Oct 22, 2019
you need to eat. you don’t have to earn it by depriving yourself or suffering “enough”. Your body just needs food and you deserve to have it (and enjoy it!).
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you need to eat. you don’t have to earn it by depriving yourself or suffering “enough”. Your body just needs food and you deserve to have it (and enjoy it!).
Hey, have you eaten today? I know it can be hard, but you deserve to eat food- and you deserve to enjoy it! I’m rooting for you to be able to do both <3
eating is a good thing. feeding yourself is a good thing.
It’s so seductive to think you’ll be fine without food. It might even seem that way to you. But the truth is, you won't be and you can't be. It's not a failure on your part when you feed yourself.
Recovery doesn’t mean you didn’t suffer. Recovery doesn’t make your past experiences less real. Recovery just means you’ve decided you don’t want to keep suffering.
Something that helps me feel better is to consciously spend some time going over all the good thing I’ve done that day before bed, even if they seem unimportant and obvious, and then praise myself for them. It sounds kind of silly, but it can really help reframe even a relatively bad day.
Example: “Today I went to class, heckyeah learning things YAY! Then I had lunch in the cafeteria and that’s good because I was taking care of myself which is important. I also spent some time relaxing after getting home, which is important so that’s a good thing! I drank enough water and i’m glad!”
Basically, go through the things you did and see them in the context of how it was helping you. That can be anything from drinking water, to brushing your teeth, to eating, to studying.
not eating doesn't make you better. it's not an achievement. taking care of yourself, letting yourself eat, rest and enjoy movement is something to be proud of.
exercise is good, but using it to punish yourself is not. if you need to take a break from it for a while that's okay. it's also a good idea to rethink why you're doing it- and to think about whether it's making you happy. if not, consider what does and try to switch towards that if you can.