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.
Hello,
I am quite new to all this but i just wanted to ask if anyone feels that their health and life are really being put at serious risk by their eatting disorder? and enough so to make them feel like they want to go cold turkey on all their dieting and binging episiods? This may seem unreliaitc however after studing bulimia for a long time it seems clear to me that the only way (correct me if you disagree) to recovery is to just stop, since it is an addiction. After 5 years of being traped by bulimia i feel confident that i am ready to stop but i would like to have a partner/ pen pal who would like to join me in going completlty cold turkey. I know this may sound mad but i feel that i would be musch stronger adn able to stop if i was working with someone else who was also trying to stop. Please relpy if you feel you would like to take this journy with me.
I am quite new to all this but i just wanted to ask if anyone feels that their health and life are really being put at serious risk by their eatting disorder? and enough so to make them feel like they want to go cold turkey on all their dieting and binging episiods? This may seem unreliaitc however after studing bulimia for a long time it seems clear to me that the only way (correct me if you disagree) to recovery is to just stop, since it is an addiction. After 5 years of being traped by bulimia i feel confident that i am ready to stop but i would like to have a partner/ pen pal who would like to join me in going completlty cold turkey. I know this may sound mad but i feel that i would be musch stronger adn able to stop if i was working with someone else who was also trying to stop. Please relpy if you feel you would like to take this journy with me.
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well that sounds like a good idea to me..id actually like to have someone else like that aswell..though i might not be the best kinda person for that..i wouldnt wanna drag anyone down if i couldnt do it!..
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Same here...doing the "cold turkey" thing always seems like a good idea, but then I get terrified to eat...which leads to getting hungry...or even more regret when I do put anything in my mouth (healthy amounts or otherwise). The best advice a doctor once gave me was to take each meal as a seperate event. If it doesn't work out then figure out why, but try not to beat yourself up if you do quit.
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You shouldnt feel like you would be draging anyone down. Its not a competiton between each other who can stop who cant, more like supporting each other both through good days and bad days.
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Some days I think the same thing. I'm going to stop and go eat whatever I want and need. I'm tired of dying slowly but surely. But unfortunately my fear to lose ED always wins.
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