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Support thread for ED/SI/etc ... come on in! *poss. trig* (4)
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Feeling out of control with an ED is a horrible feeling... makes me remember my last months before treatment. I was just starting to realise that what I was doing was bad... and yet I still went on fasting and all. Just to lose this amount... and then that amount that needed to be lost got bigger and bigger, even though I wasn't losing anything by that point in time.
EDs... I wonder why about them. Why are they here? Why are they so common? (Or are they? Is it just that in real life, I tend to draw those with EDs and similar problems to me? because I do, and it's a bit weird.)
I'm in a rambly mood tonight... I dunno, just feeling ADSOIFJHSDGKHNSFDPOIIU.
My nutritionist is completely stumped with my metabolism, and that is anything but comforting, and scares me. It's so unstable. I've been exercising like crazy and have stuck to my meal plan for months, and this past week I've gained more fat weight. And that makes no sense. So he bumped up my intake... and that is scary because I do NOT want to gain any more weight. My goal weight - the one that he and I set - it's seeming further and further away each day.
Btw, good to see you, Katey.
And I'm glad that you're better than you were. Keep us updated with what's up if you can!
EDs... I wonder why about them. Why are they here? Why are they so common? (Or are they? Is it just that in real life, I tend to draw those with EDs and similar problems to me? because I do, and it's a bit weird.)
I'm in a rambly mood tonight... I dunno, just feeling ADSOIFJHSDGKHNSFDPOIIU.
My nutritionist is completely stumped with my metabolism, and that is anything but comforting, and scares me. It's so unstable. I've been exercising like crazy and have stuck to my meal plan for months, and this past week I've gained more fat weight. And that makes no sense. So he bumped up my intake... and that is scary because I do NOT want to gain any more weight. My goal weight - the one that he and I set - it's seeming further and further away each day. Btw, good to see you, Katey.
And I'm glad that you're better than you were. Keep us updated with what's up if you can!
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I think it makes sense for us to surround ourselves with others struggling with EDs since, as far as I've found, no one else has ever truly understood what it is I go through with it. I guess it has its good and bad points, but as far as support goes, I haven't been able to get the same from someone who hasn't been thruogh it themselves.
April, do your meds contribute to your metabolism being messed up maybe?
April, do your meds contribute to your metabolism being messed up maybe?
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theres been a lot happen, i came out for a week at the end of may but i had sumthing happen to me that completly sent me backwards. theyve changed all my meds around, took me of some of them and at one point i wasnt on n e thing apart from iron tablest and a something to help me sleep.
i'vve spent # out of the last # weeks on a secure unit, after beign dragged out of the sea and being sectioned by the police. hasnt been the best time. i comepltly gave up. wouldnt eat/drink/get out of bed or n e thing i went really down hill. was hurting myself wenever i could. then they put me bk onto the ward i'd been on after i'd stopped trying to seriously hurt myself. i've lost loads of weigth i'd started putting it back on and getting things back to a normalish level. my thougths werent doing to bad and i was doing ok going out on my own and mood wise i was doing ok. but since the end of may after the incident that happend its not been to good. but am alright at the minute well, doing ok.
thats a bit vague i'm sorry. i also started fmaily therapy and have started my individual psychotherapy as well its been pretty hectic really.
i'vve spent # out of the last # weeks on a secure unit, after beign dragged out of the sea and being sectioned by the police. hasnt been the best time. i comepltly gave up. wouldnt eat/drink/get out of bed or n e thing i went really down hill. was hurting myself wenever i could. then they put me bk onto the ward i'd been on after i'd stopped trying to seriously hurt myself. i've lost loads of weigth i'd started putting it back on and getting things back to a normalish level. my thougths werent doing to bad and i was doing ok going out on my own and mood wise i was doing ok. but since the end of may after the incident that happend its not been to good. but am alright at the minute well, doing ok.
thats a bit vague i'm sorry. i also started fmaily therapy and have started my individual psychotherapy as well its been pretty hectic really.
