I know that people like the fairy tales, and they can lend us a certain degree of strength, and I know that those are the simple, stark, uncomplicated narratives that gain clicks, but where recovery is concerned, I’m keen to dismantle this myth, because when other people are going through their own eating disorder recovery and it doesn’t feel heroic or epic or mythical, I want to let you know that it shouldn’t. Recovery is not a comfortable or straightforward process.
