triggers?

[inHisgripkim]

I was wondering if you know what causes or triggers your relapses? I have to go back after a relapse and evaluate what's going on in my life and find out what is really bothering me. I am finding that it's not any one thing, but several which makes it harder to pin
point.

I just wonder if we all are sensitive to similar triggers. Why do we let things bother us?

Just thinking alot these days.
lol kim

 

[bumblebee62331]

I'm not going to list my triggers and I don't advise anyone to, as that might be disastrous, but I know what you mean. I'm sure there are many triggers that are similar for everyone. The thing is - I know what my limits are but sometimes I push them. I don't know why, it's usually when I am feeling down, but sometimes I just really push the boundaries.

I think we should try to find out what our triggers are so we can control them and make sure we don't have the opportunity to be triggered.

 

[Soulwings]

I need to work on pinpointing my triggers. Lately I've had a relapse (I had been doing pretty well), but ... stepping on the scale is definitely disastrous. I wish that we all could just be happy with who we are ...

 

[madison1101]

In treatment we discussed triggers and I learned that I cannot grocery shop after work, or when I am upset. Too many triggers in a grocery store.

 

[feesha]

i've been doing well not throwing up.. i've gone two months and have only thrown up on one occasion..

today i went and bought a wheat sandwhich made very healthily. when i looked in my bag for my food i noticed a chocolate brownie..

i should have thrown it out as soon as i saw it. that's what i'll usually do, or give it away. but i was by myself driving.

so that was my trigger. i may love chocolate but as soon as i eat something that isn't within my calorie goal and that is fatty i may enjoy it momentarily but right after i get SO SCARED of getting fat.

so i threw it up, and then some because i think i saw some of my sandwhich. sorry. i know that's gross..

anyway, i wish whoever put that thing in my bag knew it was a trigger for me and would have not. i need to get some self control and learn that that is a trigger and get it away from me! because chances are i might eat it. and if i do eat it i'll throw it up..

 

[feesha]

oh.. another one of my triggers is even discussing weight loss and exercise. i get out of control and start obsessing and then.. relapse.
so i should probably duck out of this thread.

God Bless

 

[Friendshipcake]

I'm not going to list my triggers and I don't advise anyone to, as that might be disastrous, but I know what you mean. I'm sure there are many triggers that are similar for everyone. The thing is - I know what my limits are but sometimes I push them. I don't know why, it's usually when I am feeling down, but sometimes I just really push the boundaries.

I think we should try to find out what our triggers are so we can control them and make sure we don't have the opportunity to be triggered.

Thank you for NOT listing them...... a lot of times ED people (myself included) are drawn to threads entitled "TRIGGER" just to see what's there TO trigger! Does that make sense? Thanks again Byootaful!

 

[inHisgripkim]

What has helped me with binging is to learn more about nutrition and health. Cancer is so prevalent these days, so I have done much research in this area. I found out that cancer feeds on blood glucose (sugar) and likes an acidic environment, so I have tried to get proactive by eating more alkaline foods and avoid eating foods that covert to blood glucose rapidly (simple carbs and sugar). I depend upon stevia for a sweetner and love it sooooo much. Like to get plain organic yogurt and sweeten it with stevia. Throw in some oraganic cherries, blueberries, and mango, fruits that are high in antioxidants. This makes me feel sooo healthy and makes feel better about me.

I have trained myself to read ingredient labels. I avoid preservatives (nitrates, phophates, etc.). I avoid foods that have partially hydrogenated oils (trans fat) and foods that have artificial stuff and monosodium glutomate. When I eat for good health, it is very empowering.

 

[SergeAStrom]

i've been doing well not throwing up.. i've gone two months and have only thrown up on one occasion..

today i went and bought a wheat sandwhich made very healthily. when i looked in my bag for my food i noticed a chocolate brownie..

i should have thrown it out as soon as i saw it. that's what i'll usually do, or give it away. but i was by myself driving.

so that was my trigger. i may love chocolate but as soon as i eat something that isn't within my calorie goal and that is fatty i may enjoy it momentarily but right after i get SO SCARED of getting fat.

so i threw it up, and then some because i think i saw some of my sandwhich. sorry. i know that's gross..

anyway, i wish whoever put that thing in my bag knew it was a trigger for me and would have not. i need to get some self control and learn that that is a trigger and get it away from me! because chances are i might eat it. and if i do eat it i'll throw it up..

I remember going to this womans apartment and she had things written on the walls about her goal weight and other things. She wanted to reach a weight that was too low for her. She was drop dead beautiful at the weight she was at- a weight she thought was too high. She wondered why memebers of her overeating 12 step group did not want to meet at her place.
I found that to be too strange so I left.
I dont know that that has anything to do with this but it came to mind.

 

[inHisgripkim]

Because I turn my past abuse inward, I have a tendency to use people as my mirror which just makes me feel worse. When people make comments that are disturbing, I can sometimes turn it on me like a reflection in a mirror.

The bible says to seek the Kingdom of God before anything of this world. We need to turn to the Lord for our needs. In essence, we are to let God be our mirror and nothing other than God. We can always ask Jesus:

"what would you do?"
"what would you say?"
"How would you perceive this?"

Things people do and say can be a trigger for me because I use people as a mirror of myself. Not good. I need to remember that we were made in His image and the mirroring of ourselves should be through God only.

No more approval addiction. Should we seek approval, it should be found in God and only God. We should live for God and only God. We should let our love for people flow through Him first. Everything we do should go through Him. He is truth.

Keeping the Lord on my breath,
Kim