Warning:  In this post, I share my eating disorder story.  I am sharing my story during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the hopes that it will bring hope to someone going through it, because my story has a happy ending.  But if this will be a trigger for you, please do not read.  This post particularly deals with the dark moments of my journey to find healing. 

–  Nicole

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I couldn’t tell you exactly when it happened; but over months of dietary restrictions and excessive exercise, my entire mindset changed.  What had started as a teen’s innocent excitement over being healthy, mutated into bondage.  Food controlled every part of my life, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to bed.

My parents knew that something was wrong, and my mom says she really started to worry when she noticed that my smile was becoming…