reflecting on 2023 ⭐️ my goals for 2024 📍how to overcome anxiety, ED recovery + big life changes

[@makuIa]

my partner was in full recovery after leaving hospital so I started watching your channel to learn how to help her. i’m a 28yr old australian man that’s learnt a lot from you so cheers ro

[@natashaj4113]

This is so wholesome 🥲

[@RoMitchell]

i’m so glad my videos have helped you gain an understanding ☺️ & so lovely that you’re committed to supporting her

[@weebooandkboo2629]

You are one of the very few people that really pushed me through recovery and i'm so glad I did it ro! Love you.

[@ninamoyes7708]

you’re amazing xx

[@RoMitchell]

sending all the love 🥰

[@mione_alone]

hi, ro! i am almost 15. thanks to you, i've just decided to go all-in. i got out of hospital in april but never really commited to recovery and just kept relapsing. i used to think that it was impossible, and it would ruin my life. i would watch your videos and think "she must be so strong, i could never push myself so much", but now i've realised that i can. and i will. my 2024 goal is to recover all-in from my eating disorder. thank you for all that you do. i hope you have a great christmas, an amazing new year and lovely holidays 🫶

[@gabitpaiva4370]

I know I'm no one to you, I just wanted to say, you're capable, you can do it❤ recovery is always possible and even if you relapse, you can always try again! Wish you a life changing year in 2024, and a merry Christmas, from a recovered girly🥰

[@mione_alone]

@@gabitpaiva4370 thank you so much for your encouragement ❤️ I hope you had a merry christmas too and a lovely 2024 🫶

[@laurabuck1333]

i'm in the exact same position as you. 2024 will be our year, we will recover and have a great life. wishing you all the best

[@mione_alone]

​@@laurabuck1333Yes, indeed, we will recover and live great lives! I wish you all the best too ❤️

[@medyamnv2236]

I'm currently still struggling with anorexia. I'm not ready to start recovery yet, but I keep watching your videos because I wish that some day I'll get where you are, to be able to eat what I want and feel I deserve food. To be free and able to do social things, to be healty and happy. I know that I'll get there eventually and watching your videos gives me so much hope.

[@RakisDerra]

I'm so glad you uploaded today. My grandmother sadly passed away this evening and I am heartbroken and so is my family. I emediately noticed that my ED thoughts got very loud again, because I am feeling so depressed right now. This Christmas is going to be different because of what happened today, but it's not an excuse to not take care of myself. Thank you Ro, you've helped many people including me. You are a wonderful person and I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year💗

[@user-hg2yo1ex7q]

I send you so much love 💕 and peace and blessings. I know this moment is very hard for you and your family, unfortunately I also lost my grandma three months ago and it hasn’t been easy especially because she was my everything and she loved Christmas. But know that your grandma is now resting and is at peace, sending you a big hug for you and your family 🫶💕💗everything will get better ❤️‍🩹

[@RakisDerra]

@@user-hg2yo1ex7q Thank you very much for your kind words, they mean a lot to me💗 Our family strives to provide support to one another to the best of our abilities. Thankfully, my grandmother's passing was peaceful and she experienced minimal pain, which brings a sense of relief. I sincerely hope that your grandmother also found peace in her final moments and may she rest in eternal tranquility🕊️🤍 I'm sending you and your family a warm embrace back❤️

[@RoMitchell]

so sorry to hear this, i’m sending so much love to you and your family. 😕 i hope you’re doing okay & i’m so proud of you for keeping recovery as a priority, it’s times like these where your ED will want to sneak in and take full control again - you have to keep fighting

[@RakisDerra]

@@RoMitchell Thank you very much Ro💗

[@gracetutty]

So proud of you ❤

[@MentalHealthJourney]

Last Christmas Day I wasn’t able to sit upright for more than about 10 mins I was so unwell. This year I had a run and a bike ride on Christmas Day as well as joining in on Christmas dinner. Things aren’t perfect but today I whooped out loud in public because I was proud of my body for being able to allow me to do stuff.

[@riley22105]

Hi Ro, I am 18 and I really look up to you and find your progress so inspiring. I am in the beginning stages of becoming more independent - I have my learning permit to drive, I am finishing high school online, and I'm taking a couple gig jobs soon. Working on these things is helping me with my anxiety around socializing and being outdoors/in the open. Not PTSD but I've struggled with an anxiety disorder since I was little and I have autism which contributes as well. I am struggling with an ED relapse at the moment but your videos help me keep myself in check. I just love your attitude, you are so respectful and compassionate in your videos and it reminds me to be caring to myself and others.