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I think that it can be good to surround ourselves with others with EDs, Kerin, because you are right, no one else really does understand what it's like. But I've found that it can get really competitive, especially in person, because I see what the person looks like now and I think that if that's them after having gained back recovery weight, what did they look like before? and what must I look like to them since I am so huuuge?! So there are good and bad points, like you said. I've yet to figure out which outweighs the other (no pun intended, heh).
My metabolism might be screwed up cos of the meds, but I think that Bruce is taking that into consideration - he knows all of the meds that I'm on and he has other patients who are on one or some of them. Not all of the exact same ones, true, but still... he should know what he's doing. I hope. :-( Otherwise it's quite scary, because I hate no one knowing what's happening with my body. No matter what I do, I gain weight. If I don't eat, I gain weight fast, and if I do, then I gain it and then lose it and gain it again. I've fluctuated by a lot since a year ago - a lot as in double figures - and I'm exercising a lot (hour a day walking, half hour+ biking/racquetball/swimming), so there is no reason that I shouldn't be losing weight. ARGH. So frustrating.
Katey, I'm sorry to hear that you've had such a rough time the past few months, but I hope that things are getting better for you now. Therapy usually helps quite a bit and it sounds like you're more focused on getting better now than you were. Hang in there, beautiful.
*snuggles everyone as well*
My metabolism might be screwed up cos of the meds, but I think that Bruce is taking that into consideration - he knows all of the meds that I'm on and he has other patients who are on one or some of them. Not all of the exact same ones, true, but still... he should know what he's doing. I hope. :-( Otherwise it's quite scary, because I hate no one knowing what's happening with my body. No matter what I do, I gain weight. If I don't eat, I gain weight fast, and if I do, then I gain it and then lose it and gain it again. I've fluctuated by a lot since a year ago - a lot as in double figures - and I'm exercising a lot (hour a day walking, half hour+ biking/racquetball/swimming), so there is no reason that I shouldn't be losing weight.
ARGH. So frustrating.Katey, I'm sorry to hear that you've had such a rough time the past few months, but I hope that things are getting better for you now. Therapy usually helps quite a bit and it sounds like you're more focused on getting better now than you were.
Hang in there, beautiful.*snuggles everyone as well*
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Yep, we missed you, Allie, of course. How could we not?
I'm doing... ehh. I don't know. I feel hungry but I don't know what that's all about, as I've eaten a ton today. And I'm looking at tshirts at http://www.twloha.com. Lovely suggestion, Allie - I am going to be buying two tshirts I think. In case y'all didn't know (which you probably didn't, haha), I will have reached a year of no cutting on Thursday. So I'm going to get two SI awareness tshirts as a celebratory thingy. Yeyyy... and one of them is going to be pink, just to shock the heck out of Jarrod, since he knows that I hate pink.
Bec, how are you doing? and everyone else??
* Arnold snuggles everyone.
How could we not? I'm doing... ehh. I don't know. I feel hungry but I don't know what that's all about, as I've eaten a ton today. And I'm looking at tshirts at http://www.twloha.com.
Lovely suggestion, Allie - I am going to be buying two tshirts I think. In case y'all didn't know (which you probably didn't, haha), I will have reached a year of no cutting on Thursday. So I'm going to get two SI awareness tshirts as a celebratory thingy. Yeyyy... and one of them is going to be pink, just to shock the heck out of Jarrod, since he knows that I hate pink. Bec, how are you doing? and everyone else??
* Arnold snuggles everyone.
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/me twinkles like a star ought to.
No wait, am I a star or a superhero?
I'm confused... and reaching a year isn't a huge deal, or at least it doesn't feel like it is. The urges are still present. :-(
Bec. I hope you get to relax some!!
How is everyone doing tonight?? *snuggles*
No wait, am I a star or a superhero?
I'm confused... and reaching a year isn't a huge deal, or at least it doesn't feel like it is. The urges are still present. :-( Bec. I hope you get to relax some!!How is everyone doing tonight?? *snuggles*
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april is super amazing. I <# her more than my sandwhich. Your a shiny star superhero.
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April, a year is too a big deal. Each day is a big deal and you just gotta take it a day at a time. That you're reaching ### of them is HUGE. You totally deserve to celebrate. Go you!
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I weighed myself tonight, and I weigh more than I ever have. On top of everything else... I just don't need this.
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