Lauren Bailey spent 18 months in the hospital recovering from anorexia. She began walking up to 12 hours a day. She walked everywhere and when she was home she walked all over her room. Lauren had a puzzle on an ironing board so when solving it she could remain standing up.

Lauren say she had always suffered from anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder since she was a child. A combination of factors in her life triggered the anorexia. She went through puberty at nine years old. We all know that being different in school can be very stressful.

Her obsession with exercise stared when she was 14 and someone told her to go on a diet.

Lauren was hospitalized for the first time in 2004 when her weight dropped to 58 pounds. Doctors were afraid she would survive. She managed to gain some weight but the old problems returned and she hospitalized again in 2006.

After a few months in the hospital she had a breakthrough. She understood what her way of life isn't getting her anywhere and she was missing out on so much.

Lauren left the hospital in August, 2007. You can see the difference, she looks much, much better. She says she still has problems but at least she enjoys life now.

via dailymail.co.uk