Since knowledge leads to understanding, which will hopefully lead to acceptance and healing, perhaps the best place to start with all of this, is by exploring the theory behind the therapy that I have agreed to try.
What now??
Great, I’m an onion!
Apparently, it is very common to have co-occuring mental disorders so, once the first “layer” (the eating disorder) was dealt with, the rest of the crazy came through because I no longer had anything to mask it with. It actually makes perfect sense when you look at it logically. Since binging, purging, restricting, food obsession etc. had kept me so busy and preoccupied, I thought that the eating disorder was the main problem but, as it turns out it was just a symptom.
Never Ever Lose Your Voice
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We all come with a story that is as unique as we are. We should never feel shame for having lived through hardships and bad …
#momguilt
The need to escape is totally normal and does not mean that you don’t love your kids and partner. It is also ok if you do not want to spend every waking minute with them. Listen, I love my kids, I truly do but, sometimes I don’t really like them; they can be incredibly boring, annoying and demanding.
#reallife
Real life is messy, exhausting and complicated.
There will be days when your teeth won’t pass the tissue test, your beach waves frizz up and your contour is not on point ~ I actually don’t know what the last two mean but, I hear them said a lot so, they must be important.
What is Vitamin P and Why is it Important?
Currently in popular diet culture, the principles of clean eating and elimination diets have taken a strong hold and unfortunately, the trend doesn’t seem to be fizzling out anytime soon. Collectively, we seem to be approaching food choice with almost religious zeal. We are labeling food as Good Vs. Bad which in turn makes us think that we are good or bad depending on our food choices ~ kinda crazy, right? As I’ve discussed in other posts, specifically in Good Vs. Evil, this strict and rigid outlook towards food causes physiological problems like disordered eating and eating disorders.
We’re all doing the best we can!! (video)
There is no way to be a perfect mother but a million ways to be a great one! Please remember that we are all doing the best we can.
Some days are really, really hard!
When I look back at these images I am stunned. What miracle diet had given me that body and could I ever have it again? Deep in my bones I already know the answer is no; but some days I miss my thin body and wish it could be different. I miss being delicate and small, I miss seeing my collar bones. I miss the body I had hated so fiercely and I miss the control I once had over it
Diet Lollypops ~ WTF???? (Video)
Diet Lollypops ~ WTF??
Set Point Theory
Set point theory is the much needed counter narrative to that of diet culture that tells us we can control every aspect of our body at all times and links our bodies with shame and food with guilt.