Jenni Schaefer - Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disord

Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and then the emotional turmoil I experienced without those behaviors (not knowing how to cope with perfectionism, feelings, and life in general) took me even further, so that I ultimately found serenity.

- Jenni Schaefer

source: Jenni Schaefer (2009). “Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life”, p.5, McGraw Hill Professional

topic: Pain, Emotional, Knowing, Intense Pain, Emotional Turmoil