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I can seem to be OK for a while, but as soon as i get stressed, tired, or sad, bored, lonely etc, i turn to the ED for comfort.
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Those are the things that are underlying your ED....learn in Therapy how to process those emotions & why you are feeling some of them if they are coming from things or situations or experiences in your past.....learn from processing them how to control them & the ED will be less likely to show it's evil face in your life.
I agree....for me, anorexia always comes with stress....if it's long term stress, I'm in trouble.....short term not so much of a problem unless I have already lost too much weight....but I'm learning better through DBT to handle my emotions & I can say....it seems to be helping better with the anorexia....but I still struggle with the nausea when stress hits & it's difficult to force myself to eat when I feel that way. I don't turn to the ED as such...it's mostly a result of the feeling of nausea & also the diarrhea that hits me when I have major stress in my life like I'm experiencing right now.
Learning to be in control of our emotions is the best place to learn how to control the ED