tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post7262300823328311341..comments2023-10-24T03:48:17.089-04:00Comments on Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?: Stories: Part VIIdrstaceynyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698974154886393241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-4810362985162927702009-10-26T21:10:40.273-04:002009-10-26T21:10:40.273-04:00Thank you so, so much for sharing your story. It ...Thank you so, so much for sharing your story. It touched me.<br /><br />I'm sixteen, and had to stop my ballet training due to my ED. I'll never dance again.<br />I've been with ED since I was 10 - we found each other in a combination of rigid dance instructors and being teased at school. <br />But like you said, ED is a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly. I'm in recovery, and have decided that I need to do something that will help others in my life. I strive to touch other's lives in the way that mine has been touched.<br /><br />I'm not even close to being recovered; every day is a battle. I have faith that one day I'll be recovered, and will someday dance again.<br /><br />Thank you again for sharing. Please stay strong, you can do it. :)<br />lovies.S.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12128182461203453314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-56987530513421080262009-07-05T16:10:16.363-04:002009-07-05T16:10:16.363-04:00I enjoyed reading this story. I too have a distur...I enjoyed reading this story. I too have a disturbing relationship with food and eating. I fall in the middle somewhere. It can be a tough place to be. Although I do not clinically have an ED I know I have something...and it is part of who I am for better or for worse.CeCehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01390627453974953641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-33552676410230599292009-05-12T00:08:00.000-04:002009-05-12T00:08:00.000-04:00nice..keeping secrets,,hehehe also check datingsec...nice..keeping secrets,,hehehe also check datingsecretsblog.c0m...nice stories...fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048974311679560366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-66165201829915041382009-05-06T15:14:00.000-04:002009-05-06T15:14:00.000-04:00Sadly, many many dancers have experienced this. I ...Sadly, many many dancers have experienced this. I myself identify with much of it, altho, thankfully not to this degree. Had I pursued ballet as a professional rather than a teacher, I might have found myself in a similar position. As the woman writes, you can see dance has its own addictive properties. It's important for dance educators to emphasize what dance can do for your inner being - its artistry and intellectual influence - as much as what it can do for your outside. The best ballet dancers are those who combine physical grace with life experience, much as a good actor would.Leigh Purtillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477635525179050959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-52768161311279790682009-05-06T07:26:00.000-04:002009-05-06T07:26:00.000-04:00I, too, am deeply touched by your story. I saw a l...I, too, am deeply touched by your story. I saw a lot of parallels between my story and your own...I'm also talented, intelligent, passionate, and in recovery for an ED. <br /><br />Ed waltzed into my life at 15, and was my lover for the next ten years. I hid him --- I'm very good at hiding secret loves! --- and, since I'm a naturally bigger person, he never drove me down to a point where others would start getting worried (with the exception of mother, who's perpetually worried, anyway). <br /><br />My talents were singing, debate, and logic. And it seemed the greater I dove into them and thrived in any one of them, the more intensely Ed would attempt to rip me away for himself. <br /><br />But, though we still flirted for many years, I was able to get a degree in physics and math (summa cum laude!), and then a Master's in math, and now, finally in recovery, I'm working for a successful company and completing my first novel. <br /><br />Keep going. Size and appearance don't determine your capabilities, or how far you can go. As women, we've been told that lie for a long, long time. The secret is: the lie doesn't work if we all don't believe it and don't perpetuate it. From the smallest of us to the biggest of us, we are all worthy, beautiful, unique-as-snowflakes women. <br /><br />The end of appearance as self worth starts now, starts here, with a choice. We can choose to start loving each other regardless of appearance, to encourage and support each other, no matter how small or big we are. Self-acceptance is harder, but taking oneself out of the culture of female "beauty" is the first step. Too long have women been chained to their mirrors...those of us who break them, we're pioneers of the spirit. It's a scary, wild world for any pioneer, but every mile on the wagon train out of an image-obsessed culture is a mile well traveled!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27277534.post-73054241448139618102009-05-05T23:11:00.000-04:002009-05-05T23:11:00.000-04:00What a beautifully honest story. Thank you for sha...What a beautifully honest story. Thank you for sharing.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489299990479818278noreply@blogger.com