The Labyrinth Maze

The eating disorder is like a labyrinth maze. This maze looks appealing from the outside but what really holds is: self hurt, fear, sadness, health destruction.

The unsuspecting person is at the maze door, and they hear the voice beckoning them inside. That voice is the devil's inviting them into hell.

However the devil/ED makes it appealing so the potential victim does not know what it really is. This labyrinth could be: a new diet, or way to fix the person, even though there isn't anything wrong with the person in the first place. However ED wants them to believe that he, she, can fix all the individual’s problems by just following their advice.

Once the victim is in the maze ,may seem harmless at first the weight may go off and they may feel good about themselves. However as the labyrinth gets deeper and darker, it gets more treacherous because the ED wants more and more of the victim, meaning more weight off and less food to live on.

When the victim get so entrenched in the maze that he or she can not find their way out the will need a map out of the maze, and someone to guide them out.

There are two forces that in play, the ED that invites the person to go deeper into the maze, which could be very bad for the person. When the person wants the way out, the ED will try and convince them that they can do this themselves. This is the deceitful part of ED. I know I have been down this road and doing it again.

However I have a map for the way out of it, and I have two great guides, my husband who encourages me to stay on track with the given map.

My other guide is Miriam, my therapist. She has helped me before with this and now I am trusting her way more than I did the first time. I know she will lead me out again and hopefully I can stay out of the labyrinth maze for good!