Eating Disorders Support Group

Eating disorders are marked by an obsessive need to control the intake and/or purging of food. This community is dedicated to those struggling on the road to recovery. Join to discuss your experience with others and find support. Get advice, ask questions, and meet others who are going through similar struggles.

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Dancinggirl 07/18/2017

For the last week I have had the feeling to binge eat. And fighting with my sister doesn't help when she wants to say hurtful things to me. But it doesn't matter. I have been pretending to be happy when I'm not, and my family, friends and when I am at work. But they are starting to notice that something is wrong with me. I can't make this feeling go away and I haven't talked about it until now. I'm just trying to stay busy, but now that feeling of binge eating is getting harder to push away and stop myself from binge eating. I don't know what to do now.

lonelystar26 07/18/2017

Have you talked to anybody about how you are feeling? I feel ya on that. Eating makes me feel better and lately I have been arguing with my mother more than the usual. It makes me want to eat and eat and eat. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and go to kitchen when I am feeling inclined to binge eating. I stop myself because I tell myself that it is not healthy. I know sometimes it is hard to know what to do and to have the willpower to fight it. What helps me is to write down my feelings.

hopeful27 07/19/2017

I am so sorry to hear about your recent struggle, Laya. It gets really hard to avoid the urges sometimes, but look at how far you've already come! You've resisted it this long and you are strong enough to fight the urge until it subsides. I was reading an article recently that said one way to subdue the urge to binge is by taking a bite of whatever it is you're craving for the binge and then leaving and doing something else for at least 15 minutes. Supposedly it should trigger something in your brain and you shouldn't feel the need to binge anymore. I haven't tried it yet, but if you do, I hope it works! Sending you so many positive vibes! If you need to chat, I'm here <3

danea 07/19/2017

I’m recovering from my latest binge. And you know, for me, the harder I push it away, the harder I try to resists the longer the binges last and the more I eat.
If you crave something on the brink of sanity just eat it. But think about this, does it solve your problem? Does it actually make you happy?
Well, maybe I’ve been doing this cycle for way too long. But recently I just sat down and thought …and realized that food doesn’t even make me happy anymore! Why do I do it? It almost became a reflex to any negative thoughts and stimuli. I eat to the point I feeling sick, then I feel ashamed and the problem is still there.
So my advice to you, if you want something just eat it, incorporate it in a healthy meal. Don’t fixate on it.
Keeping a food diary helps me, working out helps me (even I actually hate it), and try to talk about the problem you have, the thing that’s stressing you out, because food is not going to solve it, believe me.

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