Thank you so much for sharing this. You are lovely, and so articulate. This was really informative. Although I never had an ED I did have a disordered relationship with food (especially carbs). I am so relieved to have discovered intuitive eating 4 years ago. Works for me. I will never count anything ever again. So much harder for you-kudos for not only doing the work but finding professionals who are a good fit.
Oh my gosh… you have no idea how much this video has helped me. I am a 55 year old woman who has struggled for at least 43 years with restrictive eating/ bulimia/diabulimia. I was in inpatient treatment twice but still struggled. I have tried SO MANY, countless times to overcome only to fall back into old mindsets/habits. Willpower does NOT work, it only sets up shame induced behaviours. I, personally have found the only way to overcome is through leaning completely on Jesus. Whether you want to call Him a Higher Power is up to you but He is the only way to overcome all behaviours. You go girl!! You got this!!!
Thanks for sharing your story, I'm glad that religion has helped you ❤️ That's not the case for everyone but if it works for you that's fantastic! Sending love to you on your journey
Our stories are so similar it is unreal! I am currently in a bad anorexia relapse and seeing your video is truly incredible 🙌 💜 congratulations on your recovery!
So proud of you for sharing this! Very respectfully done ❤️. I wish we lived closer to each other, I feel like we'd have fun talking about musicals and life and recovery. Also, your nutritionist sounds neat 😉
So proud of you for getting through this ❤❤ I hope I’m not out of line saying this, but a couple of bits you said particularly in relating to others and relationship with food hit home for me as someone who was diagnosed with autism and adhd in my 20s. I’m not a psychologist so I may be missing the mark completely, but I know a high number of people with EDs have neurodivergent traits, and it’s so underdiagnosed in girls. Sorry if that’s a weird thing to say 😅 sending love your way anyway ❤
My nutritionist has told me the same thing about the correlation between ADHD and EDs, and said it's something I might want to look into for myself. So I don't think you're missing the mark at all!
Equal parts horrifying, relieving, and depressing that we have such similar ED origin and development stories. Esp skipping lunch as a kid and the prime tumblr era, hah. The late aughts and early 2010s were truly wild in terms of what media/language/habits were common or acceptable even though in retrospect we’re all like wow that’s messed up lmao. Like did I run a “pro-ana” blog?? YIKES (and yes haaaaa)
Horrifying, relieving, and depressing pretty much sums it up 🙃 Sorry to hear you've had a similar experience, but happy we're both still here and making our way through it.
Big recommendation: the podcast Maintenance Phase is an intelligent, funny, and compassionate look at health and wellness myths. It has helped me understand where a lot of my own body image issues come from, how to advocate for my fat body in doctors offices, and how to counter the intrusive thoughts that tell me I should be hard on my body instead of respecting it for being my physical home. Some episodes and just light and fun and funny (they debunk fad diets, bizarre wellness trends, etc) and others are more thoughtful and could be triggering, but if anybody needs a resource as a place to start confronting their own internalized fatphobia, I simply cannot recommend enough
Thank you so much for sharing this. You are lovely, and so articulate. This was really informative. Although I never had an ED I did have a disordered relationship with food (especially carbs). I am so relieved to have discovered intuitive eating 4 years ago. Works for me. I will never count anything ever again. So much harder for you-kudos for not only doing the work but finding professionals who are a good fit.
Thank you so much for the kind words ❤️ I'm so glad intuitive eating has helped you too!
Very happy to see you overcome your eating disorder. Every day you're getting better, remember that ☺
You are incredible!! Thank you for being so vulnerable❤️❤️
Thank you my friend ❤️
Thank you for this, you are so inspiring and encouraging.
Incredible! I am so proud of you as I’ve always been. I’m thankful to know you and be inspired by you. Love you 💜
Love you Fern 💜
Glad to see you on the more positive side now!
Glad you recovered, because you look great!😘
Thanks for being vulnerable 🤍
Oh my gosh… you have no idea how much this video has helped me. I am a 55 year old woman who has struggled for at least 43 years with restrictive eating/ bulimia/diabulimia. I was in inpatient treatment twice but still struggled. I have tried SO MANY, countless times to overcome only to fall back into old mindsets/habits. Willpower does NOT work, it only sets up shame induced behaviours. I, personally have found the only way to overcome is through leaning completely on Jesus. Whether you want to call Him a Higher Power is up to you but He is the only way to overcome all behaviours.
You go girl!! You got this!!!
Thanks for sharing your story, I'm glad that religion has helped you ❤️ That's not the case for everyone but if it works for you that's fantastic! Sending love to you on your journey
Our stories are so similar it is unreal! I am currently in a bad anorexia relapse and seeing your video is truly incredible 🙌 💜 congratulations on your recovery!
Thank you ❤️ sending you love and I hope you will keep fighting for recovery! It's so hard but you'll make it through.
So proud of you for sharing this! Very respectfully done ❤️. I wish we lived closer to each other, I feel like we'd have fun talking about musicals and life and recovery. Also, your nutritionist sounds neat 😉
So glad we met, I wish we lived closer too ❤️
Inspiring, good work! Keep it going.
So proud of you for getting through this ❤❤ I hope I’m not out of line saying this, but a couple of bits you said particularly in relating to others and relationship with food hit home for me as someone who was diagnosed with autism and adhd in my 20s. I’m not a psychologist so I may be missing the mark completely, but I know a high number of people with EDs have neurodivergent traits, and it’s so underdiagnosed in girls. Sorry if that’s a weird thing to say 😅 sending love your way anyway ❤
My nutritionist has told me the same thing about the correlation between ADHD and EDs, and said it's something I might want to look into for myself. So I don't think you're missing the mark at all!
Equal parts horrifying, relieving, and depressing that we have such similar ED origin and development stories. Esp skipping lunch as a kid and the prime tumblr era, hah. The late aughts and early 2010s were truly wild in terms of what media/language/habits were common or acceptable even though in retrospect we’re all like wow that’s messed up lmao. Like did I run a “pro-ana” blog?? YIKES (and yes haaaaa)
Horrifying, relieving, and depressing pretty much sums it up 🙃 Sorry to hear you've had a similar experience, but happy we're both still here and making our way through it.
Big recommendation: the podcast Maintenance Phase is an intelligent, funny, and compassionate look at health and wellness myths. It has helped me understand where a lot of my own body image issues come from, how to advocate for my fat body in doctors offices, and how to counter the intrusive thoughts that tell me I should be hard on my body instead of respecting it for being my physical home. Some episodes and just light and fun and funny (they debunk fad diets, bizarre wellness trends, etc) and others are more thoughtful and could be triggering, but if anybody needs a resource as a place to start confronting their own internalized fatphobia, I simply cannot recommend enough
You've def mentioned this to me before but I didn't know all these details, sounds like something I would LOVE! ❤️
The only thing that healed me from anorexia was when I accepted Jesus Christ in my heart ❤
Hope you get healed