Eating Disorders

When you live with a chronic illness or disability—and experience fatigue, chronic pain, or other physical and mental symptoms—rest and recovery become necessary parts of your daily or weekly routine. Folded the laundry? Take a nap. Went to the grocery store? Stay in for the next two days. Out all week? Spend the whole weekend in bed.

We all approach recovery time differently because we have different bodies and experiences, so we’re curious: What helps you on your recovery days? How do you approach rest? What are your favorite recovery activities? And what are your rest and recovery boundaries?

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I go through ups and downs with my relationship to food and my body. I started graduate school this semester and I have a group of friends who are skinny and attractive and lately they’ve been talking a lot about how they need/want to gain weight because they’re medically underweight.

I have a final tomorrow that I kind of studied for but I totally wasted my night because I couldn’t stop thinking about food and how gross my body is (I ate PLENTY today, believe me). I ended up making a stress ball of a pig for me to squeeze when I am craving but not hungry.

By the way, I don’t like it when people tell me “looks don’t matter” when I express concerns about my appearance because it’s just confirmation that I am ugly and this phrase is just for consolation. So please, I would rather not hear anything like that right now.

I have complicated feelings about food because I do love food and I hate it at the same time. My boyfriend is a wonderful cook and his love language is cooking for people. So I still will eat well with him. TOO well lol. I’m trying to train myself to have better self restraint when I’m not with him. He has some awareness that I am insecure about my body but I don’t talk about the details.

Seeing myself in the mirror and in pictures is emotionally and physically painful because I am so disgusting. But I haven’t tried hard enough to lose weight. I always gain it back plus some more every time. I’ve tried counting calories, drinking water when I’m craving, taking fiber to feel full, etc. I don’t like exercising or being active which makes it harder, I’m a lazy person. I’ve been watching fitness and body transformation videos for inspiration.

I don’t have like an eating disorder. I’ve told my therapist about my insecurities except for the piggy stress ball because I made it just now. She said it’s normal to feel insecure about your body. And when I said I was struggling to lose weight, she asked if I’ve looked into GLP-1s but I don’t want to take meds because I already have meds for other things.

There’s more about what goes on in my mind when it comes to food and my body, but this is already way too long lol I don’t know what to do, I hate that I can’t resist my cravings or stop thinking about food

We spend so much energy trying to look or be a certain way.
To be beautiful, impressive, admired, or accepted.

Realness has its own kind of beauty — the kind that doesn’t fade when you’re tired or sad or unsure.

It’s the way you show up even when you feel messy.
It’s the way you care when it would be easier not to.
It’s the courage to be honest instead of perfect.

You don’t need to chase beauty.
You just need to come home to yourself.

What part of yourself do you want to stop hiding and start embracing? 👇

Also, if you're going through a tough time right now, I want you to know that I post daily mental health videos about how to deal with painful thoughts. So if you or anyone you know is struggling and wants help, click on one of the links below or write me if you have any questions you want me to answer

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~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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Hi, Mighty friends! 💖

How is this Monday treating you? How’s your body feeling right now? Where are you noticing pain, fatigue, or discomfort? How’s your mental health today? What’s been on your mind?

Feel free to check in with us in the comments below! 📮

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Most people are waiting for life to finally settle down before they allow themselves to be happy. But that moment never comes. There will always be another challenge, another deadline, another reason to delay your peace. True strength comes from learning to stay calm while life is still messy. You don’t need to wait for everything to be perfect before you feel good again.

Start today.
Start where you are.
You can still choose peace right now.

If you want to learn more about this, check out my video by clicking on one of the links below.

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~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

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Reaching December always stirs up a lot of thoughts for me. As I write this, I'm imagining myself sitting under the moonlight with the year's lessons rolling past me like movie credits. One thing that keeps coming up is what I want to move on from.

I want to move on from the version of me that holds too tightly to experiences that hurt. I’m ready to let them go now. I want to learn what I need to learn — and then let go just as gracefully.

What's something you want to move on from or let go of?

#CheckInWithMe #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #Fibromyalgia #EatingDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ADHD #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #PTSD #BipolarDisorder #Disability #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease

Reaching December always stirs up a lot of thoughts for me. As I write this, I'm imagining myself sitting under the moonlight with the year's lessons rolling past me like movie credits. One thing that keeps coming up is what I want to move on from.

I want to move on from the version of me that holds too tightly to experiences that hurt. I’m ready to let them go now. I want to learn what I need to learn — and then let go just as gracefully.

What's something you want to move on from or let go of?

#CheckInWithMe #MentalHealth #Depression #Anxiety #Fibromyalgia #EatingDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #ADHD #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #PTSD #BipolarDisorder #Disability #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #RareDisease