![]() ![]() When J comes home, they insist on cosmetic changes to the common spaces in our home. When J comes home, the air changes in the house. I had been in bed about an hour, reading and streaming videos about houses for sale in Rizal, when the chimes began downstairs. ![]() While my circadian rhythm breaks my sleep at 6AM on most days, J’s body aches for movement in the middle of the night, a curative exhaustion to sap excess energy from his muscles. “If you don’t believe that you exist then it is very comforting to be doing something that makes you not exist”Īntonia’s account, as quoted by Becky Thompson in “A Hunger So Wide and So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems”, 1994Ĭhimes ringing in the dining room signaled my brother’s nightly workout. if this topic is potentially triggering, please do not read further❗️ ❗️this post ❌ does NOT❌ support bingeing and purging❗️ This post is part of the ongoing series The Bulimia Chronicles, which collects my experiences of living with Bulimia. ![]()
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