[HealingTimes]

Can't really say too much, i just feel so fed up with this.
Having an ED is exhausting, yet i carry on and on....*sigh*

[precious things]

I'm right there with you- fed up and wishing I could put the whole mindset and behaviors behind me...but I'm so stuck with it.

Its incredibly exhausting and if we stopped and looked around we would realize how much we are losing our lives to this thing...I'm sorry, I wish I had positive advice but I really understand.

[HealingTimes]

Thanks Precious.
I just dont get it..why do i keep doing this to myself??

[Moodswing]

I know what that feels like but for the past two weeks I have not had that overwhelming urge to b/p and I have been handling situations with easethat would normally send me over the edge. I am going to have to blame it on the EMDR. I feel as if I could be cured on my ED issues.

[HealingTimes]

Thanks for your reply moodswing. It's great that you have found something that you feel helps you

I am just feeling a bit hopeless at the moment, i guess.

[spondiferous]

HealingTimes, I'm right there with ya. I've had to break it down into itty bitty pieces lately so I don't drive myself completely insane.

[HealingTimes]

Thanks spondiferous, sorry to hear you feel the same.

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.

[tinyrabbit]

Short on words but ((((hugs))))

[Gr3tta]

Originally Posted by HealingTimes

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.

boy oh boy do i know exactly what this is like!
i'm so sorry that you know too.

[HealingTimes]

Thanks guys. It's so demoralising when i have been doing well for a little while and then it all goes wrong.
I wish i could understand myself a bit better

[eskielover]

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.

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