article_snippet: I do not know how it started - there was no specific cause.
article_snippet: Then, I was in Newcastle's Marks and Spencer when I walked past a mirror and I could not believe how skinny I was. '
article_snippet: The disease took everything away from me.
article_snippet: The disease was my way of gaining some control, everything else was out of my control.'
article_snippet: I used to cry at the thought of going into hospital - I was absolutely terrified.'
article_snippet: It was a habit I could not break.
article_snippet: It took me until I was 19 to get better. '
article_snippet: I was anorexic and bulimic.