New to the Eating Disorder Community in April 2020? Say hello & Meet Others Who Joined This Month!

@Traveller8

I'm Emy..sometimes I could not eat ...I'm used to being hungry...sometimes when i eat i eat too much and sometimes i throw up the food because i feel i don't deserve to eat..then I usually have something to eat, but I don't eat because I still don't think I deserve the food..so I'm very stupid :((((

Hello everyone. My name is Serena and I am a new 7cups listener:) I just wanted to reach out to the community to offer my support.

My lived experience with disordered eating is substantial. I have struggled personally with bulimia and binge eating for the past 15 years and well into my adult life. Currently, I'm in recovery though and know how important an understanding support system can be along the way!
Im comfortable talking about any disordered eating you are dealing with. Although I cant give you advice, I can offer a supportive, body positive and non judgmental outlet to talk through your relationship with food.

Talking about your ED can help lift the shame, stigma and secrecy so many of us deal with around our behaviours. Sometimes having someone to reach out to who isnt a close friend or family member makes it easier to talk about, and talking about it is a crucial step to recovery. Remember- recovery isn't always easy, but it's *possible*!
please feel free to message me if you want to talk about any issues related to disordered eating; I'm here to listen!

Talk soon,
serena

Hi everyone, I'm natalie and I'm new here. I have eating disorder and honestly I don't know for how long I've had it. In the past I've struggled with eating a lot and I was faking that I'm feeling sick just so I didn't have to eat anything. Then after a while I started eating again but I never stopped feeling terrible about that I ate. And a year after I stopped eating again but that was for a longer time first I was like I'll just go on a diet but then I started throwing into a bin all of my food so I ate just once a day and that made me extremely weak and I felt like faithing every time. So that's when it all started I guess I looked really nice and I had flat belly. But once I really had to eat because I was Soo hungry and then I felt horrible so I had made myself throw up and Iv never stopped.

Hey hey, the name's Kris. I'm not entirely sure if what I have is a real eating disorder, but I know I have a lot of problems with weight and eating and self image, so I'd like to stick around here anyway. I have some self image problems and eating feels horrible, but I know there is a healthier solution that starving myself over this, and I want to find it :)

(also I have a horrible habit of ending every positive text/post with a smiley face sUe me) :) :) :)

You can call me Opheliac or Rose.. I'm 27 and really struggling. I've had an eating disorder since I was about 8 after something..bad happened but I had disordered eating prior to that. I'm so exhausted from this. All of it. Of Hospitals and treatment centers and health complications and never, ever being satisfied with how much I weigh, and just all of the behaviors. It's affected my relationships with so many people and I'm honestly truly struggling with not hurting my fiancè anymore, though the only way to do that is to recover which I'm not capable of. I don't know what I'm looking for here in this SC, exactly, but I just don't want to feel so alone anymore..

@Traveller8

Hi I'm Luca, i joined some time ago but I never really got around to saying well anything or looking at the forum at all I suppose. I just relapsed last month and it's been very scary, I'm trying to recover again but it's hard. I hope with my new therapist I'll be able to get myself sorted out but I'm not too optimistic.

Hello awesome people! I am Bibi and I just became a trained listener. I've been struggling with binge eating, bulimia and anorexia for about 10 years now and I have gone through plenty of highs and lows. I've devoted a huge part of my life to it and I have strained from a lot of social situations, relationships and opportunities because I didn't feel good about myself. I had some sort of a revelation the other day that came gradually after a lot of introspection and I think that all of those eating problems made me very self centered. I have forgotten to love people because I wa so focused on how bad I was feeling. I've decided to take some steps to change that and focus more on others as I know that even when I feel broken, I have something to give and there is always someone to be helped. That is how I got inspired to come here and I really hope this is just a beginning of a beautiful journey for everyone involved :) Thank you!

Hi guys! My name is Lauren, and I am a recently trained listener. I have struggled with my eating disorder for around 4 years now. I have spent the last two months working through recovery. I am in a much better place, but there are still days that I struggle. I also have a lot of experience in being a friend to someone who is going through what I have gone through. Last year I tried to help a friend out of a very dark place, and I am happy to say that she is much better. I wanted to join this community to help others, but also to be around people who understand. Understanding is a powerful thing. Thank you guys all so much for being apart of this group! I am excited to be a new member!

Hi! I'm Dani. I'm a dancer who struggles with bingeing and purging and emotional eating among other things. I can't currently get therapy and never could so I am here. I used to be anorexic undiagnosed and it turned into this. It's impacting my dancing by preventing me from tuning into the way my body feels, so it's harder for me to be connected and expressive with my body. Also binging makes me sad and angry and self conscious and frustrated and impacts my social relationships. I'm tired of relying on others in my life for support they shouldn't have to provide. I want to give life to people not be constantly searching for approval, so I'm here to find balance in myself.

@Traveller8 hi, i havent been diagnosed with the disorder but i know i have an eating problem where i have periods of starvation because i want to lose weight and other times i eat until im bloated but i nevee throw it back up so thats a good thing??? Mmmm.....yeah, i also am extremely poor and am so used to going hungry that it all just became a habit to "fast" so to speak and i really am dying to have something to eat right about now. But im afraid to go out with the new virus thats at its peak right about now. This sucks.