I believe that art is a powerful medium for expressing pain, anger, fear, and other emotions which may be difficult to convey otherwise. Those with eating disorders often numb themselves to not only physical but emotional feelings for a variety of reasons. For myself, I became numb partly out of fear and partly as a way to make myself "invulnerable" to the outside world (and even to myself). Art, not only poetry but drawing, music, beading, etc. has helped me in many ways and has been helpful to many others I know. It somehow feels safe (though uncomfortable at times) to put thoughts, fears, and feelings down on paper. For me it's also been a good thing to put my creative energy into. Eating disorders take an insane amount of energy, and I've found that when I'm not pouring every second of my time and every ounce of my energy into food (and the other things associated with EDs), I have an incredible amount of time and energy and I didn't quite know what to do with it! Writing is powerful, lasting, and in a way very therapeutic. Journaling has been of the utmost importance in my journey into recovery so far, and has helped me gain more of an understanding of myself and my life. If you haven't tried it, I highly suggest it! Anyway, enough talk... time to get to the good stuff!
By the way, if you have any writings or drawings that you'd like me to put up on this page, by all means email it to me! I'd love to hear from you :)
Drawings, Poems, and what-not!
my drawings
my work
fishy pics
anonymous poem
letter from an eating disorder
courage poem
article on addictions
jason's poem
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