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I stumbled upon this song...it makes me cry...but it is so telling. here are the lyrics, the song is on youtube as well:

I told another lie today
And I got through this day
No one saw through my games
I know the right words to say
Like "I don't feel well"
"I ate before I came"

Then someone tells me how good I look
and for a moment
For a moment I am happy
But when I'm alone
No one hears me cry

I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day

I don't know the first time I felt unbeautiful
The day I chose not to eat
What I do know is how I changed my life forever
I know I should know better
There are days when I'm okay
And for a moment
For a moment I find hope
But there are days when I'm not okay
And I need your help
So I'm letting go

I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day

You should know you're not on your own
These secrets are walls that keep us alone
I don't know when but I know now
Together we'll make it through somehow
Together we'll make it through somehow

I need you to know
I'm not through the night
Some days I'm still fighting to walk towards the light
I need you to know
That we'll be okay
Together we can make it through another day

[Monty_girl]

I've heard that song before, It's very powerful. Here is another one that really gets me.

Sophie © ELEANOR MCEVOY
I
Sophie cannot finish her dinner
Says shes eatin enough
Sophies tryin to make herself thinner
Says shes eatin too much
And her brother says, "Youre joking,"
And her mothers heart is broken
Sophie has a hard time copin
And, besides, Sophies hopin

CHORUS
She can be like all the other girls
Be just like all the other girls
Livin in an ordinary world
Just to fit in, in the ordinary world
Just to fit in like an ordinary girl.

II
Sophies losin weight by the minute
How did things get this bad?
Sophies family dont understand it
Gave her all that they had
And her sister wont stop cryin
Cause her father says shes dyin
Sophie says shes really tryin
Problem is, Sophies lying.

REPEAT CHORUS

How did she get this way?
How did she get this way?
Through tryin to hide it.
What does it take to say,
What does it take to say
Shes dying, Sophies dying to

Both of these songs are very touching.

[Peacemaker]

I agree with Roseleigh. Although I don't have an eating disorder, I know and love those that do, both over eating and under eating. It is heartbreaking because you feel so helpless on the outside looking in and knowing that the people with the eating disorders hurt so terribly inside. Yes, I do cry... for me because I don't know how to take their pain away, and for them, because they have so much pain.

Peacemaker
Sherri