**Content warning: Some stories may mention eating disorder thoughts, behaviors, and symptoms. Please use your discretion when reading and speak with your support system as needed.
By Kaitlyn Rose
This emptiness that calls
with such urgency
is a lie,
A false promise of safety
and the ability
to Breathe
amidst
the pain.
**Content warning: This is one person’s story; everyone will have unique experiences in recovery and beyond. Some stories may mention eating disorder thoughts, behaviors, and symptoms. Please use your discretion when reading and speak with your support system as needed.
Rachel Freeman is a special education teacher, poet, creator, and lover of life. She is the author of The Hunger, a compilation of poems about identity, body image, and eating disorder recovery.
Here Rachel shares a few of her poems, as well as advice for others struggling with an eating disorder.
