Kaylapillar
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"…Hi. So recently I've had the time to reflect on myself a bit on my childhood, my family, why I am. One of the major things I've struggled with in my life and still struggling with, actually, is disordered eating. So I don't know, I thought maybe vocalizing it, getting it off my chest might make it feel more real, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I think it started when I was like eleven maybe.…"
"…I've dealt with eating disorders, various kinds from when I was like twelve years old to 21 years old. So it was like such almost a decade of my life that's totally been every single day in my head, all I could think about were associated with the eating disorder. And I felt like it really just impacted every single part of my life. And at the same time it also didn't feel real.…"
"…And being able to talk about it on here, I know that for me, I have found it really beneficial to talk about things that I'm going through. I am currently working through sobriety and so for curiosity, and that has been really vulnerable for me to share about. And I just know that every time that I talk about it more, I'm able to, like you said, reflect and learn something about myself and my past.…"
"…Yeah. Thank you so much for posting this. I do want to echo what other folks were saying about, like, thank you for being so vulnerable and posting that, and really, you know, just talking honestly about about your struggles with that. I know for me, I felt that I definitely related to this in terms of I've struggled a lot with depression and anxiety, and it wasn't until I started taking medication for my anxiety that I realized how bad it had really become.…"
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