Hey, I know it's hard. I'm studying to be a therpist too, and I also get times where I can't get my ED out of my head, to the point where I cn't focus in nothing else. But what I do is try to distract myself with other things I like, maybe not studying a little, I try and go for a walk, or talk with someone, even if t's my dog, something that keeps me calm. Then I can keep on studying. I hope it helps.

I you want to talk sometime feel free to message me :) *hugs*

thanks. what kind of therapy do you want to do? i want to specialize in ED's and trauma. i'm working on my associate's degree now. i'm fallon btw.

I want to specialize in ED's too, but I need to get better to actually do it. I've been studying only for a year, so I still have a long way to go. I'm Martha, nice to meet you!

hey hang in there...best thing i have found is to take one day at a time... im studying to be a therapisist one day ed is an area id love to get into.. but think im gonna go get some experience .. remember one day at a time... i tend to try and tell my ed voice that its wrong... and pick a virtue about myself to prove my point.. sometimes i win sometimes i dont

thanks for all the help!

I do the saaaame thing. Drives me crazy. Best thing I can advise is to listen to music and "meditate" to get yourself back in the groove, or take a walk or something to refocus.

-Oh, and remind yourself of the reasons that you don't want to binge. My favorite is "I'll only be making things harder on myself."

I don't know if this helps anyone else, but I find that it helps me. I actually read about my ED. Like, say if I was if your shoes and I wanted to binge eat (personally I actually never get this urge anymore...) so I would either go find a book or go online and find an article that described in detail the act of binge eating. Just so happens that I've got a book that has a chapter in it all about binge eating and it is incredibly detailed with emotions, physical feelings, etc. So, I'd read that. This, for some reason, calms me down. It's like...my mind did it so now it's okay. Even though I physically did not binge it, I read about it in such detail that I felt like I was doing it. That was satisfying enough. Similar happenings occur with other behaviors. I actually use this for SI impulses too, despite being over 3 years free from that because I still get those.

Perhaps next time if you allow your mind to complete the binge it may help you? Maybe you could try writing out your binge? I'm not sure, I think there is something so much more satisfying about reading. It's like you're consuming the words. Words like food are for consumption.

Just my two cents.

Thanks everybody! Good God I love this group and DS in general. I don't know what I'd do without you guys. I did not binge, but PTSD has been kicking my butt. The nightmares make me want to binge.