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Written by Joanna Poppink   
Sunday, 11 July 2010 19:16

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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Comments (3)
1Tuesday, 13 July 2010 14:32
PTC
I'm down to weighing myself once a week, not by choice. I hate it, actually and want to weigh myself every day still. To me, that's still better than the 50 times a day I was weighing myself.

Anyway, now I just feel extremely huge and disgusting, like I'm getting fatter by the second. I feel like everyone can see that I'm getting fatter. I feel like everyone is looking at me while I'm teaching my aerobics classes and thinking, "She's huge, or she's put on weight since I last saw her." I can't take it anymore. I feel like I just need to start asking people if I'm getting fatter, something I would never do before because I don't bring up my weight with people. Now, I feel it's so obvious that I can just say things to people and they won't flinch because they can see it too. I don't know if all of these feelings are coming from not being able to weigh myself or what. I know that I can't stand it though!
2Tuesday, 13 July 2010 19:08
Joanna Poppink
Give yourself time for your sense of your body to catch up with your healing mind.

Give yourself healthy activities that are not associated with food, weight, body or appearance to distract you from your focus on body shape.

Let your healing mind readjust so you have more healthy and realistic thoughts.

When you feel, even if what you feel is awful, you are winning because you are feeling instead of using eating disorder symptoms to block yourself.

Sounds like you are doing great work now!
Brava!
3Wednesday, 14 July 2010 04:02
PTC
Thanks, but I think I'm kind of trying to lose weight still. I don't know.
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