Who Inspires you? (Part 2)

On my last post I wrote briefly about Princess Diana.  I found it fascinating learning someone so well known, beautiful, loved and treasured could go through similar things to any other human being, including myself. It's often so difficult to realise you're not the only one -there are others out there too.



In 1995 Princess Diana first spoke publicly in a BBC interview that she suffered from Bulimia during her marriage to Prince Charles.
"It was my escape mechanism, and it worked for me at that time....it gives you a feeling of comfort"
"I had bulimia for a number of years, and that’s like a secret disease. You inflict it upon yourself because your self-esteem is at low ebb, and you don’t think you’re worthy or valuable. It’s like having a pair of arms around you, but it’s temporarily, temporary....And it’s a repetitive pattern, which is very destructive to yourself,"
When this became public knowledge reported cases of Bulimia skyrocketed, Diana's admission empowered others to come forward and admit their own eating disorder too.

When you think about it I can understand how someone such as Diana developed an illness such as this; she needed (and was expected) to have a picture perfect appearance, constantly hounded by press and was always under scrutiny.
Princess Diana learned to do what many of us do; internalise pain, confusion and feelings; contributing to cutting and later depression- post-natal and clinical. However, at the time of her death in 1997, she not only seemed to have overcome these difficulties but also achieved success in the life she was choosing for herself.

This is why she is a truly inspirational hero.