Gemma Walker is a recovering anorexic who once weighed only 63.8 lbs (29 kg) and was given only 48 hours to live. She is now 22 years old and has been in recovery for 7 months and she decided to share photos of herself to show others how severe an eating disorder can be and to encourage people to get help.
The desperate teen would consume 6500 calories in just 20 minutes causing her to pass out and experience hallucinations.
'My recovery was very traumatic,' she said.
I felt numb, the days just melted into each other and I wished each day by, hoping that I would just pass peacefully in my sleep. My family and I were ready to let me pass
My weight gain was very rapid. In less than seven months I put on 40 kilograms, tripling my body weight, however I was at my worst mentally.
'People believed I was better because I looked healthier that I was better and no longer anorexic.
'Chronic bingeing and bulimia lasted almost 18 months, it was a complete 360 from strict obsessive rules to complete loss of control.'
'My recovery was very traumatic,' she said.
I felt numb, the days just melted into each other and I wished each day by, hoping that I would just pass peacefully in my sleep. My family and I were ready to let me pass
My weight gain was very rapid. In less than seven months I put on 40 kilograms, tripling my body weight, however I was at my worst mentally.
'People believed I was better because I looked healthier that I was better and no longer anorexic.
'Chronic bingeing and bulimia lasted almost 18 months, it was a complete 360 from strict obsessive rules to complete loss of control.'
If this is supposed to be a success gallery, then they got the before and after pictures switched.