Hi I'm Carolyn from Connecticut...I was invited to join from a dear friend..(thank you)
I'm a domestic violence survivor.
Was married to my abusive husband for 10 years and happilt divorced for 5.
I am happy to meet new friends and to offer my friendship and support in any way I can.

"Gentle" Hugs to all.
Carolyn

welcome sweetheart...hugs back to you sweety:)

allison from RI! Just moved to RI from NJ and really dont have any friends here. Struggle every day with depression, anxiety and binge eating :( good to find support on DS!

Glad you found us hun..you are more than welcome here..and please pm me anytime..
I also suffer from depression and anxiety..so i know how dark and hard it can get..hang in there..and feel free to post and ask for support or pm me anytime ..
hugs

hey all ;) nice to be here

hey sweety so gald to have you here..hugs sweety:)

hi, i am kathy. i live in southeastern massachusetts. i am also a domestic abuse survivor . i don't know if i am "qualified" to be a person with an ED. i am very over weight though, (200+ pounds), and my doctor told me not to gain anymore weight... i love to walk, it is my best exercise! But for the last several months, my hernia has hurt so badly that it makes me cry.. and i am on a lot of pain medication!!!! Soon i will have an appointment for nerve blocks in that area of my stomach, and will be able to walk again... But still it is so easy to gain weight , and sooo hard to lose it!!!! i hope i can be part of this group and maybe be supportive of others...Oh, and please explain more clearly, Cariad, what does pro ana mean? ((( Hugz))) to alll...

hey sweety..you do not have to be size zero to have an ED..im now a UK 18 when i used to be a uk 8 which oi think is a size four in the US..you are as welcome here sweety as much as anyone else is..and are entitled to support too..
I am also a survivor of domestic abuse..and childhood abuse..these can all add to the pressure we are under as well as the way we feel about our weight..and feel about ourselves..i can understand your frustration of gaining wieght when you are in pain and unable to excersise..I have Fibro and have been unable to excersise for a few years now because pof the pain and tirdeness..I really hope you appiontment helps hun..chrinic pain is so hard to live with..sending healing hugs sweety..hope they help a little..

I answer to your question..pro ana sites are websites..that get peole withED;s to join and make them believe they have a right to stay anerexic and bulimic..they tell you it is an illness the same as aby thing else and if you do not want to heal or get well then you shouldnt have too..they encourage you to exercise excesivily..quick fix diets..tell you ways to hide your ED from friends and family..givwe you tips and tricks to loose wieght quicker etc..even give suicide tips..if things have got to bad for you,,
they prey on peoples illness and celebrate it..helping people with theses illnesses to basically kill them sleves..they really are not good places..

hello,. thanks for this group. i think i will realy like it. i have had many problums w/ food. i dont know when it started. i was very thin as a child and teen till i had my first son in 1976. i was only 15. it was 1976, very unheard of back then. i was kicked out of school, etc... ok, that didnt do it. i lost the weight w/ both kids cause i was young and active. i dont know when food took over my life, but it has. ive gained about 100lbs or moore. im ery tall so i could hide it for a long time. i think thats partially why i got so big, i kept saying, well, dont look too big now, then one day bamm, like a freight train.im allways tired, i dont eat all day so im allways very sick. i relate food and sleeping, if i eat, i must sleep. so i dont eat all day and then gourge myself at night then go to sleep. my body is hurt from what im doing to it. like today. went out, and got food. thats my day, planning my nightly meal. also i have a distorted veiw of my body. i think i look thinner than i realy am. i dont know whats up with that. its so nice to have a place like this away from the mainstream. thank you for this group i love it

welcome sweety ..really hope you find it a cool group ..its a little quiet right now but hopefully will get it going..
if you need anything pm me anytime hun

Hey I have struggled with a binge eating disorder since a young childhood abuse. I battle so much everyday wanting food, consumed by food thoughts, I just want it to eat normal and to be healthy weight range. I start of each day but can never manage to sustain it. I was hoping this group could help

My name is Rebecca and I'm 30