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If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you are not alone.  

If you are located in the U.S., contact the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) Helpline at 1-800-931-2237 for support, resources, and treatment options.

If you are located in the United Kingdom, The Beat UK is here to support people who have or are worried they have an eating disorder.  You can find all of the support services they provided by clicking here.

If you are located anywhere in the European Union, you can find support resources in your area at Mental Health Europe.

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I’ll proper die on the hill of defending survivors’ right to identify as aro, be it temporarily or forever. Not everyone’s recovery includes reincorporating the cause of their trauma into their life and that’s okay.  Romance is not a prerequisite for happiness or recovery. People can and do lead happy lives without romantic partners. Part of recovery is looking at your life and asking yourself what you want to keep the same and what you want to change in order to create an environment you can thrive in. If someone chooses to throw romance out the window as part of their recovery and the aromantic label/community can support them through that, then that’s great! I cannot stress this enough: recovery is not about trying to return to the past before whatever happened, it is about making a new and better life for yourself in the present/future. Peoples’ lives after recovery do not have to look the same as they did before their trauma.