[NoddaProbBob]

First, I just wanted to say thank you to those who responded to my other thread last weekend about my eating concerns.

I got brave and I told my T when I had session yesterday. We were going over some addictions principals. And not that I have a chemical dependency issue, but that cutting was my addiction, and that sometimes we trade off addictions when we try to let one go. So the principal was HALT (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired). And I said that I was feeling all of those things after struggling all week. So we talked about sleeping and why I wasn't really sleeping. And about the loneliness and anger. And then we to Hunger, and she asked me if I was eating. And so we talked about it. I was so worried that I wasn't going to be able to talk to her and that she wasn't going to respond well, and it actually went really well.

So, yeah it was just a relief.

[(JD)]

Good to hear.

Yes, we often forget that some of the stuff being done are coping mechanisms and not the problems themselves!

One foot in front of the other...

[Fuzzybear]

[NoddaProbBob]

Originally Posted by (JD)

Good to hear.

Yes, we often forget that some of the stuff being done are coping mechanisms and not the problems themselves!

One foot in front of the other...

Exactly. I followed in the route of exchange. It was total textbook. I gave up cutting and switched to an ED.

This is new territory for me as I have never really had an ED. I've had symptoms in the past, but never to this extreme. But I felt so relieved when I left yesterday.

[spondiferous]

Sounds like a huge step forward. Congratulations.