What if negative thoughts controlled your entire life? A sample entry for To The Bone's 'Mind Over Matter' contest.

Ever wondered how some people can take a jab so easily? How people can put themselves down and go on with life without a care in the world? How people do embarrassing things and laugh at themselves? Well here's your chance to find out how to do it yourself. Tips and tricks to self-confidence and appearing more trustworthy. *Started 1•8•17*

I've struggled with body image issues since middle school, and during my freshman year of college I developed a pretty severe eating disorder. I lived in denial for months by telling myself that it was "nothing serious," just something I was doing to make myself feel special, or for the sake of having a dramatic secret. By participating in this campaign by the new Netflix series "To the Bone," I'm honored to share how I came to terms with my mental illness for what it really was, and I hope to reach girls who might be telling themselves something similar.

Completing everything on that list was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Not because I lost you, but because I had to learn how to love myself. [commissioned entry for the To The Bone short story contest]

This is just some random stories and poems I've made, nothing special, just the mind of me.