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Q: Is It Possible Ever to Be Free From This ?

asked by: waterbabe on May 5th, 2005

New User

I've been bingeing and purging for over a year and although it has eased up lately,i can't see myself ever being free from eating distress. My mam and dad made me go see a councillor and he tells me that I will be free from all of this one day but I find it hard to believe him. I have been obsessed with my body since I was 12- i'm now 18.I hate the way I look.I feel fat and ugly and I desperately need to lose weight. I've shut myself into a box-i've pushed away all my friends because I don't want them to find out about my disgusting habit.I feel like a fraud because I don't think I have an amazingly big problem and yet my parents are paying lots of money to go see his man who I find it very difficult to talk to and don't tell half the caca that's going on in my life. I want this to go away but I don't think it ever will. Any advice ?

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sandyallen

replied on May 5th, 2005

Extremely eHealthy

Hi there! You have to want this to go away too and you need to help it go away. You might think or write down about all of the negatives that this is doing to you, you are slowly killing yourself and those who like and love you and I will bet that their are a lot of people who like and love you.
Talk to your parents, let them know that this person is not helping you. I will bet that you are not fat and ugly. This can go away! It is like a mountain or a hurdle that you must get over, you can do it with help.
Good luck!
Keep us posted.
Sandy

waterbabe

replied on May 5th, 2005

New User

Have You Recovered ?

Thanks for your reply.Do you mind me asking you if you have recovered from this ? I'm afraid to tell my mam and dad that the councillor isn't really helping incase they think i'm being ungrateful.I'm not though.I hate going there.Did you ever go to counselling ? Did it get easier ? Did it help ? Sorry for all the questions it's the first time i've really opened up about this.I hate talking bout it but the fact that this is anoymous makes it a whole lot easier ! Thank you again for your help.

mshanson

replied on May 7th, 2005

Experienced User

I guess I can offer you hope, depending on what you mean by 'free'. I was bulimic & I despised everything about myself when I was your age. I, too, have been anorexic/bulimarexic since age 11. Now I am 42 & I have not binged or purged, or even really thought about it, in years. The starving part was harder to stop - I still struggle with that occasionally.

Today, I am a fitness & health food fanatic. I'm not sure whether that's good or not. I'm actually glad not to be 'normal" since so many 'normal' people are overweight & addicted to junk food & are couch potatoes.

I can honestly say I like my body today but I work very hard at keeping fit, so I wonder whether I would still like it if I couldn't work out.

At any rate, i'm no longer in the hell of eating disorders, even if i'm still a bit neurotic. So, hope...?!

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