teaskinny:

honeycombfairy:

thindesirexo:

itsanaeatsmymind:

tough-girl-in-the-fast-lane:

twentyonelizards:

“I eat too much!”
There is no maximum calorie limit for eating disorders. An eating disorder is not about what you eat, but how you eat- your feelings/thoughts about your body and your intake.

“I’m not underweight!”
The majority of people who develop an eating disorder will never become underweight. The only disorder that is diagnosed based partially on weight is anorexia- and for that, if you’re an average weight but meet every other criteria, you’ll still be diagnosed with ‘atypical anorexia nervosa’. It doesn’t mean you aren’t sick or that you don’t need help.

“I don’t meet the anorexia/bulimia guidelines!”
OSFED (formerly known as EDNOS) is not a ‘failed’ eating disorder. It is every bit as serious as anorexia or bulimia. It is also the most commonly diagnosed eating disorder, meaning more people have this than anorexia or bulimia.

“I don’t make myself sick!”
Vomiting is only one form of purging. You can have bulimia, anorexia or OSFED/ARFID and not make yourself sick.

“I still eat!”
So does everybody else. You can’t photosynthesise, after all. Even people with eating disorders eat.

“I feel like a fake/ a fraud!”
So does basically every single other eating disordered person. This is a really, really, really, really common feeling. You might feel guilty for ‘misleading’ other people into believing the problem is more serious than it is, or feel like you’re overblowing things. That’s totally normal and it is not true. You are not a fake or a fraud.

“I eat things that no real anorexic would eat!”
I have known eating disordered patients with these safe foods: chocolate, frozen meat pizza, fruit, ice cream cones, potatoes, granola
I have known eating disordered patients with these fear foods: : chocolate, frozen meat pizza, fruit, ice cream cones, potatoes, granola
Safe/fear foods are not based on logic or reason. They are individualised. There are even people who don’t have any fear foods- they’ll eat anything, they’ll just feel crappy and purge it/ restrict afterwards. All of the experiences described here are those of a person with an eating disorder.

“I’ve never been inpatient!”
Neither have most eating disorder sufferers.

“I’ve never been tube fed!”
Neither have most eating disorder sufferers.

“I’ve never been near death!”
Neither have most eating disorder sufferers.

“My blood work/ blood pressure is fine!
Eating disorders affect different bodies in different ways. Some people find their blood work suffers; others find their blood pressure or pulse dips; others find that, whilst they’re suffering hugely mentally, their bodies hold up well. This is not a measure of how ‘sick’ you are. All of these things- weight, bp, pulse etc- are just symptoms of the sickness. The sickness is in your head.

“I don’t feel sick enough.”
You never will. Sorry. “I’m not sick enough!” is one of the most common ED thoughts there is; please don’t listen to it. It is a lie. Do not compare your misery to someone else’s; nobody with stage I cancer says ‘yeah, but that person is a stage III, so I’m not really that bad and I won’t get any treatment yet’.

“I still get my period!”
‘Period loss’ has been removed from the DSM as necessary for a diagnosis of anorexia, and no other eating disorder requires it. It was viewed as a flawed measure of illness, and so it has been removed. Whether or not you get your period is not an indication of how ill you are.

“But I binge eat without throwing up”
Binge eating disorder is a newly added eating disorder in the DSM, where people eat large amounts of food in an ‘out of control’ manner but then do not compensate inappropriately for it. It is very much a real eating disorder.

“I don’t calorie count/ weigh myself!”
I know many people with eating disorders- including anorexia- who have never calorie counted, or who don’t own a pair of scales. It’s not required for diagnosis.

“I think about food all the time!”
This is a symptom of an eating disorder. Malnutrition causes the brain to focus 100% of its attention on food- finding it, getting it, eating it. Daydreaming or fantasizing about food does not mean you are not sick; quite the opposite, in fact.

“But I enjoy eating!”
Most people do. Eating is enjoyable. Even in the depths of my restriction, the food I ate brought me great pleasure. It’s linked to the previous point, to a certain extent. Enjoying food does not mean you don’t have an ED.

