I just read your blog and think it’s amazing there are people like you. I recently started recovering from atypical anorexia. It has been a month and…
First of all, I am so proud of you for being a month and a half in recovery; that is amazing! Keep up the amazing work. I also want you to realize though that although a month and a half is amazing progress, you shouldn’t expect to be fully recovered in such a short time. Recovery is a process, and a hard one at that, but it is worth the journey.So to get to your question about self-control, the answer you get depends on who you talk to. There are certain people that are fully recovered from their eating disorder and never deal with ED thoughts again. There are others, like myself, that feel one is never “fully” recovered from an eating disorder. From personal
First of all, I am so proud of you for being a month and a half in recovery; that is amazing! Keep up the amazing work. I also want you to realize though that although a month and a half is amazing progress, you shouldn’t expect to be fully recovered in such a short time. Recovery is a process, and a hard one at that, but it is worth the journey.
So to get to your question about self-control, the answer you get depends on who you talk to. There are certain people that are fully recovered from their eating disorder and never deal with ED thoughts again. There are others, like myself, that feel one is never “fully” recovered from an eating disorder. From personal experience, I have been in recovery for 6 years but recovered for 3; however, I am human. I still deal with ED thoughts from time to time. Do these thoughts consume my daily life? Not even close to it. I would say 95{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of the time I am perfectly fine, and the other 5{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of the time I deal with maladaptive thoughts, many being around self-control. But does that mean I need to pretend? No. I am a normal person. I live a normal life. I have bad thoughts every now and again, but most people have negative thoughts about themselves from time to time. You will be a normal person too.
Don’t let these thoughts scare you, just know that you can’t give in. You are stronger than your ED. You are stronger than your thoughts. With time it will get easier to deal with these thoughts, the thoughts will occur less often, and you will notice you go days or weeks without engaging in ED thoughts or behaviors.
SOURCE: Eating Disorder Support and Awareness – Read entire story here.
