Meg,

Thank you for writing a piece I could never in a million years bring myself to do. I have long suffered and still do with an ED (all forms). I nearly highlighted your entire work.

I know I’ve lost the last 18 years of my life to this thing. I know it rules my life consciously and unconsciously. It dictates everything I do, eat, say, how I walk, how I talk, keep going. It rules my life. As exhausting as it is, part of me chooses to be a slave to it. It’s all I know. Things go far worse during and after my divorce. I’m too afraid to let it go. It’s all I know. It’s all I have. Letting go means living my life and having to start over again. It’s all too frightening.

Thank you again for sharing your journey. I hope to have the bravery to perhaps lets this thing finally go and live life. Right now, I’m trapped. Thank you for listening.