The following stories have all been submitted by readers...
TONI'S STORY: "I AM FIGHTING THIS BATTLE ON MY OWN...I AM TRYING TO LIVE."
JESSICA'S STORY: "I HAVE SUFFERED FROM A PHYSICAL DISABILITY...ALL MY LIFE I DEALT WITH BULLYING. FROM A YOUNG AGE I KNEW I WAS WORTHLESS..."
CHELSEA'S STORY: "WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR...I SEE WHAT I REALLY AM. A SICK GIRL THAT NEEDS HELP..."
RUTH'S STORY: "I KNOW THE DARK PLACE ONE MUST BE IN TO BE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE."
DALAL'S STORY: "HERE I AM - A BLACK GIRL WHO CREATED A LIFE TO HIDE THE FACT THAT SHE HATES HER BODY."
RILEY'S STORY: "I'M A 15 YEAR OLD BOY...AND HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER."
ANNALEIGH'S STORY: "ANOREXIA TOOK MY LIFE FROM ME, ALL THE THINGS I COULD HAVE BEEN, COULD HAVE DONE."
MRIANA'S STORY: "I TOOK CONTROL OF MY LIFE, REFUSING TO LET ANYONE ELSE DO IT FOR ME."
EMMA'S STORY: "ALL I EVER WANTED WAS LOVE."
SHAYE'S STORY: "MY BULIMIA BATTLE AND RECOVERY."
VAL'S STORY: "I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSION OR BIPOLAR BUT I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG."
BELLE'S STORY: "DO NOT LET 'ANA' OR 'MIA' INTO YOUR LIFE. THEY WILL NEVER EVER LEAVE."
ELIS'S STORY: "CHEW AND SPIT WAS PART OF MY EVERYDAY HABIT."
AMANDA'S STORY: "MY DREAMS WERE THE ONE PLACE WHERE I COULD EAT AS MUCH AS I PLEASED AND NOT GAIN A SINGLE OUNCE..."
OLIVIA'S STORY: "I HAVE...GOTTEN A TATTOO OF THE NEDA SYMBOL TO REMIND ME OF MY JOURNEY EVERY DAY..."
TERESA'S STORY: "...IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECOVER, BE HEALTHY AND GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE ED VOICE."
CHLOE'S STORY: "MY TWIN SISTER DEVELOPED BULIMIA WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. I AM ANOREXIC."
NATALIA'S STORY: "I HAVE EVERYTHING AND I STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO BE THIN TO BE LOVED."
NATASHA'S STORY: "BEFORE TAHAYNA PASSED AWAY SHE SAID TO ME, 'NO MATTER WHAT, STAY STRONG...'"
JOY'S STORY: "HOW SECRECY TURNED A DIET INTO THE REST OF MY LIFE IN A MATTER OF DAYS."
ANN'S STORY: "I’M TRAPPED IN A HIDDEN WORLD; A PART OF ME WANTS TO GET OUT OF IT BUT ANOTHER PART OF ME FEELS LIKE I CAN'T."
LEE'S STORY: "I WAS MISERABLE. I HAD WASTED ALL SUMMER EXERCISING OR PURGING OR TAKING NAPS BECAUSE I HAD NO ENERGY."
NATASHA'S STORY: "I WAS RAISED THINKING I HAD NO WORTH, NO PLACE IN THIS WORLD."
MAY'S STORY: "THE OTHER GIRLS IN RECOVERY WERE ANGELS...I CALL THEM SISTERS OF SORROW."
LIZA'S STORY: "MY LIFE WAS SAVED BY A STRAY CAT..."
DENISA'S STORY: "I ESCAPED AND CONTINUED IN MY MADNESS."
ANA'S STORY: "I'M LIKE A BROKEN LITTLE BIRD WHO NEEDS SOME LOVE AND CARE..."
JAN'S STORY: "I HOPE YOU'LL ALSO FIND OUT ONE DAY THAT LIFE'S WORTH TO BE LIVED."
TMMK'S STORY: "I SEE PEOPLE AT THE WORST PART OF THEIR LIVES, WHO WHEN THEY COME IN ARE A SHADOW OF THEIR PERSONALITY, A SPLINTER THAT IS SHARP AND ROUGH..."
KAREN ELIZABETH'S STORY: "THE GUN HAD BEEN LOADED FOR A LONG TIME..."
ARGY'S STORY: "MY DAY TO DAY WITH THIS MONSTER THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME FOR OVER 8 YEARS..."
MIKAYLA'S STORY: "I AM CONSTANTLY FIGHTING A BATTLE BUT I WILL NEVER LET ANA WIN."
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