TW: eating disorders

I feel you, my parents got divorced when I was little and my mum had custody. She would buy sweets and chocolate all the time and would rarely cook properly. Very quickly I became obese and an emotional eater, a food (especially chocolate) addict. I had no friends, I was shy and bullied, had zero self esteem. Food was my only friend, only until I was 14 and became anorexic and food became an enemy. I became underweight and was anorexic until age 18 and then I started binging and became bulimic (I used overexcersising as a compensation). Now I'm just a little bit overweight but still want to lose weight, feel like it's a neverending battle. I feel like my mother set me up for an eating disorder both emotionally and physically back then.

You are not alone and I feel your pain. We both deserve a healthy relationship to food and our bodies ❤