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Q: Mood Swings
asked by: waterbaby3214 on June 29th, 2005
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Hi I hope everybody is doing ok.I was just wondering,does anybody else who suffers from bulimia find themselves experiencing terrible mood swings ? I can be ok for the whole morning but suddenly if I think about binging or how much weight I need to lose I just sink into this really bad mood and the only thing that will temporarily release me from that mood is a binge.But after I binge I feel even sh*tter so really i'm just making myself worse and although I know this,it does not stop me from binging and purging.I have very few people that know about this and only two people that I talk to about this and even then I don't tell them much.I feel very alone and yet it is me that is pushing people that want to help me away.So I was just wondering if anyone goes through the same thing or am I just a freak ?! Tell me honestly !!!!
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BrokenButterfly
replied on June 29th, 2005
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Of course your not a freak, I understand exactly what you mean, its like its a catch 22. Perhaps you could ask yourself why do you feel the need to lose weight on some days and not so much on other days? Could it be that its when you are thinking alot and consumed by alot of things that you feel you need to lose weight?
I know on the surface its about food and weight but it goes alot deeper then that and I think that its more got to do with how you feel about yourself or a certain situation that can cause your mood to go up and down so much.
Perhaps you could try to focus more on what is happening at that time or what are you thinking about at that time( other than food) when you want to binge or feel down. Maybe it would be better if you focused more on whats going on in that moment that gets you down.
I hope i'm making sense here but I really think that there is so much more to it then wanting to lose weight because although you asked people who are bulimic about their moods,there is no big difference between people who are anorexic or bulimic because its the same destructive thinking and feeling behind the food.
But you are not mad or a freak, you are just going through something which is very difficult but you will get there, you will recover,i know it.
I hope your mood is ok now, there are people that are there for you, there always will be but you have to take there hand and let them lead you along the right path.
The best of luck to you and write anytime you need to talk.
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bianca
replied on July 29th, 2005
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I feel exactly the way you do. My bulimia goes like hand in hand with mood swings. Like today I just got picked up from work and I felt shitty for eating some licorice candy in my store(i work at a candy store *ughhh * aha) that the second my dad was like 'why are you wearing your glasses' all I could think was angryangryangry I have to barf now but by the time I go home the calories will have been absorbed so I was just like what why cant I wear my glasses whats wrong with them why are you so annoying and I just kept going on in such a cold tone. I was being selfish that I couldnt get my way and took it out on him. And then ill be like thinking while binging that hey im gonna barf it up so I might as well eat more so that next time I wont feel tempted to eat that thing but it never works out... Lol
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