“At fourteen, I believed my worth was measured in kilos. I started to shrink, to fade away, until my heart nearly stopped. In the hospital, I learned what a limit is — but also what a miracle means. Because in the darkness, every time I prayed, a voice whispered to me: ‘You are not alone. Life is a gift.’”

Anorexia nervosa is not a choice. It is an internal war between the voice that longs for life and the voice that is suffocated by fear. But it is a choice to stand against it, to look in the mirror and say: I want to live.

Elisavet Fotiadou writes with honesty and deep sensitivity about the years of silence and loss, about the path that led her back to life and light. Through pain, she discovers faith — and through faith, freedom.

“I am no longer a body trying to disappear. I am a soul that has found space to breathe.”