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rainbowelf
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i need help
Eating Disorder Support / by rainbowelf
Last post
 January 21st, 2024
...See more tw I am talking about longer periods of not eating I haven't had any food in 30 hours now and counting. I am so so anxious because I have an exam in two days and I feel like I can never eat again and how am I supposed to take an exam when I haven't eaten for a few days? I don't even have the energy to study for it. I need help but I can't afford it I just don't know what to do :( I'm tired of choosing to recover, I can't do it anymore
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advice pls
Self-Harm Recovery / by rainbowelf
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 December 26th, 2023
...See more I am struggling with self harm. I want to recover but I'm not doing very well so it's baby steps for now just to reduce the amount of harm being done. I have a friend who struggled with self harm too in the past and she brings it up sometimes. She doesn't know about my self harm and I also don't want anyone to know because I'm embarrassed about it, but being reminded of sh does trigger me. I don't want to tell her she can't talk about it - I'm glad she feels comfortable enough with me to talk about her mental health - but I also want to try and recover. So I guess I'm asking here, what would you do? How would you tell her? Or would you just suck it up and let her talk about it?
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anorexia relapse
Eating Disorder Support / by rainbowelf
Last post
 October 16th, 2023
...See more just a little vent but feel free to give me advice I've not been eating well for a few months now and sometimes I actually do my best to get better but for some reason I always fall back to restricting. I even told a few ppl I know that I'm trying to gain weight but that doesn't seem to motivate me anymore and ofc I've been noticing the side effects, the big ones being weight loss (duh), not being able to concentrate on my studies, and possibly not getting my period anymore? idk if it's just late though, I'm still waiting the weight loss has been motivating me to lose more weight and I've noticed a weird thought I keep getting: "I just need to lose more weight and *then* I'll recover". basically procrastinating on recovery until I feel sick enough I guess? it's rlly dumb anyway I literally can't afford therapy so *** I'll just suffer through it 😀
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a little vent abt my relapse
Eating Disorder Support / by rainbowelf
Last post
 September 1st, 2023
...See more I'm really upset and don't know what to do. I had anorexia for about 4 years before recovering a year ago, and now I'm in the midst of a relapse and the timing honestly couldn't be worse. I'm moving out in less than two weeks. I'll be living alone in a country I don't know (which is stressful enough) and I definitely will take the chance to not eat when I'm on my own. I can't afford treatment and I will be studying at university full-time. I just don't know what to do and I feel v unsafe the weird part is that I'm not even struggling with body image issues - I think I look fine. I don't know why this is happening
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