In my own personal story, I guess it was beauty pageants that triggered my eating disorders. I was around 16, there was a lot of pressure to be skinny and to be an ideal type.
I was a size 6 to 8 and my teens were so miserable. I was counting calories, I would be starving myself by strictly eating 800 calories a day.
I'd even weigh myself after every meal, just to see how much I'd gained. If I’d eaten too much I’d go and puke it up and that became an ongoing cycle.
I’d think: “If it’s that easy to get that much out of my system then why don’t I eat everything that’s bad for me and then go puke it up.” And then the laxatives came out.
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