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Still can’t find what keeps me here.
Never there. Never there. NEVER THERE. So fucking empty. Who knows what’s real and what’s not, what’s past clawing back up the throat to sing the same barbed song again? I want to help. I don’t see how...
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Finding Grace
Say Grace. No, seriously. Speak it aloud. Regardless of context, of religious connotations and concrete definitions, there’s an undeniable pleasant ring to Grace that has spanned centuries; like so...
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Whither do I wander
I wasn’t going to post an entry this weekend, nor yet write for Monday Blogs. All the fierce colour has gone out of my mind recently, a prelude to something worse I fear. I wish it were only ‘flu, but...
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Going the extra mile: Life with Anorexia Athletica
With parents who had both served in the RAF, I spent my early childhood accustomed to a spotless house and routine lifestyle. This may not be the case in every such military household, but it was...
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Gym Etiquette and Sociability: Co-Authored by Christopher Smith
Flicking down my Twitter feed, I was caught on the iron-grin humour of a friend’s comment about his experiences in the gym – notably, those inexplicable fluctuations of energy, which carry such...
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Coping Together: Carers and Eating Disorders
I remember the look on my mothers’ face, as the doctor uttered the words that would change our lives forever. Frozen, all colours and none, it was a diamond-expression, with every conceivable emotion...
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Full text: Interview with Brent Allard, “Coping Together: Carers and Eating...
I approached Brent with the premise of this interview, on the back of a Twitter conversation. As is so often the case, a random fact dropped in had set off ripples; I had mentioned my (past and...
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Full Text: Interview with Jimmi Campkin, “Coping Together: Carers and Eating...
1) How did you two meet: under what circumstances? Was it in a “neutral zone”, or through friends? Was she open about her illness, its symptoms, or did she try to conceal any parts initially (to try to...
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