Personal Stories - Sufferers

THANK YOU FIRST STEPS FOR BEING THERE FOR ME

"Thank you to the volunteers at First Steps who have given me support via email, it is nice to know that other people can understand how I am feeling and how difficult it can be to be recover. I felt very lonely for a long time on my own with this illness and it is comforting to know I can email First Steps and get a constructive and positive answer which helps me get through my day. I haven’t had the courage to go to the group sessions but hope to one day."


 

I had never met anyone going through the same kind of problems as me

 "When I first started coming to First Steps I had never met anyone going through the same kind of problems as me, and I never considered having these contacts would help. After the first few sessions I found it invaluable to be able to talk so openly or just listen to the situations I could relate to.

It made me want to recover
It’s amazing how we get support off each other as well as the support workers

 

I didn't think I could complete my A Levels
It was a huge relief to talk with people who actually understand how I feel
It gave me the something I needed to be able to keep going and not give up

"I'm currently in hospital on a psychiatric ward where I'm not able to relate to any of the patients and am not really getting any appropriate support around me eating disorder.  However, this evening I was allowed off the ward to go to Hyped and it has cheered me up no end.  Being around others I can relate to, having fun decorating T-Shirts, chatting and laughing has just given me the something I needed to be able to keep going and not give up."

Thank you for all your help and support, and all the time you put in to help me
“Danielle, Just to say thank you for all your help and support, and all the time you put in to help me.  I really really appreciate it and I would never have been able to finish my A Levels, never mind getting into a university without your help.  Thank you soooo much.”
Greetings from the USA
“I’m doing well! I’m back in the USA, I’m so happy I got to meet the group while I was there! YALL ROCK!! I’m def coming back so I can see everyone; y'all really did make a huge impact in my life and helped me to look inside of myself!”
It’s so nice and different to hear of a positive coming out of ED for a change