http://edrecoveryblog.com A Blog About Life After an Eating Disorder Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:23:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CNN Article The sweet smell of sugar cookies baking filled the air in Kris Shock's kitchen. She pulled a tray from the oven and sat down with her 9-year-old son, Drew, to frost the treats. Then, Shock did something that might have been unthinkable for her a few years ago. She took a ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/from-cnn/ After spending yesterday in the car - more or less all day, really, in that we woke up early at the bed and breakfast, sat down with a single person, a couple and a family of 4 then headed to my partner's grandmother's house for a short visit and then ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/reclaiming-my-space/ I'm not a fan of this time of year. I was on today's date back in 1995 that I admitted myself to a psych unit because my eating, my anxiety and my depression were all completely out of control. I didn't have insurance at the time and there was a ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/seasonal-frustrations-and-eating-disorder-recovery/ It's a little bit strange. I'm hanging out in one of my old haunts - the upstairs part of a cafe in the only free standing Borders in the state of Vermont. It's one of those rainy, cold, grey November days that have me thinking "Yup. I know why I ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/friends-a-sense-of-wow-i-was-sick-and-being-out-of-town/ Not really found, so much as created. It just gets tough sometimes to take a break, to allow myself a break rather. Last week I requested that my workload be shifted a bit - the closest that I've come to saying that I am overwhelmed ever - after I realized that ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/breathing-space/ One of those sneaky little things in my life - and, sure, there are more of them than I'd care to let on really - is that I still crave control. I don't want to do anything too desperate about it, I'm just not willing to settle for a false ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/what-would-control-look-like-if-you-were-able-to-see-it/ I've done a lot of thinking the last couple of days - actually, let me rephrase that. I've had a number of thoughts that have almost been living me the last couple of days. Despite having what seems like a million and fifty things to do, I've just been caught ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/10-things-that-you-wouldnt-be-able-to-tell-just-by-looking-at-me/ I get caught up these days and neglect the things that matter to me. This is always a warning sign for me, a sign that I'm not listening to my gut, that I'm not hearing my heart and that I'm not feeling a sadness that's about to consume me. That's part ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/waking-up-inside-out/ I suppose that the most logical option would be to begin at the beginning and work my way forward, but my brain doesn't work that way. Apparently, for that matter, my brain doesn't seem to work in a spread out multi-tasking sort of way anymore either - which is probably ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/not-even-sure-where-to-begin/ It seems as though an eternity has passed since I had the time for an update. Promises that that will change are being made, however while reading this post in it's relationship to teen pregnancy, I realized that it was worth sharing. (source) Many teenagers look to someone for some sort of ... http://edrecoveryblog.com/just-a-blog-post-i-found-extremely-interesting/