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Life Update:

After 4 years of working hard, fixing myself, and pushing through, I graduated college with two degrees! I got a job working as a mental health care manager so I’ll be practicing what I preach in my community!

Just wanted to share this accomplishment. A couple years ago, I didn’t think I would make it past my 20th birthday- well, I made it, and then some!!!

Off to the adult world I go!

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Update 2: I’m officially a Qualified Mental Health Specialist, and started making contact with clients this week.

Also looking into buying my dream car, had my birthday, and basically life is going really swell.

Photo below is one I got of my city’s skyline after watching a movie outdoors on the river for my birthday. Just sharing some good news with y’all, I can’t believe this is my life!

#self worth #life update #work #birthday #positivity #mental health #nessa speaks

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It’s okay to outgrow people.

If they impede your progress, make you feel less than, or drain your energy, it is entirely your right to break ties with them for the betterment of yourself.

It isn’t selfish. Not if you’re hurting by keeping them close.

Would you hold your hand in a blazing fire just to keep a log propped up? If you let it go, it won’t stop being a log, and it’ll stay standing. Not only that, but you’ll stop getting burned.

#self care reminder #self love suggestion #friendly reminder #friends #savior complex #freedom #self improvement #self love #nessa speaks #mental heath support #mental health

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For all students of all ages, I know midterms have been difficult and have most likely taken a toll on your mental health.

Make sure that in between your studies and essays, you’re taking time to hydrate, eat, sleep, and care for yourself in ways that make you feel good and content!

Best of luck with the rest of midterms, you’ve got this!

#ana recovery #ed recovery #edrecovery #self compassion #positive #self worth #academics #midterms #student #positivity #self care #mental health #nessa speaks

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Tw// ed relapse

I truthfully never thought I would be the person to try to skip out of therapy sessions or disregard important emails pertaining to my mental health.

The things that eating disorders have you do.

It feels a bit like self sabatoge at this point. I know I have a good school, great boyfriend, wonderful friends who love and care about me, and a family that loves to cook food and try new things.

But, here I am, refusing to hang out in the case of food being there, eating at odd hours so I can miss the large dinners my mom prepares, and being so flighty that I can’t imagine any of my professional and academic peers are very happy with me (I’ve been silent when it comes to emails for at least a week.)

I’m still not ready for recovery. I have a bit more to go before I can even think of trying to bounce back. Maybe I don’t even want to? That’s how sickening these disorders are. It’s completely out of my control. Kind of scary.

#ana recovery #mental health #tw relapse #tw ed #tw restriction #trigger warning #thin #nessa vents

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Tw// ED and relapse

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on myself.

I’m still very deep into my relapse, with a weight that’s only a few pounds off from my lowest during the worst point of my ED when I was on campus.

I look forward to my recovery one day, but I feel so disgusting and trapped in this body that I need to do what I can to fix it before I’m allowed to recover.

Everyone deserves recovery, 100%.

I just don’t know if I’m at that point yet.

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