In the beginning of my adolescent life, I hid many feelings that developed into insecurities. I began emotionally eating and became unhealthy overweight. Desiring love and happiness, I assumed my problems were in my image, always being told I needed to lose weight.
My weight loss was motivated by an unhealthy mind and a disorder that controlled my life. I began masking the bigger problem of true happiness with the obsession of being thin.
I denied my problem and still have trouble expressing it today. I was living with an eating disorder from age 16-present. I am still in progress to my recovery but one of the most important factors of my success is support.