I need encouragement?!
Question: i've got an optiontment with a counseller today which i books last week, but now i am so scared and embaraced to go,
i've had eating probablems for as long as i can remember, being abit underweight this time last year 7.7 stone, but in the summer i alot of things changed at once and i started talking the pill to regulate my periods, my apitie become big, i gave up starving myself but started binge eating uncontrolably, making self sick and taking laxatives, all i ever wanted to do was lose a few pounds, but now from binging i have gained a over a stone now weight just under 8.10. so i'd be classed as bulimic and want to get help but im not skinny im actauly big compared to what i was before,
won't they see i don't have a problem and don't need help because im not underweight?
i feel trapped!
Answers: i've got an optiontment with a counseller today which i books last week, but now i am so scared and embaraced to go,
i've had eating probablems for as long as i can remember, being abit underweight this time last year 7.7 stone, but in the summer i alot of things changed at once and i started talking the pill to regulate my periods, my apitie become big, i gave up starving myself but started binge eating uncontrolably, making self sick and taking laxatives, all i ever wanted to do was lose a few pounds, but now from binging i have gained a over a stone now weight just under 8.10. so i'd be classed as bulimic and want to get help but im not skinny im actauly big compared to what i was before,
won't they see i don't have a problem and don't need help because im not underweight?
i feel trapped!
You have more guts than I did. When I was in my 20s, I had anorexia. I lost a lot of weight and even though everyone told me that I didn't look good because my bones showed, I didn't listen. My family wanted me to eat more. Every time I looked in the mirror, I still saw me fat. All tricks of the mind. Finally one day at work, I passed out. I was rushed to the hospital where they took blood and the first thing the MD asked is what do I eat during the day. Back then they didn't call it anorexia, he said I severely malnutritioned. He gave me the name of a counselor to see, I lied and said I would but never did. I was foolish. As a results of doing what I wanted, my stomach lining was completely eaten away because there was so much acid in my stomach and no food to absorb it, the acid ate away at the lining. Many other digestive disordered came into play as a result of not eating. It is dangerous. I only wish I went to that counselor and only by the grace of God am I here to tell you this today. I'm so glad you're going. You will do great. Be blessed
you don't have to be thin to have an eating disorder.
good luck, I admire you for seeking help.
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they won't think you don't have a problem just by looking at you so don't worry about that. They will talk to you about it all and figure out a solution. Sometimes you just need someone to help you understand what's going on as you can't see it for yourself. Just remember that this is what you need to do to overcome these problems and you are brave to get help for it. xxx
i have actually suffered from eating problems myself... i know it sucks, it feels like its never good enough and you have to loose more... i actually admitted myself to a place... they helped me alot... it will be hard but you can do it... if i can then you can... good luck...
you do have a problem- despite your weight- that my dear is quite obvious. you are not doing this for anyone but yourself... so don't focus on what others may think focus on gettign healthy!! It's not fun to obsess over your weight like that is it? Somehow you must restore in yourself that when you are hungry you can eat (and not feel guilty) and when you are full you must stop.
Best of luck- resolve this now before it does have ill affects on your health!
Look, the counselor is there to help you. You need to talk to this person to set up a way to control the binge eating etc. You do need help, but don't be embarrassed, it happens to lots of people. Relax, it is just going to be a talk anyway. You want a more healthily you and this person will help you.
You have nothing to be scared of and nothing to be embarrassed about either. What you are going through happens to a lot of people for any number of reasons.
A councillor is professionally trained to know what they are talking about and they will listen to you and help you out where they can. Booking your appointment was a big step, following through and being happy is the next.
Good luck and congratulations on taking that first step - A lot of people are too afraid by that.
take the bull by the horns go get help - good luck to you
Hi, what I would like to know is why are you so unhappy about? That you don't love you. Life is what you make it not what you hear or see on the telly. Look, I was mess up too once and I decided I like me, and stopped trying to change to please others. Use a better measuring stick to measure up to such as Christ. I am not taking you there so don't panic, OK Just that I am at peace with me and now I can smile when I hear, "oh, you should do this or that", I know now that they are using their measuring stick of themselves on me, and that ain't working any longer... keep smiling You have three on your side Me, Jesus and most importantly YOU
just be brave.
Well done for getting help, I know it's hard. Don't be embarrassed about going - they've dealt with so many people with varying issues, and chances are they've seen someone with similar issues to you.
Good luck, hope it goes well!
yeah if you are puking just to try to be skinny, that is a problem you need to go to this appointment! you don't have to be a twig to have an eating disorder. the people there will know what they are looking for and they will help you.
Go to the appointment so you don't die. You're probably a beautiful girl with a poor self image. You need the counseling/treatment to change that. For God's sake your 112 pounds drippin' wet. Far from chubby. Come to America. I promise you'll feel skinny in the first 10 minutes at JFK. Walk to the first restaurant or grocery store you see and look at the REAL fat people. You'll say "I'm quite trim, afterall."
Stop the purging/puking. It'll the enamel off your teeth and you'll need a cosmetic dentist. If you were diabetic you'd be just as embarrassed that you couldn't eat chocolate cake. Walk in that counselor's office with your head held high and tell him, "I'm here to to help you fix me! Let's get busy."
Bless you girl. Wish my daughter had your guts and bravery.
Go for it!
I was scared s**tless the first time I had to meet my counsellor. I was trembling so bad all the way there, all through the session and all the way home.
But i was glad I went.
As the weeks went by, it got easier to go see her.
If you are prepared to open up to your counsellor, they can really support you.
They don't really tell you what you should do, rather they talk in a way that makes YOU realise what you should do. This really boosts self-esteem.
I discovered so much about myself that i've never bothered to see before-positive things.
I found it so helpful, i was gutted at the end of my 6 weeks. (i couldn't afford anymore sessions, and was only allowed 6 subsidised by the nhs at a reduced price to me)
Try it, give it at least a few sessions, if you still don't feel happy going, find another counsellor til you get one you like.
You don't know til you try
GOOD LUCK with it.
If you read to the therapist what you have just written, he/she will understand. Do not be scared or embarrased to go. What you feel is resistance. We all have or have had it. Hang in there, the best is yet to come. Good luck and G-d bless you.