These are my "skinny day" jeans; the ones I could only fit in at my very thinnest, the ones I kept in the bottom of my closet for years "just in case."
Today, I proudly took a pair of scissors to my skinny day jeans. This is what conquering an eating disorder looks like.
Tags: eating disorder, skinny jeans, thin
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Hi there! My name is Melissa and I'm a 24 year old woman happily exploring a healthy, rewarding life after a long battle with disordered eating. This blog details my struggles, my triumphs, my thoughts, opinions and some snippets of my fiction writing. Enjoy :)
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I, too, have like 4 pairs of skinny skinny jeans. They’re so small that nobody should ever be able to fit in them. My mom made me throw two pairs away when she confronted me about my ED, but I hid 4 other pairs in the back of my closet without really thinking. Actually, I hadn’t even realized how shameful that was until this post. I still have them and I DON’T KNOW WHY. I’m going to knife them at Christmas.
It was totally bittersweet to tear them apart. I was a little hesitant to do it for so long because a) they cost so much money and b) i once loved those little bitty jeans. But i can’t tell you the relief I felt after destroying them for good. Those stupid jeans have been lurking in my closet for years as a reminder of a terrible period in my life. You better send pictures when you knife yours and I’ll post them on here!!!