the dKol la femme project: curves are beautiful. unless they’re my own.

Self-hate can come in many forms and in varying severities. For Melissa, this hate was severe enough to trigger harm at her own hands.

“I cut myself for the first time when I was 11,” Melissa shared. She struggled to see the beauty within herself and to find enough self-love to bury the pain – even if it was just a little bit. She always found curves on women to be beautiful, yet when she looked in the mirror and saw her beautiful curves, she felt disgust. Why, she wondered, were curves beautiful unless they were reflecting back at her?

self-abuse, depression, bulimia, storiesDanielle KolachikJanuary 8, 2019The dKol la femme ProjectLa femme, self-abuse, dkol la femme, Eating disorders, Mental health, Suicide, Suicide Awareness, Self help, yogaComment

the dKol la femme project: abuse + bulimia

From a young age, Ashley saw the challenges and darkness that life can bring. She saw instability, fighting, sickness, alcoholism, death, physical-mental-sexual abuse at the hands of someone she should have been able to trust, and discomfort in her own house; and soon her own skin. She felt like she had no control of her life, no opinion, and nothing was her own. So – she did something, something that could be her own, something that she could regulate, and something that she now wishes she could go back and reverse; knowing what she knows now.

bulimia, self-abuse, abuse, storiesDanielle KolachikAugust 30, 2018dKol la femmeself-abuse, Self help, support, Bulimea, Eating disorders, Mental health, alcoholism, physical abuse, mental abuse, self-harmComment

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