I always found it interesting how one event connected with a certain feeling can rule our life. I don't know whether calling it an addiction or not but once our brain connects two dots it might be hard to break this connection, it might not even be conscious.

For the brain it's a simple logic like "Being skinny must mean being beautiful must mean being happy". On top of that, we have some voice or memory looping in our mind that triggers some negative feeling. It's simply the survival instinct we all have of "Avoid pain seek pleasure" hit from both sides. From one side we have the thought that triggers the negative feeling and setting us into a survival mode to avoid this pain in all cost, from the other side we have the thought that if we do something we will feel better. Before we recognize it we fall into a spiral of "Wrong Ideas" ruling our life.

Anorexia is a good example but it could be anything! all a person needs is the wrong idea with some emotion attached to it and he can go to dark places! But I still believe that the best cure for those things is self-awareness and I think your little story here can actually help people!!!
The power of words is amazing and if are able to change perspective or bring awareness to one person you might even save and change lives! On that note, I believe that your story is able to do it so I choose to resteem it.

Btw it takes a lot of courage to write that and share personal feelings! I'm thinking a lot lately about something called "the comfort zone" and I think that you had to leave yours to write this piece. You are amazing, thank you for sharing! ♥