Hi. Are you able to distract yourself somehow? Like by doing something you enjoy...painting, going for walk, playing with a pet, calling someone you enjoy talking to, going to coffee shop and sit with a book. For me, I find doing something for mankind helps me feel better. ie. bringing food to the homeless shelter, or volunteering at the senior center.
Good Luck and stay STRONG! :))

first of all,please know you are not alone,i am struggling as well.

the thoughts can get so loud...

i think it is important that we do things that are self nurturing,and please remember that you are of value,you deserve to be healthy.

To "distract" myself, I read romance novels, journal about what's bothering me-if anything, visit w/ my family when I'm out on pass from assisted living. When with my family, I update their computer, play with my cat; no pets allowed where I live; fire alarm would scare the life out of her, it's so loud. Now that Dad has a brain injury going on a year and a half, I need to show him how to do lots of stuff he used to know how to do; like his gmail account. He can't figure out how to get to it anymore. I also call my friends when I need to talk, but can usually just leave my room apt. and go to their's for a while, til we both feel better. Had a migraine this AM, so put up "do not disturb" sign and slept til the pain went down. Felt better when I woke up.

I hope you are feeling better soon and these thoughts go away asap. I like the suggestion of doing something for others, any way that you can. That's cheap therapy!

sounds like you have many things you like to do to distract yourself, are you doing them or are they not helping? sometimes those ed thoughts can prevent us from doing what we really need to be doing. fight the voice, get out and do what you like to do, anything to kick his butt out

It takes a long long time to "retrain" our minds - to be able to recognise the ED thinking, then challenge it but it is possible. Keep pushing forward; this is a battle we can all win.