[@dominikakaminska8878]

ive been following you for quite some time. my girlfriend has ED, she is doing much much better now and i can say that your youtube channel helped her so much to deal with all of it. keep up the good work and i wish you all the best in 2024!

[@vegascharles]

I think as long as I am better than last year, that's an accomplishment

[@_creative_mess_]

hi Ro I just really wanted to tell you how much I appreciate what you do. You've helped me so much with my recovery journey for the past years and I just feel so grateful for your wonderful content. You inspire and motivate me everyday to keep going. So thank you so so much! Also I am very proud of you for all of your progress, you're absolutely killing it! ❤️

[@tillydaw4992]

Thank you SO much for everything you’ve put out this year. You’re genuinely my biggest inspiration and show me so much hope for the bigger, more free life I am trying to build for myself. Have a very merry and restful Christmas and please never forget how much of a difference you make but never get to see :)

[@RoMitchell]

this means the world. thank you so much ❤️

[@georgia943]

I don’t usually comment on videos but I feel like I should. I’ve been binge watching all your videos recently, and they have helped me so much. You are incredibly inspiring and your words are so wise, you make me want to truly try in recovery. Thank you for sharing your videos because they are so comforting and give me hope again, all the best for 2024 💕

[@EmEmJee89]

Lots of love and well wishes for 2024 :) I admire so much the bravery of sharing your life and your struggles.

[@moonlovesme]

Your eyes are so pretty

[@agnesotrubova9019]

Ro, I wish you the best Birthday! 🌺 You are the kindest person I ever met. I love you for being you. For being soso honest with us. For showing us love and respect. For caring for us even tho we never met. I am so proud of you. Yes I am just a random 16 old girl... But I really appreciate your work, help, everything you do. I am so glad I found you and thank you for letting me see some parts of your life bcs it helps soso much. 🤍 Bcs of you I realized smth was wrong. I am now ready to accept help and soon I will go to hospital after being 3/4 of year out bcs I rly cant do it myself... Your videos helps me through every day. If I didnt met you I wouldnt be here. 🦋

[@cacao_0000]

Thank you for being here this year; I feel like we have been going on this journey forever, and you're helping me heal from my ED with kindness and raw honesty. I can see so much improvement when it comes to exposure therapy and let me tell you that you are so inspiring to me; just your resilience shows me that anyone truly can do anything they put their head to. You're so intelligent, wise, kind, and resilient. Here's to another great year!! 💚

[@bird4218]

ro you are really really really so helpful, thankyou

[@ChiaraThijssen]

I love how you give full credits to yourself for the hard work you've done to regain a sense of freedom! I deeply believe that putting in the hard work yourself is the only true way to make a lasting change. No one else can do it for you, which sucks and which can be very very lonely. But you come out the other end all the better for it. So proud of you Ro!

[@tiadiaaa]

Ro, your journey has inspired me so much to push myself past my comfort zone and to do things that may be scary, like going on public transport by myself. I love what you share, it makes me feel seen and better about myself, and I am very grateful that there are people on the internet like you that are able to help others. I hope you have a wonderful 2024, you deserve it !!

[@tiahardy3987]

I say it every time I watch your channel but you are making such a difference to so many lives. I am so proud of how far you have come! You have been instrumental in my own recovery (after 20 years with anorexia - I honestly never thought I would recover by this point) and I am now a specialist in eating disorders and due to start my first job in a weeks time. I could never have done this without someone like you to inspire me and reinforce the belief that recovery is possible. You are amazing Ro and I hope with the right mental health treatments and support, that you can live your best life. Keep doing what you are doing because you are such an inspiration to everyone suffering. Xxx

[@RoMitchell]

what an amazing comment, thank you so so much 🤍 very proud of your progress!

[@weronikawenek343]

I'm so proud of you Ro 🥰

[@ellie-kd9mi]

It may seem small, but I love the way you called it the best year of your life. There is a lot of unconscious stigma around actually being positive about things, especially when you struggle with mental health. For me personally, acknowledging and being open about the good things in life is really difficult, as I feel like I have kind of got this reputation if you like of being so down, that it seems unnatural and weird to actually feel some happiness. Thank you for making people aware that you can still struggle whilst enjoying things and appreciating life.

[@mirchen01]

So proud ❤❤❤❤❤

[@millycox508]

I found your channel this year and it has helped me so so much in my ED recovery! thank you so much for sharing your journey xxx

[@weekvlogsam5382]

I have been following you since last year but I have watched all your videos again and I love them thank you for these videos from this year and last year and the years before that I already know that the videos to come will also be fun I can't wait 😍 ❤️‍ (greetings from the Netherlands) and my goal for 2024 is to love myself more

[@ChloeSinclair-jt5kj]

You are so inspirational and such an amazing role model and forever proud of you can't wait to follow your journey in 2024.😍

[@meursaultscourtroom8886]

You are just as much of a hero if you save your own life. Best wishes in the new year!

