Hello! I’m so sorry for not posting in such a long time… Ironically, I needed to take a break from my recovery blog in order to take care of my mental health! Hopefully I’ll be able to post more often in the near future. For now, I thought I’d post a short story I wrote […]
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Mental Health Interview- Dylan Garagozzo
This is part of a series of interviews concerning mental health and its role in today’s society. With these interviews, I hope to shed light on how common mental health conditions really are, as well as to amplify the voices of those in recovery. NOTE: talk of mental health conditions, self-harm, and certain behaviors (not […]
Mental Health Interview- Natalie Hornberger
This is part of a series of interviews concerning mental health and its role in today’s society. With these interviews, I hope to shed light on how common mental health conditions really are, as well as to amplify the voices of those in recovery. NOTE: content warning for mentions of v//mit, trauma. Could you introduce […]
Mental Health Interview- Austin Maguire
This is part of a series of interviews concerning mental health and its role in today’s society. With these interviews, I hope to shed light on how common mental health conditions really are, as well as to amplify the voices of those in recovery. NOTE: There are quite a few references of different mental health […]
Mental Health Interview- Cassidy McHugh
This is part of a series of interviews concerning mental health and its role in today’s society. With these interviews, I hope to shed light on how common mental health conditions really are, as well as to amplify the voices of those in recovery. NOTE: At 8 minutes and 36 seconds, the text should say: […]
Mental Health Interview- Izzy DiPietro
This is part of a series of interviews concerning mental health and its role in today’s society. With these interviews, I hope to shed light on how common mental health conditions really are, as well as to amplify the voices of those in recovery. Could you introduce yourself? (name, age, etc.) Hi! I’m Izzy DiPietro, a […]
how to help someone with an eating disorder
How to help someone with an eating disorder: I am not a licensed therapist; these tips are coming from my own experiences as someone in anorexia recovery, and what helped me most when I was in treatment. If you are in recovery from an ED or currently in one, please regard this article with caution- […]
one year
It’s almost my one year anniversary since discharging from Renfrew’s residential center, where I was located for two months. A LOT has changed. I look back at myself before the onset of my anorexia and during it, and I cannot recognize that person. I mean, I can; but it is someone extremely different from me […]
social media/instagram cleanse
I know everyone says this, but the screen time on my phone has become absolutely baffling; honestly, it makes me sick to my stomach. Almost every time I go on Instagram, it ends up leaving me in a worse headspace than I initially had before logging on— and yet, the detrimental cycle inevitably continues. Whether […]
