I Ruined My Teenage Years with an Eating Disorder

Anorexia, orthorexia, phobia-driven disorder, I’ve tasted them all. Here’s what it felt like.

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It’s difficult to put the feeling of years of undulating secret mental illness into words, but here’s an attempt.

A teenage girl suffering a life-altering eating disorder is hardly unique. We’ve been portrayed (usually terribly) in film, TV, music, and books for…