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♡⊹ lyrika 𑁍ࠬܓ@lyrika_sturmal · Sep 22, 2026

☆ how my body & family acted during my lw: 🧵a #thread for #edtwt ♡

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Summary

A personal account from someone with an eating disorder describing physical symptoms (fainting episodes, loss of hunger), family dynamics (mother's emotional concern without direct confrontation, father's dismissiveness, grandmother's commentary), intrusive food-related thoughts, and vivid nightmares during their low-weight period.

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    ☆ how my body & family acted during my lw: 🧵a #thread for #edtwt ♡

  2. #2

    𐙚 disclaimer: this is purely me describing pure facts. i’m not downplaying or promoting anything. i will censor words, ‘cause last time i did a thread i got banned three times… 𐙚 including photos of my instagram stories i from that era.

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    𝜗𝜚 mum us3d to st4nd in fr0nt of me wh3n i w4s alr3ady l4ying in my b3d, re4dy to sle3p and s4y stuff l1ke: ‘y0u’re f4ding aw4y in fr0nt of my ey3s’, ‘i c4re 4bout y0u’, ‘r3memb3r to t4ke car3’ but n3ver 4ddress3d me h4ving an 3d 0r said 4nyth1ng ab0ut e4ting.

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    𝜗𝜚 n3ver in my l1fe h4ve i pass3d 0ut, but onc3 dur1ng my lw wh3n i st0od up to0 f4st i d1dn’t just s3e bl4ck - i lit3rally l0st contr0l of my b0dy. i involunt4rily f3ll d0wn and c0uldn’t mov3 for a c0uple of s3conds. it w4s v3ry sc4ry.

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    𝜗𝜚 my gr4ndma us3d to c0mment on my b0dy all the t1me 4cting as if i w4sn’t ther3. ‘i gu3ss it’s teen4ge f4shion r1ght now’, ‘sh3’s t0o sk1nny! sh3 h4s to 3at someth1ng’.

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    𝜗𝜚 i g0t so obse3ssed with f0od it w4s all i c0uld th1nk of and my l1fe revolv3d 4round it. 0nce dur1ng a ch4rity th1ng with my friend i m4de us w4lk ar0und a big f0od m4rket thr3e t1mes and just lo0k at f0od. i g3nuinely th0ught th1s was norm4l. fo0d was all i c0uld ev3r t4lk-

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    -ab0ut. i als0 dr3amt 4bout eat1ng, b1nging, st4rving and my fam1ly or fri3nds confr0nting me ab0ut my 3d. i c0uld also dr3am about m4gically gain1ng a l0t of w3ight. c0nstant nightm4res.

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    𝜗𝜚 my d4d who i rar3ly t4lk to, wh3n he g0t a ch4nce, he was excus1ng ev3rything i d1d or d1dn’t do w1th ‘bec4use y0u’re not eat1ng’. my st0mach hurt? i d1dn’t f3el w3ll? i wann4 do th1s? or th4t? all becaus3 i ‘w4sn’t eat1ng’. (i w4s n0t but ykw1m).

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    𝜗𝜚 if i 4sked my mum to buy sp3cific fo0d for me she w0uld do it in an inst4nt. she w0uld n3ver refus3 me 3ven if she alre4dy ment1oned not h4ving m0ney. and she w0uld alw4ys buy ev3n m0re th4n i ask3d her to.

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    𝜗𝜚 i w4s eat1ng so l1ttle and f4sting so much th4t i g3nuinely st0pped feel1ng physic4l hung3r. ev3n dur1ng f4sts i w4s just n0t hungry. i c0uld be full fr0m one s1ngular inst4nt s0up.

  11. #11

    𐙚 the end !!! it was all i could come up to at the moment and i hope you could read it without problems. hope you enjoyed it ♡