KC teen who struggled with anorexia for years talks about moment she finally got help
National Eating Disorders Association reported a 41% increase in calls for help in 2020
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Updated: 10:58 PM CDT May 18, 2021
National Eating Disorders Association reported a 41% increase in calls for help in 2020
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Updated: 10:58 PM CDT May 18, 2021
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SAVED HER LIFE. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU? WHO’S THAT? HAVE YOU BEEN TOO MUCH ON YOU? ALL ISABEL MAYOR, KEN SNTU CROWDS WITH HER VOICE. TBU HER TALENT WAS BEING OVERSHADOWED BY WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF THE WAY SHE LOOKED IN THIRD GRADE. JUST ONE DAY IT KIND OF CLICKED LIKE HMM. I THINK I’M MORE OVERWEIGHT THAN SO OTHERME GIRLS GIRLS IN MY GRADE. THOSE FEELINGS DIDN’T EPKE A BELL FROM THE STEAG BUT IT DID KEEP HER FROM FOOD. ANOREXIA WAS PART OF HER LIFE UNTIL COVID-19 STRUCK WITH THE WORLD SHUT DNOW ISABEL SPENT HOURS ONLINE OBSESSING ABOUT DIETGIN EXERCISING AND LOSING WEIGHT. THEN THINGS WENT UP FURTHER. I THINK THAT IN ORDER TO GET RID OF MY EMOTIONS. I FELT LIKE I HATOD DO THINGS. UNHEALTHY THINGS I USED TO PURGE. SO SELINF-DUCED VOMITING. IT WAS A SECRET. SHE KEPT UNTIL AN ARGUMENT WITH HER. MOM REVEALED EVERYTHING FINALLY. I WAS JUST LIKE, DO YOU KNOW I’M SO UPSET. MUSIC WHY AND I WAS LIKE BECAUSE I'’ I’LL THROW UP AND BECAUSE I’M NOT EATING AND BECAUSE I’M OVER EXERCISING AND BECAUSE I HA TE MYSELF I FELT LIKE FAILURE. I FELT LIKE A FAILED PARENT WHO WASN’T PAYING ATTENTION STACY THOUGHT COUNSELING IN A DIETITIAN WOULD HELP BUT ISABEL’S BODY W AASLREADY SHUTTING DOWN ANDHE T FRIDAY BEFORE LABOR DAY. THEY CALLED AND SAID HER HEART RATE I DSANGEROUS AND SHE CAN’T DO IT THIS WAY. WE NEED HER TO GO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK 10 HOURS A DAY AND SHE CAN COME HOME AND SLEEPT A NIGHT AND I LITERALLY HAD TO HOLD HER AND LIKE THE FETAL POSITION. WHILEHE S CRIED FOR TWO HOURS ABOUT A TABLESPOON OF PEANUT BUTTER A IND THOUGHT THAT YOU KN,OW THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. THIS IS THIS IS HOW MUCH HELP SHE NEEDS HOW HARD TSHI IS TODAY? ISABEL IS FOCUSED ON HER HEALTH TAKINGER H RECOVERY ONE DAY AT A TIME. I’M ATTEMPTING. I’M ATTEMPTING TO START LOVING MYLF ANDSE FIND WAYS TO. YOU KNOW NOT