Eating Disorders Support Group
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Hello. Im going to keep this short. My name is Laura and I am bulimic and have been for two years. At times i feel as if my eating disorder is taking over my life...
Advice that I would appreciate so much is if anyone can give me tips on how to a avoid binging when i'm alone or simply how to work on not allowing my emotions take over causing me to binge. So any coping strategies i guess that anyone can provide me, so i can try them.
Some background info: I was abused and raped over and over again for three years by my ex. He is now in jail because of this. I struggle with the fact I am adopted. So basically strong emotions and these feelings have been causing me to binge so much lately. Also i do see a psychologist.
Advice that I would appreciate so much is if anyone can give me tips on how to a avoid binging when i'm alone or simply how to work on not allowing my emotions take over causing me to binge. So any coping strategies i guess that anyone can provide me, so i can try them.
Some background info: I was abused and raped over and over again for three years by my ex. He is now in jail because of this. I struggle with the fact I am adopted. So basically strong emotions and these feelings have been causing me to binge so much lately. Also i do see a psychologist.
1. You know you have thhese feelings, but you have to deal with them too. Open up to someone you trust, tell them everything you can. How you feel, when you feel them, your past, what you hope happens from now on. Hear yourself saying some of this stuff..
2, Break a bad habit. Your eating habits have become a bad habit now, and it needs to be broken. I had a bad phase of bingeing, after years of trying and failing to give it up, using silly reasons to justify it, going back at the 1st sign of trouble..the only way I eventually overcame it was realize that I had to be willing for it to hurt. The start, the 1st 4 weeks or so where the dependance would be the strongest. I would have to sometimes just stare at the wall and itch, not sleep, constantly think about but not do anything about it, and accept tough long times.
I've been through the ED stuff, still am to a point, talk if you ned to.
Bingeing can be a way of actually suppressing the feelings you don't want to deal with. You may notice them coming to the surface and go straight for food to give yourself a way to cope by *not* dealing with them. My suggestion is to go with the feelings. Let yourself get in touch with your anger, sadness, resentment, pain, etc. Write about the emotions that come up and the thoughts, images, urges that come up as well. By facing them you may find that the desire to binge decreases and eventually subsides altogether.
When I first tried this approach EVERY emotion made me cry, even the positive ones like when I would get really happy or felt deeply cared for. It takes some time getting used to, but you may feel a lot better letting the emotions run through you rather than avoid or try to control them. I use the "cathartic" to describe the experience. I hope you can give this a try and that it helps!
Going for a walk and removing myself from the environment sometimes helps.