[@aco6119]

such a wholesome video

[@mialydiasmith3071]

I recently started my ed recovery journey and I cannot describe how much your channel has helped me. You are an inspiration, and you make me remember and learn that I deserve nourishment every day. My recovery is a lot less guilty and so much more satisfactory and happier with you helping me along the way. Thank you so much and for always supporting your community! I wish you all the best for next year and every year to come, you deserve it so much. Thank you again, see you in 2024 🫶

[@chocolateoreo6489]

Rewatching Ro’s vids>>>❤❤❤

[@L152_.a]

Thank you for Making These Videos ❤

[@allyson--]

Train Queen 😌 Your progress is ASTOUNDING & I for one appreciate you documenting that process. You deserve all the growth you've achieved (& more!)

[@marieh.2205]

I started following you at the beginning of my Ed recovery and can genunily say that you have helped me so much! Thank you for making this content and for feeling compfortable enough to share your struggles with us!! You are such a wholesome person

[@anna-bw1sv]

I found your channel this year. And as someone who’s struggling with PTSD I find it so inspirational and motivational. Thank you so much for sharing your story and for being so kind and genuine❣️ Wishing you the best for the new year ✨

[@mayiaevalove]

Love you Ro🤍🤍I’m really struggling right now and your videos are always so so helpful ✨I’ve been here since 2021🩷🩷🩷

[@annehaize1440]

I honestly don't find the suitable words to describe how much you've helped me throughout my recovery ! I'm just so grateful to have found your channel, almost three years ago now, and for having listened to you ever since. You're such an inspiring and amazing person. I am so proud of you. Thank you for everything ! 💚

[@eclisse2772]

Thank you! 💓💓

[@chocolateoreo6489]

Yay, everytime Ro posts I smile (: I am sending you all so much love❤❤❤

[@izzyyh5]

i only found your channel in the last month or two but i cannot overstate how much you have helped me, and its been so wonderful to see you thrive

[@veraheins8864]

You've made such progress this year, so nice to watch your personal growth! Thank you so much for your helpfull videos, please keep sharing and succes with yourr goals for 2024!❤

[@juliachan969]

We are proud of you too!!

[@Motherofpearl_]

I've been following you since 2021 and I've never commented before, I think. But I just wanted to say, seeing you grow through all the aspects of your life has been so incredible and so inspiring! I hope you have a wonderful festive season and a happy new year, Ro

[@JustMeMark]

I would just like to say thank you SO much for making your ed recovery videos because of them I started recovery from my ed that I have had since I was 10, I thought I could NEVER recover but watching your videos made me realize I could Happy New Years and thank you very much 💚💚

[@norimek1427]

Ro I know you hear this a lot but thank you. You’ve helped me so much.

[@mossie7625]

I definitely feel the struggle of not pushing myself in recovery around people who I've told or who've found out I have an eating disorder, and I'm sick of that eating disorder voice telling me not to! My goal this year is to recover FULLY from my eating disorder and get my periods back! Love you so much Ro ❤

[@TotallyAbsorbed]

I always find your words encouraging, in the best sense of the word, and truly inspiring. i feel almost like an infant listening to you, but your leveled kindness brings me a little bit of peace and quietness within my thoughts. i let go of thinking about my age, experiences i've never had, and all that unnecessary stuff. and kudos to you! i'm so glad you doing so great. all the best wishes to you

[@montserratsanchez9696]

Hi Ro! This video made me a bit emotional😢. I follow you since the beginning and I just feel so happy that you've grown so much❤. Thank you for sharing, your journey has helped me heal and grow as well🥰.

[@ariestarletts]

i was so excited for this last video of 2023! thank u for everything ro, tonight is gonna be challenging but you give me strenght and support. i wish you all the best for 2024, as you deserve! have a wonderful time these holidays, love you sm

[@mishhaalllll]

Girl pls start a podcast, I'd listen to it EVERYDAY!!!

[@iheartfantasyM]

You are such an inspiration and are genuinely helping me in my AN-recovery. Despite not knowing you, I am so proud of you.

