Anorexia Rehab?
So this is not where i thought i would be before starting college i certainly didnt think i would be the one pushing to put myself in/ through rehab but im not surprised anymore. My spirit isnt completely broken i know i deserve to live
But honestly those are both things ive always wanted they both represent freedom- college from my family/traumatic past and rehab- freedom from myself
But both those things are way too expensive!!!! Gah
Im just so stressed
Idk how to help my sister or my mom
I just i do a lot
I appear very professional ig
Theres just so much to do for school and college rn which again i have been working to get here for what feels like my whole life
and how are my mom and sister going to live how am i going to live
I just feel like for a lot of reasons like what if i just pass out in graduation or the honors induction or whatever
What if my body finally stops shaking like an old woman and it finally just faints
I cant let that happen
I have survived this long on so little food tbh and so little emotional support and so much depression and by myself physically
I just want to live. I want my twin sister to stop manipulating me and also being suicidal bc i am so scared for her all the time i just want my mom to be an adult human so i know when i leave she ll be okay
But you cant force those things. You can give them medicine and coping mechanisms and my sister finally stopped saying that she only plans to live a few more years and maybe my mom stopped halucinating
Its not okay. She deserves to live more than anyone or at least a lot ok. I just cant fight for her every day if im not okay either
And i am so so so tired
Beautiful is infuriating
Sometimes i wish i never saw myself
It wasnt always like this i use to be able to just live and eat and breathe and know who i am but not since the past almost 8 years
Bc i have scared myself and starved myself and infected myself and really just deteriated by own body and its funny bc im still traditionally 'beautiful' (it helps that i obsess over my makeup and clothes)
Just to try to find a way to be able to feel like when i look at myself thats who i am. Thats who i am. Thats who i want to be and shes fine shes gonna be okay shes real oh look those are my eyes looking at me not this shell of a person or a child or a person entirely warped and molded up that i dont even know.
I wanted to make myself before my dad or my rapist or my older sisters or any creepy man ive had to holds hand, could make me.
And im just a brillant barbie doll now. (Bit of an exageration but i feel like it)
And thats fine for people fine.
Idk i just really dont want to go through another 8 years terrified that im missing out on living while also stopping myself from living
I thought we were finally gonna be free.
Bc i really dont want another 8 years like this there is only so much introspection and identity making and dissociation and time snapping realizing what have i done to myself, a psyche can take before it breaks completely
And i know my body cant take any of it anymore
So im making this thread in case i do go to rehab to tell you what its like
Hopefully its safe and not a cruel nellie bly 10 days in a madhouse situation which im also terrified of bc im terrified of doctors oh man
I also just wanted to vent please dont give toxic positive advice like i should just idk see the bright side
All i do is love life and everyone in it and fight for the bright side bc i believe its there some where
Its not a lack of hope. Im doing this bc i think i deserve to get there
Hello @wittySpruce8187
I am glad to hear that you are taking steps towards your recovery - this is very special news indeed! I hope that you are able to take other steps in your recovery as well. I understand that you are very stressed and it can be hard to help family members at this time.
School life can be very stressful and can take a bit out of you, but it's going to be okay! Working towards something that make you happy, for example, a career you have always wanted to do will make it worth it! I am so sorry to hear about your sister, it must be very scary for you! Have you thought about checking in with your sister when you go to college, for example, every other day?
I am happy to hear that your mom and sister are feeling better! I understand that you are very tired and that beautiful can be impossible to fully achieve, before the meaning changes again. We have some excellent resources in this community and on 7Cups that might help you. 