Testimony of Healing May 18, 1992 Issue

It wasn't until I was a senior in high school that I became...

Robin Berg

It wasn't until I was a senior in high school that I became aware, through the media and through conversations, of the eating disorders called anorexia and bulimia. The summer after graduation, I found myself feeling concerned about the extra weight I'd put on in boarding school; and before I really realized what was happening, I began struggling with symptoms of these disorders.

During my freshman year of college I became very thin—unnaturally thin—but I certainly didn't feel happy about it, or healthy. Mostly I felt guilty. I knew that this behavior was considered physically dangerous, and as a Christian Scientist, I also knew that it was morally and spiritually wrong. The manipulation of eating patterns and willful efforts to control the body denied God's perfect control of His spiritual child. And yet I seemed unable to change the situation.

Throughout this period, my study of Christian Science really saved me. I spent hours each morning before classes and time in the evening as well, praying and studying the Bible and the writings of Mrs. Eddy. I just wanted a clearer understanding of God, of man's real being as His child, and of God's government of man. There was some progress, and I experienced other healings and achieved considerable success in my education. I felt supported by God; I felt incredibly close to God, and this understanding and feeling of my spiritual oneness with Him have never left me.

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