Brittany Snow, the Hairspray starlet had recently opened up about her eating disorder and at one point it got so bad, Snow was cutting herself until she hit rock bottom…
The gorgeous young star, 21, has recently opened up about her eating disorder, it all started when she landed the role of Susan Lemay on TV’s Guiding Light at the age of 12.
“I remember looking around at all these women who were on the soap opera who were working out and dieting,” Snow says.
She started her first diet at 12 which she took to the extreme; after losing 10 pounds, she felt accepted by those around her.
But didn’t think it was enough.
“It kind of progressed into this thing where I needed to always be dieting and losing weight and more weight,” Brittany said.”It became my life and I didn’t have any friends and this was definitely my best friend and I held on to it really tight.”
At 15, Snow was stepping onto the scale 10 to 15 times a day and weighed only 85 pounds!
She finally hit rock bottom when she started cutting herself.
“I would look at the scars and what I had done to myself and that would convince me not to eat,” she says. “I also was crying for attention and I also really wanted someone to see my scars and help me and give me a hug.”
By 19, Snowhad finally checked herself in rehab and things started to change. She stopped cutting and got help for her depression. “But the eating stuff was still really hard to deal with,” she says. “It’s still a struggle.”
Her advice to girls who are going though a similar situation is to take baby steps. “It’s very important to talk to anybody. Maybe the first step is just to talk to a friend about it,” she says. “Probably they’ll relate in some way.”
Honestly it’s tough growing up but it’s tougher for girls these days. Seek help if something seems wrong or talk to someone who is close to you.
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