anorexia

I would recommend checking out historic spaces for avoidant attachment and see what they're doing well. A good example is that the 12-step group "sex and love addicts annonymous" has been around since…

emotionally unavailable mom, but i am very dependent on her. — i guess i just don’t know how to move forward. i struggle with anorexia nervosa and am living at home as i try to recover. problem is, i only have a few safe foods. they are pretty expensive and my mo…

(14f) Is suicide the only option? — I’m so depressed everyday. Everyday I wake up I immediately go to the bathroom and look at my body in the mirror, I always hate what I see. I have an eating disorder and it only makes my mental healt…

Being pushed down my throat femininity and my parents basically bullying me — (trigger warning Mention of suicide and child abuse this talk has just reminded me of some memories from my childhood. Sorry for this skip if this triggers you )My mom has always nagged me even in fro…

How to ask parents about therapy? — I don't want them to look at me differently, like I'm weird. I like to think that they see me as a person who can take care of herself, is independent, strong and can handle it without any problems, t…

I think I need to leave — I (19M) have been dating my partner (18F) for almost a year. My partner has severe BPD, Anorexia, and Major Depressive Disorder stemming from a more than difficult early childhood, and also suffers fr…

I would be cutting contact with my parents THIS JULY!! — As said in the title, I 20F would be cutting contact with my parents soon (I'll be going away for my masters) but I can't help but post stuff that happened to me because I feel like there is something…

Huge realization today-- I'm a betta fish. TW EDs. — So, I've had a really rough few days. In reality a rough year. I'm currently recovering from having a spontaneous CSF leak repaired, so my brain is...vulnerable and more dysregulated than usual. I've…

my dad sent me a home video — i want to throw up i may delete this i definitely didn’t have it nearly as bad as a lot of you on here. so i’m half wondering if the problem is me. to preface, the video isn’t actually bad. but m…

Does anyone have any advice? — I’m 27 and I have anxiety and anorexia. I’m quite a shy person, always have been. I’ve discovered recently that me texting people and me in real life are two different people, by that I mean I’m brave…

how to understand if he just needs a break or if he wants to comfortably slip out of contact? i met a man two years ago when i had anorexia nervosa still running and was affected from the illness …

after writing with a shy introverted male avoidant for 2 years he wrote me he wants a break and i am free to write him, because he cares about me. i met him in 2023 when i had anorexia nervosa and nee…

i think it was as attempt to get the " daddy dont wants me" wound solved . i was physically attracted, never had proper social contact in my life and wasnt able to read between lines. he was always …

Yes! It becomes self refererential. Because grunge was having a moment, which was very west coast heroin, and which got filtered through the fashion lens of designers like marc jacobs (who got fired o…

From the amount of time you spend in the gym and your low body fat, some people might think you are at higher risk of developing an eating disorder, not diabetes. Your bf is trying to manipulate you i…

i grew up in foster care age 12 to 18. all my freedom was taken away from me. no TV or movies or video games that were age restricted, can't go outside unchaperoned, must sit at back of car, no intern…

Same old shit here. Had MH problems since 16 years old and the NHS mental health service here is fucked. Been through so many services that were solution focused and if you don't find CBT helpful then…

The jack ass you are married to is going to give you an eating disorder. You are already using the lingo of disordered eating in your main post. (I had anorexia and bulimia in my late teens, caused by…

I remember my dad making pig noises when I went back for seconds one time, i ended up with anorexia that almost killed me. You are SO much more than your body i really hope you have a kind support sys…

Well most likely when my father went on record at court when I was a teenager and gave up custody of me bc I was "too much of a problem for the rest of the family". The problem I had was anorexia, whi…

just know that needing rides, safe foods, and emotional support while recovering from anorexia nervosa and struggling with benzos doesn’t make you a burden.. it means you’re in treatment. and it’s oka…

I'm really sorry that happened to you... If I elaborated, maybe you could help me understand this a little better? My whole life, my mom has always talked about having chronic diseases and issues (bad…

You're not alone. To this day I suffer from Anemia because my N-parents refused to give me proper food. Still dealing with the remnants of anorexia, food hoarding, and binge eating because of it.

So you manifest many things but you can’t manifest feeling pretty about yourself - that’s because low self esteem isn’t about how you actually look. It’s energies in your mind. Programs, beliefs that …

I once had a psychiatrist tell me I definitely need benzos for my anxiety but she won’t give me them lol I was asking upfront for them because I’ve tried every single med and then one time my doctor …

I (27) went through something very similar over the last 9 months or so. After years of putting up with him barfing all over the house because he'd drink too much, lying to my face and hiding things f…

I promise you, suicide is not your only option. I suffered from anorexia for years, I wanted to recover but I thought the damage was too far gone, that I’d broken myself beyond repair, but let me tell…

Glad I am NOT BPD or N. I admittedly was TICKED when getting a new "Care Team" and I saw the numerical code for BPD on my chart 10 years ago . Due to mentioning my Anorexia Nervosa and self-harm past.…

My eating disorder. When I'm deep into it, it's like my trauma never even occurred. I don't think about it unless something major happens. No nightmares, no rumination, no nothing. It makes recovery f…

You spend your childhood simply dissociating, isolating, and getting through it. Spending all of your 20s desperately trying to psychologically and physically get away from the trauma and function i…

Thank you. I also used anorexia and cutting to make the pain leave.

When I was eight my mother cornered me to tell me, "you'll be 40 stone by you're 20." Funnily enough, at 20 I was diagnosed with anorexia after losing about 50% of my body weight in 6 months. All she …

When I asked for some more vegetables to eat because I had gastro issues and had been advised to eat more vegetables by the Doctor (I was in my mid teens). My mum turned and snarled 'we're not having …

Thank you for sharing your story. I was always labelled the shy kid as well. I agonised over just asking for permission to go to the bathroom during a school camp as a young child, until I couldn't ho…

So what stands out to me about this is that his *relationship with money* might not be healthy. Let’s just change up one detail for the sake of comparison - let’s say instead of money, we’re talkin…

About 2 months into my relationship with my ex we had a similar conversation. His big reveal was that he used to go on hiking trails and film hours of footage of women also hiking said trails without …