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The Way We Get By

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Reads 113,808
Votes 4,025
Parts 29
Time 9h 26m

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anorexia bad badboy boy disorder drama eating eatingdisorder ednos fiction heartbreak highschool love mentalhealth mentalillness multiplepov recovery sad teen teenagers teenfiction texttospeech youngadult

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.

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His World. by euphoricfeels

Growing up, Julian Rivera always knew he was different. Instead of wanting toy cars, he wanted Barbie dolls. Instead of liking girls, he liked boys. And now a teenager in highschool, instead of wanting to wear male attire, he'd rather wear crop tops and booty shorts. Most of his childhood he has been bullied and made fun of because of the way he is but either way, he ignores the hate and continues doing whatever he wants. Sophomore year had just arrived and Julian couldn't be any less excited to go back to the constant tormenting and hazing. Although having his close brother, Jamie and his best friend, Jaliea at his side, high school's still a tough place. Constantly getting played by boys, Julian's over even trying for love until one certain boy named Andre Santos catches his eye. Being the most hated in school and Andre being on the football, track, and basketball team and at that, also being a Junior, it seems nothing but a far fetched dream but when Andre starts showing slight interest back, Julian is confused if he's being genuine or not. With down low ex boyfriends, envious sibling girlfriends, and other new conflicts constantly popping up in Julian's world, how will he ever make it through? Especially when his deepest secret of all is spread rumor across the school and he's faced with the choice to chose between 3 different boys.

𝓗𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀 by beanzgetti4

Rita becomes strict with her eating, everyday the number of calories she eats gets lower and the amount of time she does cardio gets higher. She practices of managing her starvation by distracting it and never catches a break on the scale. Nobody is aware of it, it was something Rita doesn't want her friends or family to know, hiding her body from them didn't last long. Her mother noticed the dramatic weight change on her body. She tries to help her get back to her eating and tells her many times that she's "perfectly skinny" but nothing works. Her mother puts her foot down as Rita started to get ill, her mom takes her to a mental health hospital. She deals with consequences from her nurses and other patients.

VALERIE by xxmils

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Fragile by Sn0w_Flake_Princess

Is weight what really matters in life? Maybe it is, maybe it's not. Maybe some people care about it more than others. Livia, 17-year-old girl gets to experience the real raw world. Friends, best friends, are suddenly making her conscious of her body. The comments are driving Livia to the deep end, suffering endlessly from the need to starve, to always be more beautiful. Can she be saved anymore, or does she even want to be saved? Disclaimer: English isn't my native language, so I'm very sorry if there's spelling mistakes, etc!! Also, this is my first real book here and my writing gets better throughout the chapters!!! The first chapters are clingy, but it gets better<3 ⚠️TW⚠️ I do not recommend this to anyone recovering or struggling with an eating disorder, or younger readers. This story is based on true stories and can be a bit rough. Story contains: ed, anorexia, sh, violence

If You Love Me by slybatspidow

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All in my Mind by BomPomm

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Addict In Black ✔ by whoscountinganyway

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His World.

Growing up, Julian Rivera always knew he was different. Instead of wanting toy cars, he wanted Barbie dolls. Instead of liking girls, he liked boys. And now a teenager in highschool, instead of wanting to wear male attire, he'd rather wear crop tops and booty shorts. Most of his childhood he has been bullied and made fun of because of the way he is but either way, he ignores the hate and continues doing whatever he wants. Sophomore year had just arrived and Julian couldn't be any less excited to go back to the constant tormenting and hazing. Although having his close brother, Jamie and his best friend, Jaliea at his side, high school's still a tough place. Constantly getting played by boys, Julian's over even trying for love until one certain boy named Andre Santos catches his eye. Being the most hated in school and Andre being on the football, track, and basketball team and at that, also being a Junior, it seems nothing but a far fetched dream but when Andre starts showing slight interest back, Julian is confused if he's being genuine or not. With down low ex boyfriends, envious sibling girlfriends, and other new conflicts constantly popping up in Julian's world, how will he ever make it through? Especially when his deepest secret of all is spread rumor across the school and he's faced with the choice to chose between 3 different boys.