Do you have any tips? I just want to disappear this entire month...
How do I get through Christmas (anorexia)?
Do you have any tips? I just want to disappear this entire month...
How does one reach a point that they are afraid of food? Anorexia is something I will never understand. I can't even do a normal diet without cheating and eating all the snacks in my house. This question is kind of difficult. I guess the only tips I could give is to try to focus on you family and other holiday traditions other than food. Sure there's family meals during the holidays and Christmas cookies and stuff like that, but there's also holiday movies, shopping, gift wrapping, gift exchanging, lighting and decorating the tree, decorating the house, spending time chatting with family, and Christmas music. The best thing for you to do is eat, but I know that's much easier said than done with your condition. So eat what you can, if you can, but if you know that you won't be able to endure one of those meals then just excuse yourself and maybe say you have some last minute gift wrapping to do or something like that. I don't really think my opinion is very helpful, but I tried my best. I hope you have a pleasant holiday and a healthy life.
Get some foods you like that you can eat (since you mentioned your diet is restrictioned). That's what I'm doing this holiday season since I, too, have dietary restrictions. Also if you're looking to gain some weight without feeling full I'd recommend pediasure, it tastes hella good and helped me gain weight when I lost a ton of weight from medical problems earlier this year and couldn't down heavy foods.
I guarantee I probably have less body fat than you and eat 10x as much as you do. And I'm not saying that to be mean, I just think what you're doing is completely stupid. It's not attractive, very few people will find you attractive and to make it even worse is you won't even have the energy to achieve anything substantial with your life. It's a downwards spiral you're entering and you need to take a step away from that before it becomes too late.
Honestly what do you think eating some large meals for a couple of days is going to do? I eat tons during Christmas, I don't give a crap, it doesn't change anything because afterwards I always return to my normal, healthy diet and do my morning cardio. Why is that so hard for you to do? Very interested to know..
First off - Honestly, that didn't really help (I'm referring to the "I guarantee I probably have less (...) )
Anorexia (or any other eating disorders) have absolutely nothing to do about being attractive. It's stupid, my more "sane" or logical mind is aware of that, yet the disordered part simply takes control with either horrible thoughts about myself, anxiety etc.
My eating disorder was "started" years ago as a very stupid way of coping with a death. I couldn't control my emotions (mainly the grief ) , but i could control what I put i my mouth. This was five years ago.
Honestly? I think I'm going gain weight, in which I can't control anything. Many eating disordered have this black/white thinking - I have this myself. This means that fx. either I won't eat anything, or if I eat something that I end up disliking, I will eat that even though I find i vile, then either "purge" or exercise excessive afterwards.
It's honestly really, really, REALLy hard to even explain.
I was under the assumption you're anorexic because you imagine you have more fat than you actually do and view not eating as a way to fight that. You said it all started as a way of coping with a death, I've heard of people eating more to cope with grief, but not less. Either way, I don't see how not eating helps with sadness. Everyone copes with things differently, but it's the ones who are self disciplined and care about themselves that come out the best whereas the other one's mess themselves up, whether that be through drugs, alcohol, whatever.
Why would you throw up afterwards? What's wrong with exercising? You said you do it sometimes. Fact is there is nothing anyone can say that will help you if you're dead set on not making a change. It's a habit that you've gotten into and they can be hard to break, I once became OCD about bacteria when I was little and would wash my hands wherever I went, all it took was one step in the right direction and I got over it.
Yes I have a tip. EAT and enjoy every second of it!
I literally just came out of the hospital, where I was mostly fed through a tube, later put on a meal plan which consisted of semi "safe foods" that I still struggle a lot with. Did you really think that your advice was helpful in any way? I found it quite rude.
I'm not trying to be rude to you you took that wrong. I'm trying to get you to enjoy your life and live healthy. There has to be a reason behind your anorexia somewhere and I'm guessing you've probably had somewhat traumatic past life experiences at a time. But you're still very young so try putting it behind you and live while you're still young.
I understand. I would do it, it's just easier said than done. But thank you for the advice.
Hey I've been there too and I don't care what they say bulimia is just another form of OCD with a different face on it. What you need to do is keep your mind busy for a good while. Go to the movies preferably and catch movies that channel your emotions away from yourself or your situation especially away from your past. Grab some food from the counter and don't even think about anything just watch those movies and satisfy your hunger. Takes along friends too so they can help distract and keep your mind busy. You can beat your situation, it's hard but yet easier than you think. Give those things a try.
You're welcome by the way.
Oh and another thing for you to remember. You will accept everyone you meet and likewise not everyone you meet will accept you either that's just the way things work it's meant to be. So don't ever try to correct things about you that are meant to be to try and change someone else's prospectives towards you. You are who you are and there is only one of you and for everyone that don't accept you the way you are twenty more will and will be glad they met you. So to sum it all up don't ever try to correct your mold you're perfect the way you are and were meant to be. Your mind though currently has you surrounded and you're going nowhere. You need to free youself and channel your thoughts and emotions somewhere else is what I'm getting at. Go places get out get your mind on something or someone else if you can and don't be a prisoner of yourself those things will only make you worse.
Sorry that first line was suppose to say that you will not accept everyone else.
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Just hide mirrors and scales if possible and try to stay in the moment and do stuff that helps you to stop thinking about your body. And I mean it's probably a given but you should eat (which I know is probably the same kind of advice as when people told me to just breath when I had anxiety but both are things you need to do)
If you are anorexic I would advise you to get professional help.
message me. i relate more than you know but i just finished recovery!
I'd recommend eating.
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