My Struggle With Eating Disorder

Beginning high school can be intimidating, I was a new girl and a cheerleader so automatically the standards where raised for me. I was not like the other girls with perfect bodies and gorgeous faces, I was just an awkward slightly chubby girl. However, seeing those girls that were supposed to be my teammates made be become insecure about myself. Instead of turning to someone that I trusted for help, I ended up taking the harder longer path and developed an eating disorder. The ideal cheerleader is short with a small waist and no flab, which was not me, I had some fat on my stomach that would not go away. In order to fit the social stereo type, I took an extreme path that only made matters worse for me in the long run. My struggle with an …show more content…
It began with an insecurity and grew to be much more because I was never told that it was not okay and no one ever noticed. The lack of people caring for me during that time made me fall deeper down the wrong path and would take longer getting out of it than what it did to initially begin. I have realized during this course of my life that many girls have the same problem that I experienced and where unaware of the other options out there to help them instead of destroying their body. My mother became my support system once she realized what I was going through so began to help me find ways to be more confident and love my body. One thing I told her I wanted to do was lose weight but in a healthy way that would help keep it off, this when I discovered my sanctuary, weight lifting. Now what I found to help me might not be for everyone but a change in physical activity helped me lose the insecurities I once had, create new goals and become an overall better person. Most girls don’t realize that there is ways to help whether it is finding something new that you love or becoming a part of a support group whether it is your best friend, parents, or random people it is the little things can help so much. Now I am a healthy girl regularly exercising and eat right to maintain the body that I now am proud to show …show more content…
Social stereo types in school does drive people to this especially young females in my experience. In order to support these girls they need to know that there is another way even when it feels hopeless and someone will be there for them if they just speak up. There should never be a reason that they have to endure the loss of everything good in their body. There should never be a desire to fit a social stereo type whether you are an athlete or just a student, your body was given to you to love and take care of not destroy it to fit the expectations of