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Recent content by emmab

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    source of the ed voice?

    i think i have found while not the only source of the ED thoughts, a clear one from early years. when i was about seven or eight i was sick with what was initially feared was meningitis. clear lumbar puncture later i nonetheless had convulsions, and briefly (and unnecessarily as it turned out)...
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    pros and cons of meds

    hi everyone i have had an eating disorder for 18 years (now in recovery) and am generally a person who worries..was very nervy child, feared death, loss of parents, etc, and still am a "pressured" person with no doubt an overactive CNS! i am getting lots of people recommend i use anxiety meds...
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    really want support from you guys

    i am feeling more convicted about my ED in recent days, which is a step up from feeling CONDEMNED. i am really hoping that as of next tue (the twentyfirst) i am going to put this behind me and start stepping toward freedom. i chose next tue as it is the second anniversary of losing mum, so it...
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    what does God intend for me to eat/weigh?

    i am on verge of really giving this away. i have had EDs for eighteen years and enough is more than enough. i am increasingly convicted of the wrongness of having this in my life, and while i am TERRIFIED of trying to eat normally and let my weight stabilise, i am hoping i will really get...
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    anxiety in children what is normal?

    hi looking back on my childhood i am aware i was by my own and others descriptions a nervy, unconfident, fearful child. i remember being scared that my parents would die (they were my biol grandparents so it was more likely than if they were usual age), scared of worms (!), scared of the dark...
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    would really love some support or comments

    i made a bold move this week....a case i am involved in has the input also from an amazing child psychotherapist who visits four times a year. having attended her training several times, i had found myself becoming intrigued with the attachment theories, and would think totally of my own life...
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    help re yada yada books

    does anyone know the order they were written/should be read in??? just read the first one and not sure which comes when after that!
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    major church problem!!!

    i was raised in the catholic church and always believed in God etc, but drifted from the life in my teens. when i met my (now) husband i started going to church with him. he is open brethren. i became a christian in nineteen ninetyfour, but since them have been plagued with doubts about my...
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    perplexed

    eph 5:29 says no man ever hated his own body... anyone any ideas how that could relate to eds? guess thats why it doesnt say "no WOMAN ever hated her own body" ;)
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    any food addicts out there?

    totally! i have a variation as i chew/spit so guess its cheats bingeing. although my weight is low, my issue really is OVEReating
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    random but interesting thought

    was reading a Christian book and suddenly occurred to me Jesus Christ was the most significant person who ever lived yet nobody knows exactly what he looked like shows how important looks are! now i just wish i could live according to that unimportance
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    gaining beyond what is reasonable

    since jan i have gained weight from low weight. but i have hardly increased cals AT ALL and i am getting depressed and wanting to go back to that low weight why does the body gain beyond what is normal when you are still restricting and will things EVER be normal and FAIR re intake/weight...
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    anyone read humanville?

    i have just finished it it is a novel by cynthia french depicting a persons battle with EDs and how she was freed from discovering "Godtown" to me it was like a book on the verse about perfect love casting out fear quite powerful and highly recommended!
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    feel like a nobody

    long story shorter adopted by maternal grandparents always known identity of biol father and that had siblings (half sibs on his side) always told to get copy of original birth cert so could get brit passport (he was english) visited sibs in england this july was the best time, happiest i have...
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    BPD and christianity

    i have several BPD traits but not enough for the diagnosis. i also have long standing eating disorder i struggle with my BP issues ie the intense anger, the love-hate push-pull relationships etc, esp as i feel if i am a Christian my new nature should be more evident than it is. anyone else...