“But this is just how I am!”
Eating disorders often start in early childhood, and it can be hard to break out of a pattern that well-entrenched. It’s not impossible, though. Chronic eating disorders can be harder to beat, but they can be beaten.

–

(part of Mental Health Awareness week)

For more information on eating disorders and what to do if you think you have one, visit

www.b-eat.co.uk

www.webiteback.com

http://www.something-fishy.org

NHS- overcoming eating disorders

www.joyproject.org

I needed to hear this today….and everyday.

Well

THISTHISTHISTHISTHIS !!!!!!

Just bc I feel like sharing with you guys, I…
-don’t make myself vomit
-still eat
-feel like a fraud every goddamn day
-“eat things an anorexic would eat” about once a week
-I’ve never been inpatient
-I’ve never been tube fed
-I’ve never been close to death due to my disorder
-I binge eat without throwing up (2 donuts last night ayyyy)
-think about food all the time
-enjoy eating
And I struggle quite a bit with anorexia. Your disorder is valid, you deserve to be supported.

📚 🍵

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thinthot2:

-take artistic pictures
-clean
-drink water
-exercise
-get out of the house
-read a story
-write a story
-study
-reorganize your whole room
-hang out with a friend
-brush your teeth
-have a bath
-read all your emails (i have 3k lol fuck me)
-have a spa day at home
-paint your nails
-start writing a diary
-do your homework
-learn how to draw
-draw
-complain to me about your day
-i’ll listen
-make a to do list
-do everything on the to do list
-watch a documentary
-fall in a rabbit hole of government having a cure to cancer
-re-evaluate your life
-be grateful for what you have
-write your blessings on a paper
-read it 3 times
-listen to music
-try on clothes
-watch a movie
-remember the drawing you drew? Color it in
-think
-breathe
-educate yourself on a random subject
-send someone a sweet message
-stretch
-paint your nails
-sleep
-go through all of your photos
-go on your favorite blog
-send them an ask
-run
-ride a bike
-make a photo album of outfits you want to wear
-watch a youtube video
-try a diy
-relax
-do your makeup
-and your hair
-take bomb ass selfies
-open a window and watch the sky
-think of a loved one
-play with your pet
-take care of yourself
-argue with yourself in your mind
-play cards
-make a memory box
-play a video game
-watch skins
-wash the dishes
-attempt a smokey eye
-try yoga
-build a pillow fort
-hide from the world
-make some lemonade
-buy it on itunes lol
-water a plant
-play a board game
-dance
-make a scrapbook
-people watch
-try studying a language
-play a sport
-sing
-try juggling
-write a poem
-play an instrument
-try origami
-ask your parents about their day
-do some chores
-talk to your siblings
-make a bucket list
-walk around
-make a cup of coffee
-try being positive
-make a dream house moodboard
-look in a mirror
-light a candle
-decorate your house
-make outifts for next week
-learn a dance
-hike
-play with legos (its actually really fun)
-make a dream catcher
-go to a library
-make jewelry
-tell someone you love them

⛈

thexfiles:

Anxiety: look out
me: for what
Anxiety: look out

nis-otps:

lilsparrow72:

glitterpen1s:

you know that feeling when you’re on your period and you take a shower and you feel so clean and relieved and nice but then as soon as you turn the water off it’s a race against you, gravity and time

I swear the last line made it feel like the plotline of an action film

It is a period drama

risum-the-fuck:

xNxJ: Get up, the sun is shining.

xNxP: What should I do, photosynthesis?

be-thin-is-better:

If you believe in yourself little more , you reach you’re goals faster

one-daymore:

I hate that warm feeling you get after you’ve eaten. I crave that coolness of starvation.

asdfcggrrfg:

Monday is going to be a new day, a new start, I’ve been fucking up a lot the past weeks, but this time I’m determined no to do it again, I know I can, I just gotta follow the rules, it’s not that difficult, I know I can do this.