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Why My Anorexia Felt Like a Talent, Not an Illness

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It started with a photograph on a desktop screensaver. The girl on the screen was smiling with lean, toned legs. I almost didn’t recognize myself.

It was a few weeks into my high school’s swim season, and I had a goal to qualify for the league meet in the 100 butterfly. I’d changed my eating habits to improve my performance and adopted a strict exercise routine: hours of vigorous training each day in both the weight room and pool.

Clearly, it had paid off. Soon, I climbed the ladder to varsity. My weight dropped. I was glowing. Naturally, I decided to push myself a little further and speed up the weight loss I was already seeing.

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