Introduce yourself

Although I've been part of this community for a few weeks/months I just realised I never introduced myself. So, here's that!

Name: Aster

Age: 19

Job/ Hobbies: I'm currently working weekends as a hotel breakfast attendant and I'll start a new job as an afterschool counselor in a few weeks. I'm also enrolled in an EMT certification course right now, so in a few months I'll be qualified to work as an EMT! Next year hopefully I'll be back in college working towards a MSW to become a child and family social worker. In terms of hobbies, I volunteer at an animal rescue. I also play viola and I have my own podcast. I'm going to start taking a quilting class so that'll be a hobby of mine as soon as I know how to do it! Oh and I love music. Anyone who wants to be friends on Spotify, I have an ED playlist that I think is pretty good as well as other playlists for anyone who's interested.

Fun fact about yourself: I really love mochi ice cream :)

CW: 138lbs

HW: 158lbs

LW: 110lbs

GW: 120lbs

Classes: atypical 4n4

Anything else you want to add! :)

I really appreciate this community! Although there's not very many active users, it's a pretty non-toxic space compared to most spaces online geared towards people in active ED.

My situation is a little abnormal-- I've relapsed, and I want to continue with it, but I don't want to freefall to a super low weight (even though part of me does want that). I'm trying to maintain within a healthy weight range for my height and I want to stay eligible to donate blood because I love being a blood donor. So, to meet those criteria, my GW is 120lbs which is well within the healthy weight category for my height. It's a much higher weight than I've previously aimed for, but this time I feel like I kinda have things to live for and being an EMT is physically demanding so 120lbs is the goal!

I also wanted to say that anyone struggling, whether with trauma or ED or SH or literally anything, feel free to message me. I can't guarantee that I'll respond quickly, but even if you just need a place to vent I can be that.

Thanks for listening! <3