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Hunny · Oct 17, 2010, 09:16 AM

A couple of weeks ago I went to another meeting for people with eating issues called Overeaters Anonymous. I met a wonderful person there who while we were talking we were affirming each other's past experiences and trying to figure out how the heck we both felt it necessary to attend OEA at times. There was a lady there who gave her talk and we were touched by what she had to say. She had been sa, and neglected amongst other things. When this person and I were sharing our own experiences afterward it was like whoa I am sharing the secrets of our family with another person, in real life! ....and it was like o k a y....

Do you know what that was like? After so many years. It is like remember the times but not having shame, disgust etc etc...

So, the other day I went to an eating disorder fundraiser...I was too busy to worry about going before I got there but when I got there I realized it was another time for me to help/address the eating disorders in my life...me, family members and friends, alive and already passed away.

I think for my system, this eating issue/s is/are part of my growing-up experience. It is definitely woven into the history of our family. For instance the one side of the family did not have a drinking problem but on further examination they did have an issue with eating. Too long I/we have ignored this issue. So it has come down the years and now I can say it is no more a secret! Now what to do about it? It is difficult to know. There are parts that want to eat and parts that don't want to and parts that go feed me, oh my goodness, untangling the thread again. Figuring out the dissociation in relation to the food.

Thanks for reading and I say that with gratitude.

PS I was thinking here is a group of people gathered together around ed and I kept thinking this could be a group of DID/dissociative people gathered together. Hunny's Dreaming again.