Your Story
Why Share Your Experience?
Sharing lived experience reduces stigma, increases understanding, and strengthens community.
When people speak openly about binge eating and recovery, it creates space for honesty and reflection. Stories help others recognise patterns, feel less isolated, and see that change is possible.
Life in Person values lived experience as practical knowledge.
If you would like to contribute, you can complete the submission form below. You can share your experience as many times as you need to as your journey continues. Your experience matters.
Sandra tells us "My Story Matters"
Submitting my story helped me feel heard in a way I had not experienced before. Writing about my experience with binge eating allowed me to organise my thoughts and recognise patterns I had not fully understood. Knowing that my story could be shared with others who might recognise their own experience made the process feel meaningful.
Before You Submit
Your story does not need to be polished. It can focus on:
Early patterns or conditioning
Periods of escalation or change
Barriers to finding support
What helped
What did not help
What you would want others to understand
Prefer to email your story in the format you have written?
You can send your story, as you do it, and when you are ready, to:
[email protected]
Stories received by email are processed in the same way as form submissions.
You can send it in parts over time. It does not need to be completed all at once.
The email option allows you to share your story, in your own format, as you do it and when you are ready.
How Submissions Are Used
When you submit your story, you will be asked how you would like it used.
Shared anonymously on the website
Used within workshops or educational material
Kept private for internal learning only
All submissions are handled confidentially and respectfully. Life in Person is a non clinical peer support and education platform. Submissions do not replace professional care.
This service provides peer support and educational services only. It is non clinical and does not provide medical, psychological, or therapeutic treatment. It is not a substitute for professional care.
This service does not provide crisis or emergency support.
If you are in Australia and experiencing an emergency or crisis, please call 000 immediately.
For mental health crisis support, you can contact:
Lifeline on 13 11 14 (24/7)
Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636 (24/7)
