An Introduction
I have always thought that I would start a blog, I never really knew how to, what should feature on it or when I should start it, but I guess as you have figured out I have found answers to all those questions.
Some people might know me from my numerous social media accounts @the-vegan-teenager (tumblr) @flourishing-rosie (instagram) or you might of seen me before around town or you might of even never heard of me and just stumbled across this blog.
I guess in someways I’m your typical 16 year old who lives in Kent in England. However in some ways I’m different, I suffer from anorexia and bulimia nervosa and for 3.5 months I found myself waking up in a hospital to help my body and brain recover from these illnesses, I have did this since the 24th of November 2015 to 7th March 2016. Life is a roller-coaster for me, going from the most extreme highs to very depressing lows because of these illness’s which I suffer from. However on this blog I will explain what it is like to be an adolescent sufferer of an eating disorder and in hospital for it and try give some helpful advice on how to recover from your illness.
However, here are a few things about the real Rosie. I am obsessed with lush products and urban outfitters. I normally eat around 8 bananas a day and can eat whole watermelon’s at a time. I love the seaside and I will normally always swim in the sea, I love school and school is one of my biggest motivations to recover from my eating disorder. I love stripy clothing and wearing skirts. I am a very positive and smily person and I always try make the best out of bad situations. In the future I would like to be a clinical psychologist to help people with what I have suffered from. I wear christmas jumpers all year round and I love baking christmas food.
Another controversial part of my life is that I am a health and ethical vegan. I have been a vegetarian since I was around 8 years old and I decided to become vegan in early 2015 when I was 15 years old for ethical reasons and also to help myself recover from my eating disorders. Veganism is one of the best things that has ever happened to me, it opened a whole new meaning to my life and it makes me feel more connected to the world and society itself.
I thought i’d just give a little insight into my life and I hope you get to know me throughout this blog. Feel free to message me on any of my social media accounts.
Love Rosie
“we were born to be real not perfect”