Hi. Just a little venting 😊
Hi everyone. I'm new to this ED thing. I just want to share my story. I have been bullied my whole life for being fat, which led me to hate myself and I started hurting myself. It went on for 5 years and I was so good at faking happiness so nobody would find out what I was doing. It has gotten worse over the years. Last year things had gotten better, I fully recovered from self harm. I lost a lot of weight. People started treating me differently, boys were attracted to me, I was more confident and was feeling so good about myself, I started loving myself. As all those good stuff kept growing, do did the fear of getting back to my old weight, I feel sick even thinking about it because I don't want to feel like that ever again. I don't want to hate myself like I used to, because to be perfectly honest, I would not have survive this time. In order to keep my current weight I started purging intentionally after meal. I thought it's okay because I only purged unhealthy food... It's not, it's so wrong, my whole body hurts. I hate it, but I hate going back to hating myself even more. I'm scared, non of my friends or family knows about this and I don't wanna worry them because they can't help or understand, I have to deal with it on my own. I now I'm strong and that I can do it because I survived worse, but I still feel so alone and scared.
Keep trying to help yourself guys, I'm so proud of all of you!❤️
@decisivePal3541
This sounds very pressing. It must be really difficult trying to keep this all to yourself and experiencing the emotions it sounds like you are having. I'm really glad you posted.
What helped you get to a better place before? What skills were beneficial that you might be able to use now to help you?
I hope you will figure out what works best for you in managing everything you are experiencing right now. You deserve the peace and self-love that you were experiencing before this started up again.