Eating Disorders

If you know who this blog is then you probably already know i have a mixture of several eating disorders and now I understand why...




"People with eating disorder often feel overwhelmed by emotions and as a result view emotions as potential threats to their well being. Consequently, they do whatever it takes to try and avoid emotions. Eating disorder behaviors are very effective ways of altering emotions and emotional awareness. Thus, the eating disorder becomes more important or more valuable because it becomes a resource to help patients avoid or minimize their emotions. Many patients have commented to me that the one thing they like most about their eating disorders is their ability to alter their emotions through the behavior.


If patients do not feel a need to avoid their emotions, I wonder if that would change the importance of the eating disorder. It certainly would eliminate a benefit most patients assign to the disorders."


Sigh... my life is a sham and everything is wrong.