Love, Me. – My Fight against Anorexia and the Road to Recovery is Kato Marynissen's deeply personal account of living with an eating disorder, losing herself to anorexia and slowly learning how to choose recovery.

Kato's story begins long before anorexia enters her life. At the age of ten, she is diagnosed with lymphoma and undergoes years of intensive treatment. She survives childhood cancer, but the experience leaves its mark. Years later, perfectionism, insecurity, fear of failure, a difficult relationship with food and weight, and an overwhelming need for control gradually develop into an eating disorder.

Writing with striking openness, Kato describes what anorexia looks like from the inside: the endless calorie counting, the fear of gaining weight, compulsive exercise, comparing herself with others, the distorted body image and the constant voice telling her that she is never good enough. She also shows why an eating disorder is about far more than food or appearance. It becomes a coping mechanism, a source of false security and, eventually, something almost impossible to separate from your own identity.

The book follows Kato through denial, confrontation, hospital admission and the difficult process of recovery. She writes about relearning how to eat, restoring weight, challenging deeply rooted fears and discovering that recovery does not simply begin when the number on the scales changes. The mental struggle continues, with setbacks, doubt and moments when letting go of the eating disorder can feel more frightening than holding on to it.

Alongside Kato's own experiences, Love, Me. contains testimonies from fellow sufferers, teachers and healthcare professionals. Their voices broaden the story and challenge common misconceptions: eating disorders are not a choice, cannot always be recognised by appearance and affect people of different ages, genders and backgrounds.

This is not a story about achieving perfection. It is about learning to live without needing to be perfect. About asking for help, allowing others in and finding the courage to choose life, one difficult step at a time.

The title Love, Me. comes from the words Kato once used to close her diary entries during her hospital treatment — words she later had tattooed in her own handwriting as a permanent reminder to treat herself with kindness.