“Eating disorders are serious! Second deadliest mental illness after opioid addiction.”

“We wished our brains didn’t work like this it’s totally exhausting trying to mask these issues. As much as we wish we could stop at the same time, it’s extremely scary to see life without it.”

“Since I myself have not personally dealt with an eating disorder, I feel I have limited knowledge and space to speak on it but I will say there are more people out there suffering the same thing when you are battling an eating disorder and trying to find community can really help with the battle. Also, the people who care about you don't want you to suffer in silence and want to help you in the way you need.”

“I would love for the Hispanic community to learn about what eating disorders are and how we should change the way we speak to our future generations so we don’t create traumas. Make it not taboo anymore.”

“It’s okay to ask for help and it’s really important if you aren’t educated about ways of supporting others to find resources to help learn and listen.”

“How much energy they take from your life. How detrimental it is to talk about children's bodies, how that affects them later in life. How constantly casually talking about dieting and food is triggering for a lot of people.”

“I’ve seen my friend's younger sister struggle with bulimia (mostly untreated) since she was 14. She's now in her mid-30's, has a ton of serious health problems, and she barely has any relationships with her family members. I hope people learn that it's psychological and unfortunately many aspects of disordered eating are glorified and praised in our culture.”

“They are not about food at all - It's about the overwhelm of life and stress and the inability to cope or know the tools to direct that stress or regulate emotions so unhealthy behaviors with food develop.”

“It doesn’t all look the same.”

“I know people who have suffered with eating disorders and just like substance abuse I think being able to speak about it publicly reduces the stigma and allows people to recover.”