Ok to get it out in the open yes I am 15
and I do not expect to be treated like a
child. I am only here to seek some help
and that is it. Ok since I was about
eight years old I have taken care of my
drunk of a mom, my addict sister. And
about every single person who walked in
the door. I shopped,cooked,cleaned,
everything. Recently I have recovered
from my apisode with "self-destruction" or
so they love to title it as. But no
matter what treatment they try and give me
I can not seem to recover from my eating
problems. And it is truly sad seeing as I
am constantly pretending to be fine(one
learns to do that with a family like mine
:) ) so now I am "purging" again and I
cant stop. It is most tedious but I cant
seem to shake the urge. So I need some
advice before I blow....Hehe funny pun
wasnt it lol
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whiteboymike
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-16-06 10:35am
Hi heather
it must have been a very difficult
upbringing you've had and I feel really
sorry to see whats happened to you.
Eating disorders in many ways develop
generally as a means for coping and
"getting -by" when life is incredibly
difficult. In many ways it's a coping
strategy your using to help you manage
your incredibly difficult circumstances.
Ironically it does work but often leads to
many problems and complications.
So advice ... Tough one here really
...........
Seek support and possibly some kind of
rehabilitation service.
If that option is not available, try using
other strategies to help make you feel
better about yourself and remove yourself
from situations which will tend to
exacerbate your anger / anxiety realted
feelings. Possibly spend more time with
your friends and work towards doing
something positive each and every day.
Hope this helps hun
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.Heather.
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 15
Posted: 06-17-06 23:12pm
Thanks.............For the support.
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ed-will-kill
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 9
Posted: 06-20-06 17:26pm
Hi
im currently recovering from bulimia, and
I totally agree with something
whiteboymike's 3rd paragraph (about eating
disorders being a way of getting by).
Oh, and i've had some "self destruction
episodes" too, so no worries.
Advice:
if you can go see a therapist and get help
now, do so. Or maybe rehab or something.
But if that's not possible, find a
healthier way to keep yourself alive
(because really, while they do kill us,
eating disorders can help us survive
through some really, really hideous
things). What works for some people is
throwing yourself completely into
something. School, books, music, a period
in history. I once had a friend who
researched really strange/cool stuff.
Movies, even. (im a hitchcock fan
myself.) painting writing sculpting
sewing photography cooking. Or whatever
you love to do. If you have some sort of
passion...Music? The arts? Cooking? I
don't know. Whatever it is, immerse
yourself in it.
Hope that helps, and if it didnt, pm me.
Anything I can do...My reasons for bulimia
are similar to yours, it seems.
Stay safe!!! :)
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.Heather.
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 15
Posted: 06-22-06 15:08pm
Yeah ...Ive been to two rehabs and they
dont work....But thanks for the support
and I really appreciate it....So so much
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mshanson
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 102 Location: California
Posted: 06-25-06 21:32pm
Hi heather,
you are really doing am amaziing job
trying to recover in a very tough
situation. Yes, your eating disorder was
a way that you took care of yourself, but
now it' s hurting you & you know you
need to get away from it. That's the
first step ~ knowing you have a problem.
So now what?
Well, like you, I realize treatment is not
the 'cure'. I went to 2 differetn places
for months & still struggled
afterwards. But what I now see is that
those places planted seeds of hope in me,
so that later I started to use what I
learned there on my own. Every treatment,
therapist, meal plan, support group
meeting adds up to recovery in the long
run. It's a ssslllooowwww process (took
me 10 years to really get over it, and
even today I have sometimes when I want to
starve or binge, but I don't do it because
I have tools to fight off those
feelings).
So don't give up! You have your whole
life ahead of you & you have a
lifetime to figure it out. Start small ~
but start doing something today! I put
off recovery for a decade because I was
scared & lonely & in denial.
Don't waste another day!!!!!! Good luck ~
you can do it!!!!
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