A Reintroduction
Hello, again. I wanted to briefly reintroduce myself in this space, as it's been a hot minute since the last time I really discussed my intentions for creating it nearly two years ago. What a time it has been. I started writing here, reluctantly, due to a suggestion from my then-therapist in the first few months of entering treatment for my eating disorder. I had just begun medical leave from school and was flailing to find ways to occupy myself without marinating in my thoughts all day. I knew that words were helpful to me when I had the time and thought to articulate the right ones. Sometimes I get caught up in attempting to remember details of exactly how things happened, but I try to be mindful of that and recenter my focus onto the impact events in my life have had on me instead. I didn't share this with more than maybe ten people at first, and once I started talking about things that frankly still make me want to disappear when I go back and read them, I kept it really