"I thought everything was changing when this one guy started to ask me out and we started to date. He became my whole world and I was so happy. I was thinking we'd get married right out of high school." she told me, nervously drawing designs on the plate with the tip of her fork.

Her boyfriend unexpectedly broke up with her and her depression made her break down and become bulimic again for another year.

She was silent for a little while. I was patient and waited.

She looked up at me, her expression pained but hopeful. "It took a lot of work for me to start to accept...