Boys don't have eating disorders. Those are only for vain, teenage girls. Not for Alex. Alex Rivera doesn't know why he started counting calories or why he's addicted to stepping on the scale. He just knows it's what he needs to do. His parents don't understand, and neither does his twin brother - the hotshot player of the school. His little sister doesn't get it. His fucking pet lizard doesn't get it. None of them understand how, a family so happy and so healthy, could've festered this disorder. A disorder that's taken everything from Alex. As the heartbreaking secrets unfold and Alex's disorder is brought under the microscope, the Riveras must find a way to get by, even through the impossibility of Alex's eating disorder, a molestation charge, and the realization that pain isn't always clear-cut and obvious. Told through multiple point of views, The Way We Get By shines a light on the often ignored side of mental health and eating disorders, and it shows that with a little love, humor, and sacrifice, absolutely anything is possible. - - Highest Ranks: |#1| - ednos |#1| - disorder |#1| - mentalillness |#2| - eating |#3| - recovery

A high school wrestler finds his life spiraling out of his control. Liam García never meant to let cutting weight consume him. He never meant to find solace in the starving or the purging. He loved the sport more than anything. Until it started to destroy.

One boy. One disease. One story. This is the story of Nathan Henry, and his battle with body dysmorphia. ~ •Completed •medium-sized book, short chapters Highest ranking: #1 in bodydysmorphia #60 in journey #24 in ed #52 in support #15 in stereotypes #167 in boy #4 in strength #3 in stigma #1 in freetheboy #1 in bdd #2 in freeyourbody #1 in endthestigma #3 in freementalillness #56 in eatingdisorders #58 in awareness {photo credits to Warrned Wong for the amazing photography}

Fifteen-year-old Kyle Clark just wants to be left alone. No one seems to have gotten the memo. Everyone just wants him to talk about his Mum: his friends, his teachers and definitely his long lost Auntie that he now has to live with. He tries to hide but manages to be pulled into a friendship with a new girl at school, Cassie. She is passionate about dancing and it reminds him of his love for Karate. But that was his old life: Karate has too many bad memories for him now. A friend he made in foster care, Diego, helps him forget the past, but he has his own secrets too. As Kyle battles with the past, and how he fits into the world now, will he learn to trust again?

Keeping a secret comes easy to Jacob Fletcher. He has been well practised for years. A hidden talent or is that a talent for hiding? He just has to lay low and get through it all. When everything changes, will he be able to change with it? *Trigger Warning: Physical Abuse*

The last couple of years have been rough for Nolan Caddel and his family. After the death of loved ones and a life changing diagnosis he's just trying to live his life to the best of his ability and enjoy every little moment. Just when he thinks he's figured it out Lindsay Madden a sweet, charming, charismatic girl falls into his life, but as Nolan and Lindsay grow closer secrets will come out, trust will be broken, and tears will be shed. Follow Nolan in his journey as Lindsay and him fight for love. -•-•-•- 1 in #bigfamily 1 in #carcrash 1 in #leukemia 1 in #sick 2 in #siblinglove 3 in #cancer 3 in #siblings 3 in #sickness -•-•-•- Started: February 11th, 2022 Finished...