back again, *trigg-crappy ED emotions*
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back again, *trigg-crappy ED emotions*
| Sun, 07-11-2004 - 4:01am |
Hi everyone, Jade here, i recognise a few of you...i used to come to this board when i was 16 or 17, i'm 20 now and so much has changed for the better but the older i get the more i am scared that this ED isn't going away, i swing between anorexia, bulimia and overeating, it's horrible all of the time i hate it, i feel like i can't shake it off and i've reached a weight which isn't overweight but i am not happy at all, i am terrified that i willkeep gaining yet i don't have the self-discipline or drive to screw myself up with anorexia and i DONT want to, but i need to do something, i am so scared, i feel like i have to make a decision, i don't even know how to eat normally-i haven't since i was 13, food is my best friend and enemy. I guess what i really wanted to ask you guys is if you think it is o.k to go and see a therapist about my eating problems or a dietician, even though i am not underweight? i mean i feel like i am not going to put myself through starvation etc, but i easily could, maybe i wouldn't be taken seriously unless i was underwwight nor actively anorexic, it's just the thoughts never go away you know? i might as well be skinny.
Well love to all, by the way life is good for me otherwise it's just lately i have started thinking like this again, but anorexia tells me my life will be better...i hate it.
jade
Well love to all, by the way life is good for me otherwise it's just lately i have started thinking like this again, but anorexia tells me my life will be better...i hate it.
jade

i think it is definitely ok to go and see a therapist; u obviously have an ed, the fact that it keeps changing (like mine) does not mean u dont have it and therapists dont diagnose u, they listen 2 ur problems, ur thoughts and try and work through them (as far as i know anyway). it definitely sounds like u need 2 talk 2 sum1, (as do i, hence the screen name) so go and c a therapist, try 2 work through the problems...they wont turn u away, especially not just because you dont look like u r at deaths door from lack of food...
u seem 2 want 2 work through these problems, which is a great first step...i would say go 2 a therapist, pour ur heart out to him/her...it might just help!
good luck, let us know how its going if u can...
lauren x x x x x
p.s. u sound just like me...but a few yrs older...i have faith, u can do this!
Hi Jade,
I remember you and I can't believe it has been that long since you posted here. I am glad things are going ok aside from the ED.
You DO NOT have to underweight to go see a therapist. In all my ED years and the many weight fluctuations I went through, I never reached that really skinny anorexic look or was 'clinically' underweight. That didn't stop me from getting therapy nor did anybody ever say anything about it. If they had, i would have gone to see someone else.
And I can relate to what you are going through. Therapy will help you with that and things will get easier after a while. Keep checking in if you can and let us know what you decide.
Love & hugs, Kristina
The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.
Love & hugs, Kristina
I think you would be dumb NOT to go to a therapist... they aren't there to judge... they are there to help. And just b/c you aren't underweight doesn't mean you don't have a problem. According to a height/weight chart I am not underweight... but for my body I am. I stopped getting my period and I had my body fat tested nad it was 11%... so I know i am too skinny... but guess what, I am 5' 2.5" and weight 110... that's "normal" according to the BMI and weight/height charts.