What can I do to help deal with an Eating Disorder?

[AnthonyPaolucci47]

I constantly count calories and burn everything off by exercising. On Friday's I don't eat anything at all because I feel the need to let my body fast once a day every week. I feel like I have no motivation or energy to do anything because of this leaving me feeling emotionless and find myself taking several naps throughout the day. I often feel paranoid and stressed out as well. Is there anything I can do to ease the pain of all this? Please let me know. Every comment is appreciated.

[blink_1802]

i used to have really bad issues with my body. i once ate nothing for almost four days because i wanted to lose weight very badly. for the past three years of my life its been an on and off thing, but about six months ago i decided to start eating healthy and actually take my diet seriously, and I've gotten the best results I've ever gotten by eating clean, with about 1200 calories every day, usually go for a bike ride or a quiet walk in the forest at least four times a week. i found that using a food diary helps more than any diet pill or scam of the week ever will. there's no secret to losing weight, and the only worth while way to do it is the healthy way, otherwise you will not only find yourself tired and malnourished all the time, yo will probably end up binging, bring yourself down, hurt your friends and family, and then gain it all back if you do manage to lose it. its NOT worth it, trust me. my best friend is anorexic and my other friends and i had to monitor her "secret" instagram account, i took time out of our schedule to make her lunches and bring them to school so she would eat, we call and meet up with her parents sometimes to discuss what to do about it, weve seen her mom and dad broken down in tears and we orselves have broken down on multiple occasions. she stopped smiling, stopped doing much of anything. she would look at dangerously underweight girls on her phone as motivation while we hanged out. the look on her face when we order pizza hurts to think about. we once had her admitted to a hospital because she said she would kill someone if it got her to her goal weight. i relapsed because of all of her pessimism. it made me manically depressed because i couldnt help her and she wouldn't stop starving herself. it not only broke her but it broke me. eating disorders change you. dont let one control your life. dont let yourself become a ghost of who you once were because of an eating disorder. dont make the mistakes my friend made. so read all of this and read it again the next time you feel the need to torture yourself like that to acheive a smaller size. because it won't make you happy. it will make you brittle and weak and sick and friendless and your hair will fall out and your nails will brake and you'll lose everything to it

[9mfeo]

Learning to meditate can help your overall mental state. I'd also strongly encourage you to seek help from a counselor or therapist of some kind in order to change both your disordered thinking and habits. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I suffer the same thing, and I try to stop but I can't on my own and neither can you. You can't solve this on your own, you need help from others. Talk to someone you trust about it and if the problem escalates, go see a doctor that specializes in EDs. The best choice is to just seek help because you CAN NOT do it alone.

[blondfrog]

You need to see a psychiatrist dude good luck