danielleyagodich:

“Aren’t eating disorders beautiful?” (by We the Living Photography)

Going through my photos from early 2011 I came across this and I was so repulsed I cried. 
I cried for myself and for the girl I was, but mostly I cried for the millions of girls (and boys) out in the world buying into the romantic stereotypes of eating disorders, so much so that they’ll develop and suffer from one too.
This is what the reality of an eating disorder is. 
Skelatal features.
Sunken eyes rimmed with dark circles.
Palid skin with no healthy luster (and in my case incredibly darkened freckles).
Receding hair line.
It’s not what anyone should want.
You should look at this and be as repulsed as I am!

I can’t help but wonder how many models actually look like this under their makeup.
Makeup can hide anything, but it doesn’t change the fact that you’re dying underneath and within.
I was dying.
This is what an eating disorder really looks like, the truth beyond the romanticization.
There is nothing beautiful about it.

I wish other girls could see this.
You don’t want this.
It ISN’T worth it. 
It will never be worth it. 

tagged as: danielle yagodich. portrait. eating disorder. anorexia. reality. honesty.
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