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Personal Narrative: Bulimia Nervosa

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Out of all the challenges in my life, I think bulimia nervosa has stuck out the most with me. That was a really tough time in my life, everything tasted great but I knew I would eventually get rid of it. It’s like life was mocking me and I probably deserved it. My self-esteem was at its all-time low, when I told my friends they got angry and told me that that was idiotic of me; and it was. I had anorexia before but then they noticed and I had to start eating again. I don’t even know what compelled me to start shoving two fingers down my throat but I just did. The acids in my stomach would hurt my throat; I would be able to control it but then sometimes I couldn’t. People would tell me when I ate ‘too much’ that no one would end up loving a

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