Millie Haywood knows what it's like to struggle.

The 22-year-old has faced ongoing health challenges, both physical and mental. She was diagnosed with anorexia at the age of 13 and spent years in the hospital. She still relies on a feeding tube.

"I used to absolutely love running, it was my passion. It was my purpose in life," Haywood told CBS News from her home in Chalford, southern England. "I felt like I had no purpose, because I could no longer run and I just didn't have anything to live for, other than my family."

That sense of feeling out of place lasted years.

"I was frustrated about feeling different and was constantly told that I wasn't. People couldn't understand me. I just didn't know who I was anymore. I had no identity," she told CBS News.

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