u/Bitchrofblaviken

trying to branch out in my use of colours lately, I feel like it’s working pretty well

I’ve been really proud of myself lately. I struggled with disordered eating my entire life mainly anorexia for 9 years and overall ARFID habits and tendencies. It controlled my life to the point that I wouldn’t eat for an entire 2-3 days because I was just so turned off by the thought of food in my body and the tastes and textures that came with it. For years I was in the cycle of (example:) eating just bagels for two weeks, then id get sick of that and move onto bologna sandwiches, and then sick of that and move onto something else. It went on long enough that Ive been left with a bad iron deficiency upon others. This past fall I made some steps that earned me independent living, I was able to leave fostercare in the past and live by myself. The past few months have not been easy, but through patience and self love I’ve been able to add so much more variety to my daily intake. And I often eat two or three meals a day now, not one every two or three days. I genuinely never saw a normal diet for myself, I still have lots to improve on but this is more progress than I ever thought I could make. I don’t know if posts like this are really allowed? But I don’t have anyone in my life that will celebrate how important this is, so I just wanted to share with likeminded individuals.