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Originally Posted by Tart Cherry Jam
What a horrible story, Blueberry! Reading it, about your pushing hard past the point when you really should have stopped, made me wonder if it is what is left over from your eating disorder speaking, forcing you to push yourself in an almost punishing manner when you oughta give yourself a break
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Yes, I think you are right about that. I've never gotten over my body dysmorphic issues and I still do struggle with ED thoughts more than I'd like

It doesn't help that I have some OCD issues too, a lot of it revolving around my morning routine which includes exercise but also mundane things I like to do in order: take meds, feed the cats, put away clean dishes from the dishwasher, take out trash, brush teeth, exercise, shower, breakfast. If this order gets messed up even a little (say I forgot to run the dishwasher overnight), I feel all out of sorts & even a bit cranky. And if I'd planned to run for exercise, I have a hard time not sticking with what I'd planned to do that day. I think I'm definitely more rigid when I plan to run vs. pilates and yeah, my weight never is low enough even though I learned a long time ago with EDs, it doesn't matter how low you go, it's never low enough for the ED.
Especially in the summer, I need to take it easy. I know you are supposed to be careful about overheating on a lot of these psych meds, including Seroquel, which I take.