A story of recovery

We love hearing from clients who have now found freedom. We hope you are encouraged by this story.

“My anorexia haunted me for two years, however for over half that time I didn't know it was there. My friends and family were concerned but I dismissed it, there is always someone worse off. However this mentality caused me to spiral, I was becoming a shell of the person I was.

I had an obsessive side to me and my anorexia fed off of it. Anorexia made everything black and white, my emotions were either really high or really low, I did everything or nothing, there were days when I’d work 14 hr shifts and then there were the other days where I couldn't get out of bed and saw no purpose in life. Anorexia takes things to the extreme, there is no middle ground and no gray area. 

When I met Jess things started looking up, I wasn't just being dramatic, I wasn’t just being a naughty teenager, I wasn’t told I was making it up, she got it. I was being tortured by anorexia. 

One of the first tools that Jess taught me was that my anorexia was not me. We personified my anorexia by giving it a name and discussing its values and then compared that to the real me and my real values. This helped me to see that I didn't want to be like this any more, I wanted the loveable and happy me back.

Jess taught me many tools around battling anorexia including thought challenging, goal setting, accountability, personification and much more. Without her knowledge and experience I don’t know where I’d be today.

I got better with the help of a dietician, psychologist, support coach, my family and my mum. I couldn't have done it alone, and no one should have to. So if you need to or even don't know if you need to, reach out because it really is worth it.”