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Tongue pierced... helpful.

Coley1989
Coley1989
I got my tongue pierced three days ago. I got this for mainly two reasons... one because I thought it fit me pretty well and I am addicting to piercings, and two because I thought it would help me with my purging. In the last 3 days, I have purged only twice. I have eaten a few bread sticks, a couple of bites of pasta and some salad. I know I am not suppose to purge at all due to risk of infection but... I feel that this is helping me out a lot and will until it heals, so I guess we will wait and see.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hey, if that gives you some sucess, then great!! lol, never would have thought a tongue peircing would have anything to do with an ed, but I guess so haha. I really hope it doesn't get infected though, sounds like it'd be painful. Take care of youself hun!
Smash
Smash
I pierced my tongue and then kept on purging 7 times a day and uh, yeah....It's not such a good idea.
Good work on not purging so much? It's supportive to see that other people are battleing this shit too.

you're stronger than your eating disorder, you can do this.

PEACE
Smash
Smash
oh fuck...I meant good work on not purging so much! exclamation point. sorry.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I got my tongue pierced Saturday in hope it would help out with my b&p....well that worked for about a whole day!

I keep binging, tried to purge today but it was too painful.

This hasn't helped me AT all. I love the piercing but hate the fact I'm gaining like crazy arghhh
deleted_user
deleted_user
I got my tongue pierced when I turned 18.. mostly to be rebelious. My parents just about disowned me (not really, but I thought they would at the time) so I took it out after about a week. Please be sure to keep your intake up... I found it easy to slip into restricting patterns when I got mine done and I was the least engaged in my ED than I'd ever been. Try some soups, drinks, etc. Maybe supplement drinks like boost, ensure, or a good old frap from starbucks? I think this is really important because we're all aware of how restricting can lead to binges after a little while. The swelling will go down soon and if you haven't allowed yourself adequate nutrition you may inadvertently be flung back into a cycle.

I bet you're having fun talking, though ;-). haha that was the best part, you could tell someone to F off if you wanted and they'd never know...
deleted_user
deleted_user
i got my tongue pierced when I was 17 or so and I ended up taking it out because my grandma found out. I had it repierced twice after that but needed to take it out once because I had to go to the hospital and the last time because Grandma caught me again... I think if ED was really bad back then, it would have enticed me to restrict more...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Good for you on having reduced the purging. But a piercing is not going to help you with the real issue going on. You say yourself it will help you until it heals - and then?
deleted_user
deleted_user
i agree with Karrin... u need 2 have a plan in place 4 after it heals... 4 ur own healing... i recommend professional help, and im always here if u need 2 talk... hugs, IMA
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