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When you have an eating disorder you can feel "stuck" in repetitive behaviors and thought processes. Self doubt and merciless self criticism build along with your frustration and growing despair. You might even feel a sense of doom as you continue to be bogged down and limited despite your attempts to get past your blocks.
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Sound familiar?
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You know the feeling you get when you wake up in the morning, and you are not hungry? You feel free and powerful because food just isn't appealing at all. You don't have to struggle to resist eating or eating too much. You don't have to feel guilt or shame as you begin a binge. You don't have to stand in front of the open refrigerator or cupboard wondering what is "safe" for you to eat.
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An EDR reader wrote that in her anorexic phase she is afraid to sleep because in sleep she won't burn off enough calories. In her bulimic phase she eats to pass out. In other words, she never gets normal good, deep, restorative rest.
The sleep and sleep deprivation issue are important to explore and understand in working toward eating disorder recovery.
In the reader's post she describes how her anorexic and bulimic phases bring up different psychological motivations and behaviors.
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| The Mediterranean Diet now shows another benefit to people with eating disorders. I want to emphasize that the brain nourishing aspects of this style of eating is important information to send out to people with eating disorders as well as seniors. And sometimes the people with eating disorders are seniors.
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Sexual Exploiters and Vulnerable Women's Fantasies
Often in my practice a new patient comes in with a distorted perception of the sexual exploition in her life. She may have a stalker. She may have a boyfriend or husband who manipulates and uses her sexually. Sometimes she knows it and is afraid. Sometimes she knows it and feels ashamed she can't live up to his expectations.
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