2026
„A Flawless Performance“
I want to perform perfection while secretly wishing someone would see through it. I am proud of the performance, yet angry and heartbroken when no one does.
The choice is yours: the perfect illusion or the ugly truth?
„Not a Walk in the Park“
If you imagine recovery as a fairy tale, you may simply be trading one illusion for another. Then reality kicks in: emotions, weight gain, and letting go of control.
Roll up your sleeves — this is no walk under the rainbow.
„False Gods“
The scale becomes your altar, its numbers a god passing judgement on your worth. You obey, sacrifice and ask for salvation.
Be careful which gods you worship.
You may end up selling your soul.
„One Size Away“
We are shown perfection: the perfect body, the perfect life, effortless success. The promise is simple — become smaller, and your life will become bigger.
Happiness. Love. Success. Worth.
All yours, apparently.
Just one size away.
„On Repeat“
At some point, the promise becomes your own voice. Happiness is always waiting at the next goal weight — and when you get there, the goal simply moves again.
Same song. Different number.
„Accept All“
If you’re not naturally good with people, every conversation means navigating rules everyone else seems to know. One mistake, and your mind may replay it for years.
Still waiting for the instruction manual for being human. Until then: join in and risk getting it wrong, or avoid society altogether?
2025
Only three things are necessary to embark on the journey: the courage to take the first step, support, and patience.
It is as simple as it is difficult.
„Flood of thoughts“
After losing countless battles you have learned to take the wise path and surrender without a fight. Because in the end, you will drown in the flood of your own thoughts anyway.
How can you win a fight against yourself?
In the body of an adult, I am still a child at heart. These are the first steps into adolescence. Tentative yet courageous, and full of promise.
„Pied Piper“
Look better, feel better, be better? Sign me up! And life becomes greater than ever, until… You realise that this isn’t a glamorous lifestyle, but a pretty demanding job you chose for yourself. Oh, you think you could just walk away? Haha, keep dreaming – you owe me, and you now belong to me.
Start of my career: at age 9
Affiliation with the company: 25 years
Time to write this letter: 5 years
Conclusion: Embracing life’s ambivalence means honouring both joy and doubt. Do not be afraid of making a mistake; it might be a beautiful one.
I never did anything other than count calories.
I never did anything other than hate myself.
I never did anything other than strive to be thin.
I am my eating disorder, and my eating disorder is me. How can one exist without the other?
„Who would have thought?“
The moment when a single self dissolves into a
chorus of selves, each vibrant, imperfect, and true.
Zora Lindenberg, 2026, Brisbane – Berlin, info@zora-lindenberg.de
Zora Lindenberg, 2026
Brisbane – Berlin
info@zora-lindenberg.de