YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin
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I have been struggling with my weight nearly all of my life. I am bulimic, off and on. I would do anything to be thin. Except eat right and exercise, of course. I lost 30 pounds in 30 days when i found out my bf was cheating on me. I had in in a very dark depression for years and let myself go. I was barely able to get a banana down a few days, and couldn't sleep. A few months after I found out I finally told him and we are working it out. Now I am back to my regular shit, out of control eating without fear of consequences. Wtf is wrong with me? I keep have only gain back 8, I keep saying to myself "I know what to do, eat 2 bananas and a chicken strip a day, and you will lose weight fast." Every day I wake up committed to this, I eat even worse, now I have taken to purging again. ugh.
Raggedy
"Self coddling is not the same as self care. Self coddling is not productive, it's not effective, self care is."