I can honestly say that i am giving this recovery thing a try. I have been trying to eat, but i throw it up afterward. I don't know why, i just can't handle having food in my stomach, like i feel like a failure and i just get really on edgeI am hoping that one day  i will be able to eat like a normal person, but it feels so far away. I promised myself i would keep the food down that i ate, i had an egg and a bagel. I panicked and purged. I went as long as i could but i just felt so bad, that i had no choice. I have to find some way to get myself out of this mess, but i just do not see a way out. There is part of my being that just wants recovery so bad, but then at the same time, there is this part that says just give up, this has been your life for ten years, so get used to it. i am 21, and i have so many things i want to do. I have two yrs. left for my BA, then i want to go to law school, then get my masters in international relations. It is my hope to one day work as an ambassador. I know i can do it, i am fluent in 5 languages, but yet this road block labeled eating disorder is going to keep me from accomplishing that. I know if i don't change i will never see law school, or an ambassadorship. I need help, but i am so scared of the future, that this offers me comfort, at least i am in control of the now...i know it doesn't make sense, but i am at my wits end and i am on the precipice of health, yet i can't reach it.

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It is so hard to be sick with an ED and try to keep languages straight in your head. I\'m a French major, and for the longest time, I flat-out just couldn\'t understand anything...
Keep on reaching for the stars- be strong.
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Hey, you are still trying. That is SO important. You have the desire, you will SUCCEED! The path to wellness isn\'t a straight line. There are a lot of circles in it! You might try for 30 days before you succeed. But eventually you are going to succeed because you want it so badly. Maybe you could start with something small in your tummy? What about a boiled egg white? They only have 17 calories and they are not very filling. Maybe if you start with something small, and keep it down, you will be able to build on that success. Have you talked to your Aunt again?