Wanting to Escape Myself

By: Elise Aubrentina (View Profile)

The journal entries vary from being worse and better than this.

All of this was extremely hard. It is very hard work to try and achieve a better body. All of this wasn’t enough, because the results weren’t enough.

There was only one thing left that I thought about trying, being that i was desperate for anything that could possibly have a successful outcome.

One night, after munching on some cookies and other foods, I felt one of the worst feelings of regret from eating that I’ve felt throughout this whole journey. I could not, simply could not sit or stand or lay feeling so large and disgusting like I did.

This is the night I decided to make myself vomit.

It was the best way to be able to eat something without actually eating it. I didn’t have to worry about calories or fat when I could just simply rid them of my body. Ever since then, I resorted to this method every so often, here and there, and only occasionally.

But as the year went on and the months passed, I began to rely on purging more and more. Over the recent months of January and February, it became a once a week thing, until late February when it was once every few days, and then once a day, and sometimes up to three times daily.

I cannot always self vomit because I live with my mom and little sister in a small apartment where everything can be heard and known. Sometimes I am really sneaky about it, like waiting until late night, like 2 or 3 a.m. and going on a major binge and purging with in my room with low music while I know they are sleeping.

I will go to great measures just to purge. One night, I went for a walk, even though it was very, very cold and there were flurries and high winds. I had eaten so much but there was no way I would have gotten away with purging in my own house. So, after gearing up with my sweat-shirt and a winter coat, I took a walk around 10:00 p.m. over to the baseball field a few blocks from my house. I remember walking over to some bushes around the outside of the stands and putting my fingers forcefully down my throat to self-vomit and make sure I got everything out.

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posted: 04.25.2008
Jmari00 Hall
I feel like im reading my life through your words. Im also a junior in high school and have struggled with this for two years now. I want to be over with this constant uphill battle, to feel good about myself but no matter how much i try i keep falling down into an even bigger hole than what i started with. We'll get through this though, with support and help from people who have gone through this before, if you ever want to talk more you can message me and we can help each other out.
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