Anorexia

This is a very close friend of mine, I've grown up with her and she has become like family over the years, I can't imagine life without her! She is alot of fun, and always laughing, but underlying that she has been dealing with anorexia for a few years now... she let me photograph her because as much as she may struggle with the disease, I know she wouldn't wish it on anyone else, she is reluctant to talk about it but is trying to put it behind her. She said it feels like being a different person, the obsession with food takes over, it makes her so self concious and she said she was always trying to find new ways of getting round eating, especially publically...sometimes she would have to just resort to throwing up. She said it could get so bad she would think about food and get physical sickness. Luckily she is moving pass this now but I think it will take time. The thing is, I didn't know untill recently, no one did, she was so good at hiding it, I have always envied how beautiful she is, so it was such a shock, I thought this may explain why I have become so passionate about this subject.