Venessa Tkachev

About Me

When I was 18 years old, I was already depressed for three years and I had just developed an eating disorder. I spent a year battling anorexia and binge eating. Self love was nonexistent, and hate was all too common. I self harmed regularly, and starved myself on a daily basis. Within three months I lost over 25 pounds, making me severely underweight. My life was hanging on the edge, and I believe I came very close to death.

One day I had enough. I was tired of being miserable all the time, hating myself, and starving when all I wanted to do was eat. I deserved to be happy and I wanted to ...