Quite simply, there's been another loss in the support community. This happens too often. I didn't know Gretchen closely but she was always happy to offer comfort and advice and had a fabulous smile and all around aura of loveliness. I believe she was about to undertake a new course of therapy shortly - too late. I hope Gretchen finds comfort now. Rest with Alice, Jay, Loredana, Katie... (at this point I feel horrific I may have forgotten about someone here.) It terrifies me the way in which the horrors in their heads 'won' - It terrifies me even more when I think about this with great sympathy for Alice who could not fight any more.
I was on the bus home from University, March 2011, and I knew that she'd been missing in the Brecon Beacons, but to see her face looking out of "The Metro" alongside a short paragraph summarising her life, illness and escape from desperation, was disarming.
And I don't know what else to say because all of these words don't change anything.
Please look after each other out there.
Resources and Support for those Affected by Eating Disorders - Beat
Samaritans (for anyone in distress or crisis) - Samaritans
Chronic eating disorders are persistent, but they can be ameliorated with the proper support. Reach out. Don't give up hope. Ever.
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