Quote From: brendammI am now 47 and have had the eating disorder since I was about 4 yrs old...yes children can and
do have eating disorders. Until people get to the root of their problem they are just treading
water try to stay aflot. Once you can commit to finding the truth no matter how hard things
may get, then you start to see progress. It too me over 20 yrs to struggle my way through
all the stress and trama drama associated with eating disorders.
This disease landed me in a wheelchair after setting off a horrific chain of genetic disorders
I am now legally blind, have had heart attacks AND strokes and the list goes on and on.
After years of really hard work lhysically and mentally I have over come many obstacles.
Of course some of them I will carry with me the rest of my life.
I am so committed to helping other people going through this. People don't understant
until they have an eating disorder. It can be dealt with and it came be over come but be
prepared to be 100 % honest with yourself and everyone trying to help you, know that there
is going to be a lot of pain involved with healing - you HAVE to face your fears. Just do it
one day at a time and some times its just hour by hour.
Due to the mitochondrial disease the anorexia set off, I have had to come to term with things.
You do that real fast when you are told you are going to die. I had to have face cancer, a mastectomy and being permanently disabled. I was a 32 yr old nurse (a single mom)
when I first got really really sick and had to stop work. You have 2 choices when stuff like
that happens get real about your life and take charge or roll over and die. Obviously I
fought like hell - and I am still fighting everyday. I will always have the mitochondrial disease
I was in remission until about a month ago. But you have to deal with what ever is dealt to you
You can't blame other people and you take responsibility for your own mistakes.
And don't let the negativity of others get you down. Remember their problems are just that THEIR problems - you have enough of your own with out automatically assuming you are the cause of theirs.
I would really advise people to go back and read my first posts - Physical Fall Outs of Anorexia
it will be a real honest eye opener for a lot of people
As always I am here if anyone need me. We can get through this TOGETHER, all of us
Just take it a day at a time
Brenda
Dear Brenda;
I'm not trying to minimize your problem, as it was a problem w/me as well.
There is a point in which you need to take control of your problem, as yes, there needs to be a mouring process as well-I had to endure that myself in the recovery process.
It was hard, but I am happy I did so, and have taken charge of my life and my decisions.
But from the recovery process, I have been able to distance myself from the people that happened to push me into the situation.
Sorry if I came across as 'cold' but you will feel much better taking control of your own 'choices' and making your own decisions about recovery.
