❝ Being sick allows you to check out of life. Getting well again means you have to check back in. It is absolutely crucial that you are ready to check back into life because you feel as though something has changed from the time before you were sick. Whatever it was that made you feel insecure, less than, or pressured to live in a way that was uncomfortable to you has to change before you want to go back there and start life over. And with all the time it takes to have a eating disorder - literally the whole day is consumed by it, both mentally and physically - it’s important to find something other than your body image to be passionate about. You have to create a whole new life to check into… ❞
— Unbearable Lightness, Portia de Rossi (via
aranrhod)