Introduce yourself to the 7 Cups Eating Disorder Community!

Hi my name is Lauren. I am currently an undergrad psych student and I am pursuing a PhD in clinical psych. I want to learn from others and get experience helping people through 7 Cups. I myself have struggled with body dismorphia and disordered eating habits/ obsessive workout habits. I think it's important for my own journey in helping people that I also seek support for my own challenges. My mood is often dependent on how I see my body that day. I'm working on being happy no matter what I see in the mirror. Thanks for being there :)

Hi I'm Tash

I'm currently struggling with my anxiety atm I have ptsd. The thing that I do when I'm in this place mentally is I starve myself a lot, I won't eat a thing in front of people, I lock myself in my room and eat there when I feel up to it.

It's got so bad over the past 4 months or so that I've started to think myself sick, without meaning too I just can't bare the thought of being anywhere near people with food in front of me, I've been like this since I was 12 maybe and I'm 32 soon. I've Had Cbt, group managment and seen dietisions over the years to get help. And battled it and it took me a very long time to go out for meals ect. And now I'm back in that place again. I can't eat out with friends, they know of course they have caught onto me avoiding situations where food is involved. I don't know where I fit with my eating issues. Doctors said years ago I had anorixea nervosa but I strongly disagree for a lot of reasons. I also have autism which I think plays a part also with food because since I was a child I struggled with food.

I guess I just want to talk to people that understand because I don't feel I can talk to my family. And also want to listen to you.

hi, my name is atlas and i struggle with depression and anxiety and recently have been experiencing lots of body dismorphia. i've also become sort of a closet eater and am ashamed of my eating habits even though sometimes they're not that bad. i sometimes feel myself over eating and i can't stop and sometimes i choose not to eat at all.

Hello, my name is Anna and I am going into the eighth grade. I'm sorry if I'm too young to be here. I've struggled with disordered eating for about two years now. I binge and purge so much. I just can't help it. I feel like I'm too fat even though I've lost a bunch of weight. I really want to stop obsessing over food.

hello! my name is cassidy, im from the uk and im 15 years old. i've been struggling with anorexia for about two years now, going between recovery and relapse quite a few times. anorexia has absolutely destroyed my relationship with my mum, and it's the worst thing. all we do is fight, and yet i still just can't eat. i'm really glad to meet all of you, and i hope we can all become great friends! best wishes, cass <3

Hi I'm kaitlyn, I have had an over eatting disorder even tho I was never diagnosed with it. I hate this part of me and I don't know how to Over come it. I knew something was wrong with me until I got this app. Now I know my issues but it's figuring out how to stop it :( I can't wait to talk to more people hopefully I will find the will to be better. :( I need to lose weight and when everyone around me makes me feel fat and when your family says they miss the skinny you makes everything worse and I eat more 😭

hi i'm brooklyn. i'm 17 and i feel like i'm falling into an eating disorder (anorexia), i keep belittling my emotions because i don't want to worry anyone but i feel like it's getting out of my hands. i try to get better but it's so hard to not cry in front of the mirror, sorry if this was triggering to someone

Hi I'm Ana,

I don't know what's wrong with me anymore I throw up almost all meals I'm obsessed by food and I've reached the i can't do this anymore point. My chest constantly hurts, I stand up and my eyes go black my head always hurts and my teeth are fucked. I've been on the waiting list for treatment for over a year now and I'm starting to give up hope. The harder I try to recover the worse I seem to get at controlling myself. I'm so tired of living like this.

Hi I'm Kay,

18 years old and I've never really had a decent relationship with my body. Even as a child I was constantly insecure. I decided to join this community, because I can't really seek help anywhere else. My boyfriend tries to help me, but he doesn't really know much about it, which is completely fine. He's not supposed to fix me and I know that. But today, he said something that triggered me I guess. And I'm not mad at him for it honestly. To be fair, I was the one that brought up my weight gain and all he did was agree.

But the moment he did, I felt something just snap inside of me. I'm currently trying to recover from bulimia and my restrictive habits. I say "trying" because I never really got professional help, since I still live with my family. But yeah, I was doing pretty well until the whole self-quarantine situation. I was keeping busy and I never really had time to eat, which was good in my eyes. But after being stuck at home, and seeing everyone post all these quarantine recipes they've been trying, it made eating complicated for me again.

I was caught between eating what I want and starving myself. And when I did give in and ate what I want, I went straight to the bathroom. I ended up losing 10kgs before quarantine. And so, when I heard that I had gained weight, I just full on had a panic attack. I was sobbing, gasping, scratching and kept pulling my hair, questioning why I let myself get to this point again. I feel disgusting, ugly, gross and I feel like my loved ones are so disappointed in me.

Hello my name is pudinnn and I have been struggling with an eating disorder since I was a child. I really hope to be able to get help and be of help to people here.