These past couple days have been emotionally and mentally exhausting, to the point where it’s like my body will either collapse or break into a million teary-eyed pieces at any given moment. Like I’m stapled together and all my stuffing is about to come pouring out and I’ll fall, deflated and empty, to the floor. (Like … Continue reading »
Day 4 - Have you harmed anyone (besides yourself) with your addiction/disorder? If so, how? What have you done (or plan on) to make amends? I’ve hurt a lot of people with my eating disorder, but my family was hit the hardest. When it had begun around my freshman or sophomore year of high school, they … Continue reading »
I read an article on the Los Angeles Times today with the headline “Experts see hopeful signs on eating disorders.” Underneath, in smaller print, it said, “Patients are being treated earlier, spending less time in the hospital and recovering faster, many healthcare experts say.” As much as I’d like to believe that’s true, I just … Continue reading »
On March 20, 2012, PASQUALE “PAT” MARIO ERCOLANO; Pasquale Mario Ercolano was born 19 June 1923 in Rome, Italy, the son of Angelina (née Romano) and Ernesto Ercolano. He spent his childhood in Sorrento, Italy, and as a teenager served as a steward on Italian merchant vessels plying the Mediterranean. He was an enlisted radio … Continue reading »
Yesterday, my grandfather passed away. He was a wonderful and hard-working man, an Italian immigrant who created a life for himself and his family here in Baltimore. He was loving and well-loved, a huge personality, and a great father and grandfather. I know he’s in a much better place, especially after spending his last years … Continue reading »
Eating disorder treatment is expensive, costing upwards of thousands of dollars per day. Families of patients need as much financial help as they can get to provide their loved ones the care that they need, but one of the biggest obstacles in eating disorder treatment is the very thing that is supposed to make it … Continue reading »
Society’s celebration of being underweight creates a dangerously glorified and seductive image of eating disorders, especially when combined with thinspo and pro-ana websites. They make it seem that eating disorders are synonymous with dieting, which is incredibly alarming and untrue; eating disorders are serious, and have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. What … Continue reading »
Last night, I had a really bad episode of GERD. I think what triggered it was eating tomato sauce at dinner, and then exercising – not a good combination. I had so much reflux that I launched into a violent coughing fit, causing me to vomit repeatedly. I was so exhausted afterwards that I went … Continue reading »
