We Must Speak

By: Anonymous | Posted: Jan 06, 2017

The truth can be hard, but without the truth there is only death. We must speak, for us and for those who can no longer speak.

It’s like a poison which infests your brain,

Infects your name.

Screams, claws, punches and maims.

Impossible to tame.

The taste of vomit, is the only thing on which I can comment.

It’s the only thing that lingers on, when family dread speaking to you, and friends have moved on.

It’s as if I don’t know how I have got here, and yet it’s so crystal clear.

What happens to your brain and your behavior

When trauma and pain are allowed to steer.

I wish I had been in a war, so that people could understand,

It's not just soldiers, with blood on their hands.

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Eating disorders are a lifetime struggle and I strongly believe in building and maintaining a strong positive support system. I am so thankful for the BridgePoint programs for planting the seed of self-acceptance that I needed at that time to begin my road to recovery.

I trust everyone and the confidentiality and the trust here. It's difficult at times, very emotional and it's hard dealing with a lot of feelings but it's what you have to do and it feels so better much and so supportive.

There's no comparison to anything else I've tried and it’s a real blessing and an opportunity to be able to come here and an opportunity not to be taken lightly. It's a privilege to be here and I know that I will leave here a different person.

I can identify the issues and accept them and be able to learn how to work with that. I think over time we can say goodbye to the eating disorder. There is freedom at the end of the tunnel, but it takes work.

It's not about being broken and getting fixed, it's that we are all individuals who have pain and we're learning how to cope in a very healthy way.

The fact that BridgePoint operates so differently than the traditional medical model was very refreshing, and proved to be vital to my experience and healing.

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