January 2012
4 posts
“If you are a tulip, don’t try to be a rose; find or plant a tulip garden....”
– Marsha Linehan
Nominative vs. Accusative
This morning on the train it occurred to me: I am not my disorders. Although at times it seems that I have been totally consumed by eating disordered and self destructive thoughts, they do not define me. From now on, I will no longer say “I am anorexic” or “I am borderline,” and instead say “I have anorexic” or “I have borderline personality...
The thing with feathers
Hope is the only thing I’m holding on to right now. Hope that there is someone out there who can help me, and hope that I’ll find that person. Most of the time I see my situation as hopeless and I want to give up. But right now, I’m allowing myself to believe that I will connect with the right person. I don’t believe it completely, but even acknowledging that things...
Going to try blogging again.
I haven’t written anything here in over a month, but recently I have been motivated to get back to it. One thing that has gotten me through the past few weeks has been reading the blogs of people who are struggling to recover from problems similar to mine, so I feel that writing my own thoughts will help me - and, perhaps, someone else, should they someone find themselves here - work...