Welcome to an article about eating disorders, aimed at spreading awareness, advice, knowledge, and support into the community.
What is an eating disorder?
There are many known eating disorders in today's world; anorexia and bulimia are the most notorious ones. An eating disorder has to do with mental, emotional, and physical issues in regards to food and ones own body. There is no perfect description of what an eating disorder is, however, because every individual lives it in a different way. The only important distinction I can make is that an eating disorder in many ways cannot be controlled, it is an illness, and not a choice.
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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and why it matters by Mrs-Durden, journal
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and why it matters
Many of you might have seen your friends dump buckets of ice on themselves in the past few weeks, for what is called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Many of you probably wondered what on earth ALS is, and perhaps assumed it was some sorority thing, or maybe just another silly challenge like the cinammon challenge. But no, this is something very different than what many of us might have thought at first.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis:
Often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS event
Kindergarden- 1st Grade:
They said that I was stupid,
And that I couldn't read.
That was the first time in my life,
That my heart started to bleed
2nd-3rd Grade:
They said my skin was dark,
And my religion wasn't good.
They destroyed me piece by piece,
And shattered me where I stood
4th Grade:
They said I was too fat,
I didn't have the perfect face.
I could not be fixed at all,
I was a broken case
7th-8th Grade:
They said I was a stalker,
And that I told lies.
That year truly was filled,
With dark, gloomy skies
Now:
I couldn't be more broken,
More sad in my life.
Everything hurts,
Like a sharp, cold knife
Am I really this wo