How Recovering From An Eating Disorder Helped Me Embrace My Femininity
Everyone has awkward stories from when they were going through the constantly confusing time of puberty. Maybe it was that first time going bra shopping or that awkward first date. What no one talks about is the way in which eating disorders can harm your understanding of what it means to be a woman.
When I think of that period in my life, I can only remember how it launched a nine-year battle against an eating disorder, causing me to reject my femininity. It was only on the road to recovery from my eating disorder that I was able to embrace my femininity and reclaim all that it represents. An eating disorder may have stolen important moments in my life growing up, but I now have a much deeper understanding of what it means to be feminine and a woman.