[@ChloeSinclair-jt5kj]

Your eyes and skin are so Beautifull.✨

[@heywilla]

I've been following since the beginning and WOW your growth this year has been so incredible, especially with PTSD recovery- I've also branched out a lot this year! Thanks for the holiday pep talk at the end as well :) Have a beautiful holiday and 2024

[@helenehendrikse9625]

Love seeing the bright light in your eyes. You have done so well in your recovery. Can’t wait to see what’s next for you ! Happy new year 🎉

[@hannahcollardgray4448]

Love it. Your plans sound really exciting Ro. Wise words as always about eating disorders and relatives around Christmas. I can’t believe that I haven’t relapsed in thirteen months. My goals for 2024 are to train for and run the London marathon in an intuitive fashion and to start university in September. I may be a mature student but there is no way I could have started university as a teenager or when I was in my early twenties, so 25 it is. I might still have flashbacks and I might still get the urge to restrict and exercise excessively but that doesn’t mean that I’ve listened to that voice in my head, and riding the wave is becoming easier because ‘all emotions are in motion’. Have a great Christmas Ro, and I look forward to the new year and all that may bring.

[@xoxowoel4.]

Thank u so much for making this videos, it helps so much :) also i'm so proud and happy of how far u had come i watched your videos from the beginng and it always maked me feel better, u helped me to recover too, so big thank u ❤ Have a happy christmas and a new year 🎉❤

[@abbymcgrath6718]

I have been following you for years and the growth you have made is amazing, it makes me happy to see you like this. you should be so proud of what you have achieved! Happy christmas xx

[@laurenmillyx]

So proud of you ❤❤ I would love a video talking about how to overcome the “final” stage of ED recovery. Like you no longer restrict food that much but there are still a few rules, that don’t necessarily affect your health, but mean that life isn’t completely free if you know what i mean…

[@M4R1E_]

I just want to say thank you, Ro. Thank you for being the person who made me realise that I want to go all in on recovery. Thank you so much, merry Christmas, and a happy new year. I’m so proud of you. 💕💕

[@gracie612]

Omg thank for you too ❤❤❤. It been a pleasure to be a part (kind of) of your Journey 💜.

[@christabelmilner5818]

You motivate me to recover EVERY SINGLE DAY. I was thinking of you yesterday and decided to have a good slice of lemon tarte and it was soooo much easier than last time. I have you in my head saying challenge repeat. You are mine and my sisters safe space. I love you ❤❤❤❤

[@edi165]

love you queen! This year I really want to recovery from hypothalamic ammenorrhea. I have almost fully recovered from anorexia but this is something I have been struggling with my whole teenage and adult life. Please pray for me that I will get my period in 2024

[@katiealessandra]

Thank you for sharing! I feel so inspired to reflect on this year and set some tangible goals! P.s., enjoy the solo adventures, as and when they come! xx

[@loriwright2109]

How did your parents handle the time when you didn’t want to recover? Did they let you live at home? We are broken and our daughter doesn’t want to recover and continues in Ed behaviors. How did your parents survive the heartache and still have hope?

[@25971yqop]

I'm not Ro but still sending lots of love and strength to you! The truth is there is not 1 answer and it is never easy looking after someone with an ed, but just make sure she knows that she is loved and it has to be her decision to recover. My parents were in a similar position not knowing what to do to help me but gradually I realised, I didn't want to live with my ed for the rest of my life. Please tell her she is so strong and choosing recovery will be the hardest decision she ever makes but I promise it will be the best. I know recovery can often feel impossible but those days are when you have to fight back stronger. ❤

[@actgirl1234567]

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[@Kat_Braunschweiler]

Love you so much Ro, thank you for being you!! 🥰🫶🏻 I can’t wait to see how your growth journey progresses in 2024, you deserve the world, you really do~

[@Patricia-xw3ns]

Can yout tqlk about your social anciety disorder more often? And how you overcome it?

[@untilop1334]

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[@forestfairie51]

Hi Ro, can i ask if you were actually diagnosed officially with cptsd? I myself was diagnosed with bpd 6 years ago and recently realised and had it comfirmed that its cptsd...trying to undergo reassessment. I heard it wasnt easy to get cptsd diagnosed but only ptsd? Tbh the wrong diagnosis has really impacted me negatively and thats why no therapy helped😢❤

[@RoMitchell]

hi, yes i did get an official diagnosis of it, but it was from a psychiatrist who had been dealing with my case for a fair amount of time so that probably made it easier. so sorry you’re struggling to find help, i know it’s quite hard to come by. hope you get the help you need 🤍

[@forestfairie51]

@RoMitchell Thank you so much for replying!💕 The psychiatrist at my outpatient ed clinic diagnosed me, but I spoke to the dr today and she's referring me to a mental health team (can't remember the actual name!) ..where a psychiatrist can see me and hopefully reassess. A car crash actually triggered many unrelated trauma responses that I had repressed, so its been difficult.Thank you again 🙏xxxx

[@annoar9776]

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