There are definitely those days when everything falls into place; there are also those days where a little bit of this, a whole lot of that other thing over there, and just a pinch of nightmare made real makes it feel like everything has been turned completely inside out.
Lately, I’ve been busy, caught up in [...]
Continue reading about Personal Chaos: Getting All Caught Up in a Little Bit of Everything
When someone with a great sense of being gets a compliment, they accept it. Most often, when someone with an eating disorder receives a compliment, there’s a bit of denial - or, at the very least, a sense of “well, I just got lucky,” or “I guess, but. . .” On the other hand, when [...]
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“I just have to say that, well, if you’d never told me that you have food issues, I’d never guess. You seem like the person I know who is most comfortable in her skin and who seems to have the fewest issues with food.”
A friend of mine said that Saturday night. I almost laughed. Instead [...]
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I’m borrowing a post today - without permission (and will gladly remove it if asked) - but you can find the original here, in a blog written by Jill Sobule whose songs are used by some as thinspiration (for the record, I really really don’t like that word any more than I understand the pro-ana [...]
Continue reading about Eating Disorder Behaviors: Attaching Meanings Seen but not Intended
After having a particularly funky little day yesterday (as well as one earlier in the week and one a few days earlier than that), I decided that i needed to get out of the house last night so suggested that we go out for dinner last night - I’d been craving cheeseburger, so hey, whatever. [...]
