Obligatory Introduction
Fine, I’ll do it. Here goes my introduction.
I’m Ashlyn: a girl in my twenties trying to recover from anorexia nervosa. I’ve been sick for years and for some reason I’ve just decided to try to find light in my darkness. I’ve been to treatment three times a.k.a I’ve been to hell and back more than once. I heavily identify myself as “the girl with the eating disorder” and I guess I’m trying to change that but I also love it. My blogs are intended to reflect all the dialects in my life. I want recovery; I don’t want recovery. I love my therapist; my therapist is the biggest asshole I’ve ever met. I want to be alive; my eating disorder is the best part of my life. I could go on but maybe I’ll do a nice little blog on dialectics some time.
I’m a pretty straight shooter. I don’t sugar coat a lot of things. I use humor to dance around the seriousness of things that make me uncomfortable but who would anyone be without their maladaptive coping mechanisms? With that being said, I’m a pretty funny gal with a wicked sense of humor. I make lots of jokes about eating disorders and often I come across as being insensitive. However, you don’t have to listen to me! If you don’t want to read what I have to say or you feel put off by my personality, don’t read my posts! It is okay. No. Hard. Feelings. You don’t have time to be upset by my words and I don’t have time to worry about who I’m impressing, believe me, I’ve spent enough of my life doing that already.
Some housekeeping before I wrap up this cringey post:
I’m not an English major. In fact, I hate reading and somewhat hate writing (ANOTHER DIALECTIC for a girl with a blog). Soooo, if I misspell or misuse words, feel free to laugh at me and keep going. My punctuation is pretty spotty too. I’ve had two collegiate English professors tell me I need to learn how to use the comma because I just throw them in when it feels right! Disregard those too, I’m, trying, my, best.
Though I know few people will probably ever see this blog, feel free to message me about topics. If you want to talk one on one or hear my thoughts through a post, let me know! I’m in quarantine and bored out of my gourd. I am all ears all the time!
So that’s me, I left out a lot and probably forgot to mention some important things but I have so many more posts to let you know about my crazy, messed up life. :)
