Daily recovery from the lifelong battle of Anorexia

[art62grammie]

I joined this wonderful group 2 months ago. I have shared my journey to recovery. I am 56 and suffered 40 years with Anorexia. I still suffer from PTSD. I take medication and continue therapy as well. I have recovered in the last six years of treatment. I often wondered why I still fight against the Anorexic voices from time to time. I now realize that it will be a daily process so I can stay recovered. I have won this horrible battle. I am strong and a true soldier in this war. I will not be defeated. I have told Anorexia to get lost and there is no place for it in my life anymore. I hope those who suffer from this deadly mental illness to fight like heck and win the war. It is called freedom. I was a prisoner to it 40 years. I walked through those prison gates. I will not return. I am free. You can be as well. Reach out. I know that mental illness way too well. Recovery for me was talking back to the voices. I talked out loud. Now we know that it is not against flesh and blood, this war. It is of the mind. Now I fight back with my mind. It took me a while to adjust to this. It spoke to me forty years through the mind. I will do it right back to that past illness. Daily I will recover. This is called recovery.