ED IS NOT COOL

ED thinks he is so cool. He thinks he has so many friends and that he is so powerful. In reality, ED is a coward and not very cool. He is powerful but he uses his power to manipulate. I used to think it was cool to have an eating disorder. When I was in middle school, I would read books about girls with eating disorders and wish they were me. It was like an obsession. Then I started have an eating disorder and thought differently. ED was not cool. ED was mean. He would call me fat and make me feel like I had no friends. He would then act like he was my only friend. I would eat so much food that it was my only comfort. ED made me physically sick. I struggled, and still struggle, with several health issues due to ED. My fingernails are always breaking, my hair falls out, and I have a stomach condition called gasteoparisis. I also have high cholesterol. All that is not cool. Because of ED, I had to go away for treatment for a month without my family. That was not cool. I also spent a lot of time in follow up treatment away from my family. Again, not cool. I am constantly alone as ED loves isolation. There is nothing cool about being alone all the time. I can go on to say more things that make ED not cool. He wants you to think that having an eating disorder is something glamorous. Take it from me, it’s not. It’s sad and lonely and definitely not cool. More than ever, I don’t want to be the cool girl with an eating disorder. I want to continue to fight and Kick ED’s Butt. 🐷