very proud to be her uncle.
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So it’s coming towards the end of #nedaweek and just before it ends i want to spread my own awareness of eating disorders, an issue close to my heart.
Disclaimer: this is not a sob story where i aim to make people feel sorry for me. i’m not going to post a comparison between my underweight body and my now healthy body because i don’t believe this would be helpful. i just want to help anyone else who may be struggling and raise awareness.
It’s so sad how little is understood of eating disorders and the amount of stereotypes they hold. you don’t have to be underweight to have an eating disorder as anorexia does not have a “look” and that misconception is the reason as to why so many people have heir feelings invalidated and feel they are not “sick enough”. anorexia is a competitive mental illness and one of the deadliest, killing 1 in 5 sufferers. i will not be that 1 in 5. the truth is anorexia is not just simply not eating or being insanely thin. it’s missing out on so many social activities because you’re worried about the food you may have to face, it’s spending your free time calculating calories instead of living your life, it’s hating every single part of yourself in an attempt to be anyone but who you are and it’s completely losing all sense of reality as you fall deeper into a world that is so dark and scary. it is a manipulative illness and will make you believe that it knows what’s best for you, promising you a life where you are happy. but this is not true. anorexia will never bring you happiness, it is not your friend and food is not the enemy.
One of the most heartbreaking things is how common eating disorders are nowadays. we live in a world so focussed on diet culture and so full of pressures to look a certain way - we are literally taught to hate ourselves as we are. eating disorders can also arise from feelings of lack of control, but i promise that there are other ways to communicate how you feel and admit that you are not okay. eating disorders are not a choice, but recovery is and you must choose LIFE.
Please reach out to anyone you know who may be struggling. at first they will push you away and resent you for interfering as you are taking
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