Well Hello everyone. Today i woke up and decided i needed to make a few changes.....ahheeemmm....35lbs to be exact. I cant belieave i let mself go once again. Depression is a *****. Ive been struggling with aneroxia but mostly bulima for about 5 or 6 years now. Its time to stop. its such a discusting habit you know. I want to do this the right way and be happy about myself again. Besides, who wants to spend their life with their head in the toilet. Its weird. When i was at my worst...nobody could make me stop. At times it was like all i had. My little seceret. Its funny how your brain works. i actually would search for pro-eating disorder websites. you have to want it for yourself. YOu have to want to change. And i do this time. Im hoping to find someone who is maybe in the same boat. It would be nice to have a partner to fight this disease with. someone that understands, no matter what you do, it will always be there. nagging, telling you your fat, telling you nobody likes a fat person. you are nothing. I think having someone to voice over the internal negitivity would be a positive. we could lift eachother up. let me know if you that person. p.s. thank you to the nice people who directed me to this forum.
I believe that you've come to the right place. I know that there will be many people pulling for you - I am already! From your picture I can see that you are a lovely young woman; it's amazing what that "little voice" can tell us isn't it? I promise you that you will be surrounded by caring, compassionate people here, but also people who won't be afraid to tell it like it is. I don't know alot about this disease, have you seen a Dr.? If not maybe that would also be a place to start. You are so welcome here, and will be in my thoughts and prayers...
I am not in the same boat as you but am here for you all the same. I have an overeating problem but can't find it in myself to purge....I don't like to throw up even when I am sick. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor to lose weight in a healthier manner!
Thank you barb. Yes i have been to a thereapist, and my current physician is aware of my illness. My live in boyfriend also knopws but i downplay it...he doesn't know how to handle it, hes not very good support. men are idiots.
I actually need to start returning to therapy i stopped going about a month ago.
Welcome! I'm pretty new to the forum as well, but I find it very helpful, I hope you do too. I can definately relate to your struggles with eating disorders. Kudos to you for having the courage to decide to change! You seem to have a lot of determination. I wish you lots of stength in your journey toward a healthier lifestyle!
Hi Jinx! Welcome to the gang... I'm pretty sure we have some purgers in our ranks, so you should find a kindred spirit here. Me, I'm just your average compulsive overeater and food sneaker, but when I was in high school I used to literally pray at night that God would make me anorexic or bulemic... so I know lots about those evil little voices in the back of your head. Thankfully I'm past THOSE thoughts, and just dealing with others...
I think here are a lot of kindred (right word?) spirits here. After all, the problems with food are the same if you are bulimic or a obsessive overeater or whatever....
My problem is more binge eating, but I had my head in the toilet as well...During the first 6-7 years of my ED I managed not to gain so much weight with starving/ fasting. 4 days nothing or 300 cal, 3 days bingeing....A doctor told me that would be bulimic as well, because bulimic means do actions to control your weight gain, not only purging.
I used to abuse laxatives. It was easy, I wasn't working, my kids were little. I'd binge and down a box. When I was passing blood and mucous and having awful pain. I went to the doctor in so much denial, never realizing that the laxatives were hurting me. I had a super low potassium count and abdominal inflammation.
I never lost much weight that way anyway so why did I do it?, I think it was the purigng that made me feel cleasned, I was getting rid of the enemy. I couldn't vomit, although I tried so this was easy for me.
Never again did I abuse laxatives. I just binge and deal with the anxiety depression and self loath.....
I am not in the same boat as you but am here for you all the same. I have an overeating problem but can't find it in myself to purge....I don't like to throw up even when I am sick. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor to lose weight in a healthier manner!
I used to be that way, but after the first few times, it got easier and easier. I'm so good at it now, I'll bet I could throw up at will (who needs epicac??), though I've never tried it. However, when I know I"m going to purge (while eating a meal), sometimes I'll feel nauseated before I even do it. It's crazy. One time after eating, I purged. And my hubby went to the bathroom right after me. When he came out, he asked me (he doesn't know about my eating disorder) "did you get sick?". I said no, and he dropped it. I was so afraid I'd been found out. Then sometimes, I think he suspects anyway. but he's a VERY thin person, the metabolism of a speeding bullet. He says, "just push back from the table, that's all the exercise you need". spoken like a true naturally thin person. that's like a healthy person telling a sick person (with say, a tumor) "ah! Just take a knife and cut it off. You'll be fine!" I get so mad at people who've never been over weight sometimes. THey are quick to judge a situation they have no personal experience in. They don't have a clue. But they can give us an ear full on how we should be handling our problem.