Jess Mell from Eastringtron’s blog, everystepanotherstory.blogspot.com, has exceeded her expectations after receiving over 8,000 views and receiving countless emails from people all over the world.
Twenty year old Jess started her blog in January after suffering with the life threatening eating disorder.
She said she wanted to write the blog to ‘educate others, aid her recovery and raise awareness about eating disorders.’
Her blog posts include content such as some of her diary entries from her time in hospital, ‘a letter to anorexia’ and a whole post written by her mother and her experiences.
The success of her blog has led to her becoming the lifestyle columnist for The Yorkshire times and she’s a listed blog on many eating disorder charity websites.
She said she is ‘overwhelmed’ after receiving emails from other suffered asking for advice and especially after receiving an email from a lady in America whose daughter is currently coming out of hospital after suffering with the anorexia.
She said: “when I first started recovering I seeked help from online blogs myself, however it was really hard to find ones that were postive.
”I was scared of seeing all the negative pictures show up so I thought why don’t I just make one myself and help others”
At her most ill, Jess weighed only 5 stone 13 and was admitted to an eating disorder clinic in Grimsby where she spent four months.
When speaking about her lowest time whilst she was living in the hospital she said: “it was awful, but I knew I had to do it.
“I was firstly put into a wheelchair for two weeks because my body wasn’t capable of holding my weight.
“I genuinely don’t think I’d be here today if i didn’t go into the hospital because I didn’t know how severe my condition was until I went and the nurses were my angels.”
Jess said motivation was key to get her through her time in hospital and having goals and experiences to look forward to such as a skiing holiday and travelling the world.
Find Jess’s blog at www.everystepanotherstory.blogspot.com
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