my soul is dead. a monster swallowed it whole. i am here to fight for it back. fuck you anorexia.Tumblr (3.0; @betterthanbones)http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdl5v7b6Kl1rx0zn3o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36799216084http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36799216084Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:49:38 -0500“I’m convinced I am taking up too much space, eating too much, wanting food too much. I’ve often felt that I was too much emotion, too much need, too loud and demanding, too much there, if you know what I mean.”<br/><br/> - <em>The slender body</em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36799203737http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36799203737Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:49:13 -0500“The anorexic is terrified and repelled by a certain image of the female: as hungering, voracious, all-needing, and all-wanting. It is this image that shapes and permeates her experience of her own hunger for food as insatiable and out of control, that makes her feel that if she takes just one bite, she will not be able to stop.”<br/><br/> - <em><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The slender body</span></p></em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36799122398http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36799122398Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:46:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcztjqsM2p1rikxm2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fleshcanoes.tumblr.com/post/35030065739/out-of-my-body-out-of-my-mind">fleshcanoes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>out of my body out of my mind</p> </blockquote>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36584258457http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36584258457Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:44:39 -0500“I hated myself so much I tried to starve all the badness inside me. But then I felt overwhelmed by the selfishness of this action.”<br/><br/> - <em>Emma</em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036985696http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036985696Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:22:24 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1e83hG7V1rkogzbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Tracey Emin</p> </blockquote>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036784738http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036784738Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:19:43 -0500“The frightened child melted into the carpet, caught up in the fibres, she sank deep down. The frightened child and then competent woman shared the same body but not the same feelings. I was so scared and torn inside, sometimes I gave up hope of ever getting better.”<br/><br/> - <em>Emma</em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036678386http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036678386Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:18:15 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcjme6NVxk1qb4hiyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bienenkiste.tumblr.com/post/34404491424/camille-rowe-by-daniel-king-for-lula-f-w-2011">bienenkiste</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Camille Rowe by Daniel King for Lula F/W 2011</p> </blockquote>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036433586http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036433586Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:14:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdctks3s4a1qb9vveo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036347858http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036347858Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:13:51 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4kf2y6xxC1ql138no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036153732http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36036153732Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:11:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6e7ewuzF31r89nngo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36034552527http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36034552527Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:49:50 -0500“He who conquers others is strong. <br/> He who conquers himself is mighty.”<br/><br/> - <em>Lao Tse</em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36034541608http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36034541608Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:49:42 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbve4qx5441qg62apo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36033817276http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36033817276Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:40:01 -0500“Even when I wanted to work it all out and say how I’d gotten into the anorexia I couldn’t explain it. I couldn’t tell any stories about the past.”<br/><br/> - <em>When Eating is Everything</em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36033572720http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/36033572720Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:36:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liat2vYuS91qceir5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35820058983http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35820058983Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:34:59 -0500“It took a lot of trust on my part, that people wouldn’t lose respect for my struggle if I started to change for no obvious reason.”<br/><br/> - <em>Where do you go from here? </em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35819955060http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35819955060Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:33:26 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc9cmk9izz1rifmr6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mrsbukowski.tumblr.com/post/34547708043">mrsbukowski</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>my life</p> </blockquote>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35819703602http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35819703602Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:29:43 -0500“Once I change I will never be able to go backwards: I will have lost the control I have now, forever.”<br/><br/> - <em>Where do you go from here?</em>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35818387605http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35818387605Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:10:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m174w2mjzh1qz5g75o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35818120213http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35818120213Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:06:33 -0500<p>i&#8217;m back!</p>http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35818091987http://betterthanbones.tumblr.com/post/35818091987Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:06:09 -0500