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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
Beating myself up over eating a Lindt truffle...I really wish this stupid ED would go away for good.
Do any of you feel like even if you recover from your ED or have had periods of recovery, you'll never get rid of ED thoughts completely?
I've had times when I've had ED thoughts less or not acted on them, but they have never gone away completely. Not even close. I'm starting to feel like they never will even if I recover outwardly and don't ever act on them again. It's been over 20 years with this thing (I'm 41 now), and the ED thoughts are as intrusive as ever. Worse now as I'm in a bit of a relapse.
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Yes, I feel like this often. What helps me is to replace them with more realistic, positive/counter thoughts. If I let them run wild they consume me and become so ingrained it's hard to get rid of them. I don't know if they'll ever go away, I hope they do. I know never having another ED thought isn't realistic, because we're human and thoughts always stray towards temptation sometimes but I think the main thing is to keep not acting on them and countering with good thoughts
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type