Eating disorders controlled their lives. Now, 3 SU students tell their stories. Photo Illustration by Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor The Daily Orange spoke with (from left) Emily Bright, Alexis Peng and Gwen Mercer about their experience with eating disorders. Facebook Google+ Editor’s note: If you are struggling with disordered eating contact the National Eating Disorder Awareness hotline by calling 800-931-2237 or by going to https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/. The Daily Orange talked to three Syracuse University students who discussed their experience with eating disorders. Gwen Mercer, junior Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor Advertisement When I was 17 years old I had an anorexia relapse that nearly took my life. I weighed next to nothing and my body temperature was like 92 degrees. My pulse was nonexistent, and they may have had to use the defibrillator on me — I can’t remember if my heart actually stopped. I don’t even know how it got so bad because you basically get to a point where you’re so, so, so sick that it just became that I was my disorder.