I stood staring at a mirror which lacked a reflection beaming back at me; forsaken.
It was like I could almost see my reflection, I was reaching out and pressing my fingertips to the cold reflective glass in hopes of seeing anything that could shine the light within.
Moments passed as I stood blinking and before I knew it, she was there. My smiling and always laughing reflection who gave me the slightest bit of hope and inspiration to strive forward in life. She smiled and I followed.
She giggled and I followed.
I cried and she followed.
I heaved and she followed.
I awoke one day and returned to the mirror and was met with a perturbed and confused reflection blinking in a daze; malignant.
I shook and bawled as I pawed at the cold glass, urging my reflection to return to me safely. And soon enough, she did. My heart squeezed with endearment as I embraced my reflection; now promising the world and more to each other.
We smiled and we giggled.
We cried and we heaved.
My mirror, my reflection, my other half, my twin.
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Christine Alarcon
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Imagine you’re sitting in front of a mirror with a laptop in hand and a tempting bowl of your favorite snack in the other. In one hand your laptop is telling you why you should not eat that snack and on the other hand you’re starving and crave the snack so badly. This is what many girls and boys face in their daily lives, contemplating whether or not they should eat for the sake of a thin body, or perhaps even control. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness, with suicide being the second leading cause of death. In addition to frank suicide attempts (some of which are premeditated and some of which are impulsive), many individuals with eating disorders engage in other intentional forms of self-injury, especially those individuals with purging symptomatology. (2) The censorship of pro anorexia and pro bulimia websites and chat rooms could provide a safer environment for those in recovery and those susceptible to eating disorders.
By Christine Alarcon6 years ago in Psyche
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