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Unhealthy relationship with food

User Profile: itsTishaa
itsTishaa February 7th, 2019

Hello, I'm Tisha, I'm 19. I've never been diagnosed with an ED but I've struggled with food since the age of 12. I started purging and restricting at 12 years old, and it was almost an every day occuring thing until I was about 16. There were days where I'd eat and purge 6-10 times a day (I purge everything I ate, even if it's a single bread or an apple) , and on my "good" days I'd only do it about twice a day. I'm not sure why I do it, I think it might've been about self-esteem issues and trying to be and look small. My body developed early and I always felt self conscious about that because people would assume I was older than I was. My height and my weight never matched up so I just grew up feeling very insecure. Now, I still strugle with the thoughts of purging and sometimes I still binge but I feel like I'm fighting it more, I'm not sure how to explain it. However, to this day, I don't really have a healthy relationship with food, I always feel like I eat too much and I've never been able to have 3 meals a day because I feel like it's too much and I just end up hating myself afterwards. The thing is I still don't feel like my issues are valid because I've never really been diagnosed or seen someone for it.

I'm sorry this is such a long post, I just needed it off my chest. There's still so much more but I don't wanna drag it. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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User Profile: EvilRegalsReadToo
EvilRegalsReadToo February 7th, 2019

@itsTishaa I think you should see a therapist. You will find that it helps a lot :)

User Profile: WasaBePanda8675
WasaBePanda8675 February 7th, 2019

@itsTishaa Bravo posting your story and thank you for sharing. I have gone through bouts/times of life with B/P since I was about in college through now and I'm 45. Not sure what the reason is, myself. We're all trying our best, right? And voicing our efforts here is a step in the right direction. On a 4 day streak no B/P...join me, k?

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User Profile: itsTishaa
itsTishaa OP February 7th, 2019

@WasaBePanda8675

Im so proud of you, youre doing great. yes, lets do this.

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User Profile: WasaBePanda8675
WasaBePanda8675 February 7th, 2019

@itsTishaa So far so good! Feeling strong, too? Gotta take one day...hour...minute at a time. Little successes along the way are encouraging.

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