
Apr 08, 2015, 10:33 AM
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Member Since: Feb 2015
Location: Eastern US
Posts: 472
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill3
I saw this post of yours on the ED update thread. It is a good example of identifying feelings and thoughts. I would just make a suggestion: that instead of saying that you "should" be focusing on bettering the above, consider first non judgmentally identifying the thought involved, which I think is that you are also attracted to healthier behaviors, you are ambivalent. And then you can also say, if true, that your intention is to choose healthier behaviors (rather than saying that you "should"). Or whatever your intention is, perhaps you are ambivalent in your intention as well.
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Sorry it took me so long to reply. For some reason, this is a really tough topic for me. In all honesty, I don't really know where I am. Sometimes I want to get better, sometimes I just don't care, sometimes I don't think I'm "sick enough" yet and have this weird urge to keep going until I reach...I don't even know what. Honestly, I know people talk about "rock bottoms" a lot and I don't really think I have one. I think my rock bottom would be death. And that should scare me a lot more than it does. I think I've been so sick so many times that I kind of have this invincibility complex and am convinced that no matter what, I'm going to pull through it. And that's just not the case. My labs are showing that's not the case as multiple things are starting to fail, yet as I don't "feel" like I'm dying, I'm convinced I'm fine. Yet I've been in the hospital for how long? Obviously something is seriously wrong. Sorry, that was kind of going completely off topic. I'm going to really try this. I'm going to try to identify my feelings as whatever they are and then set intentions to choose healthier behaviors. I don't have anything to "prove" to anyone. I don't need to be any sicker. This has gone on long enough and I've done enough damage, I need to focus on moving forward with my life as a healthy individual, not just as a sick anorexic...
Thanks for this.
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