You are Loved

I have been hearing about a disturbing amount of suicides lately that are hitting very close to home. A college professor at my school committed suicide the other day leaving a wife and two young children, a few weeks ago a girl that my sister went to school with also committed suicide. This news is just devastating. Many of the family members of individuals that commit suicide are shocked that the individual was that unhappy that they took their own life. Many appear on the outside to be loving life and have a frontup to make others think they are okay when internally they are filled with negative self talk and are getting destroyed from the inside out. One of the number one causes of suicide today is eating disorders. Eating disorders slowly drag one into solitude, separation from others, away from themselves and their feelings and create a tunnel vision that they need to only focus on the eating disorder in order to be happy. Along with various physical ramifications, those practicing eating disorders have mental ramifications as well. The negative self talk that one has with themselves and the degrading remarks and comments that the eating disorder stimulates in one's brain can be detrimental. How do I know this? I experienced it first hand, I felt the depression and feeling of nothingness that the eating disorder led me to. I realize how easy it is for those practicing eating disorder behaviors to have thoughts of suicide because they simply feel that no matter what they do they are not good enough and they feel as if they are not loved. After going to rehab and beginning my venture in recovery I realized something that I want to share with you. The eating disorder is lying and telling you nobody cares about you and nobody loves you but if you look around you, you pushed away the very people that love you the most. You turned to the eating disorder to fulfill all of your needs and desires and to make you feel that temporary love based on being perfect and skinny. You are in fact surrounded by people that love and care about you whether it be a family member,a teacher, a close friend, or even your doctor. There are people that value your life and want to help you. Most of all, even if you feel like there is nobody on this earth that loves you, there is someone that loves you so much that He gave His life for you. That is Jesus Christ, Your heavenly Father loves, values and cherishes you. He created you and knows every hair on your head. He died on the cross for you and the sacrifice of His life makes it possible for you to have a relationship with Him, if you so choose. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should have eternal life." So the next time you feel unloved remember this verse :) Also, here is a link to resources that are available to help you. You CAN get help, reach out to an organization that wants to help you get on the road to recovery. RESOURCES

Inspiring Story

Faith brought her out of despair, and she never goes a day — rarely more than an hour or two — without praising God for everything she has in life.

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