Quote From: chrisbon i was watching TV today and the past couple of days and all i have seen are reports about weight lose, gain, how to lose weight, and a new show being aired on fx about ridiculing eating disorders and giving more misunderstanding to eating disorders, as if we need help being misunderstood.
i have fought this miserable illness for twenty five years and the last two days have been awful, I'm so scared if i start eating again i may explode! I'm feeling very anxious, at work today all anyone could talk about is there weight, complaining about how fat they are, even if there not. so i make my plans to lose more and to be perfectly thin. i get on the scale at least four times after i get home from work and twice in the morning and eat as little as possible. what are we going to do, no one understands the illness and even the size 10's think there fat, so TV continually says you need to lose more weight and we keep believing it's true and people die everyday of so called heart attacks, when they actually died of an eating disorder. when will it stop?
I read your posting, And I was going to let you know that if you do decide to get the help, you will be much more free than you are now. The difference being, instead of being concerned w/food, you will have to be prepared to deal w/emotions. I was hospitalized about 10years ago as an inpatient in a local facility that was remarkable. I do recovery speaking there now for the current in-patients.
I do understand your illness, and I did almost die from it. I was thin, but the main problems is I had many heart problems, and at one point-I was given a week to live.
The support didn't come from my family, but my college physician, English professor-people who instilled confidence in me.
I surround myself with things I enjoy participating in-mostly church activities, and I'm really not that spiritual-but I appreciate being helpful to others.
No; I'm not really happy w/my body, but have accepted the fact that it's a normal ageing process.
Here's the other thing; the people you are listening to at work that are complaining are being shallow. Talking like that is just filler because there isn't anything else to discuss.
Let me know if this helps you!
