Discover Top Posts Tagged with #sick enough

PSA

I do not support disordered eating, I will not interact with posts if I see it, and I’ll probably block you if you put it in the tags reblogging from me

this is a Health At Every Size blog, this is a pro recovery blog, this is a body positive blog; we’re here for every body that does ballet is a ballet body; we do not need to measure ourselves against professionals

and if you are on a professional track…

have you noticed how those same professional ballerinas are speaking out more and more about how unhealthy those standards are, how it almost ended their careers (do you know how much more easily and severely you can get injured from malnutrition? how much slower it will be to heal?), how miserable it made them, how it made them want to stop dancing, how some actually have retired before their time because of it (forced or quit)…

an eating disorder will not make you a better dancer.

look up Sick Enough by Jennifer Gaudiani, she’s not a therapist, she’s a doctor and she tells you what it’s physically doing to your body, how quickly it happens, how to fix it, and importantly, that

an eating disorder is a behavior, not a body type

you are sick enough to deserve to be taken seriously, you are sick enough to deserve help

#sincerely: stop fucking putting ‘pro ana’ tags on ballet pics #i am in recovery and i will be a bitch about this #i haven’t seen it here yet thankfully #my hair is finally starting to come back okay things are actually better when you eat #you will be stronger your mind will be clearer you will have more patience focus memory energy personality #it’s worth it it’s worth it it’s worth it #ballet #adultbeginnerballerina #sick enough #pro recovery #sorry i know this is so out of tone but for real

Sick Enough // The Way I Am

#sick enough #the way i am #eddy madero #jared cove #david alfaro #pop-punk #lyrics #pop-punk lyrics #new pop-punk #new bands #underrated bands #lyric edit

#sick enough #cw// sh #bit of backstory here #but i was supposed to get rid of all my Stuff like a week ago and surpise surprise i did not #and for the past few days i have been planning on doing it right before i admit #for whatever reason #and now im thinking about that #and it is literally just another way im trying to prove i am to be there #just one more way for me to avoid abandonment #there is literally no reason for me to do that #im just being destructive and impulsive #*pulls up bpd diagnostic criteria*#gee does that look fucking familiar???#no but bpd aside im not sure why im hell bent on proving my need for treatment when i actually have no desire to harm myself #other than for other people to see it and tell me how sick i am #its like #i either want to be perfectly sick or perfectly cured #and so i fuck myself up enough so that i can be as sick as possible #because i am afraid of my treatment center and the other patients taking one look at me and telling me to get lost #im not sure im making any sense #but anyway lmao im pretty sure i have bpd

Part 1/2: Hello! I have depression and SAD but I always feel like I have more than these. I've looked into other disorders and I've mentioned some to my therapists in the past but I only seem to have these two and it leaves me feeling like I'm "not sick enough". It's also because I get worried about a lot of things related to my mental health and can't decipher whether they're MI's or just annoying thoughts/feelings. I know labels aren't important but it gives me piece of mind to know -continue-

Part 2/2: what’s wrong and what I can do about it. I don’t know whether to have a session with my therapist where we discuss all possible disorders I might have or just let it go and accept my depression and SAD. Thanks in advance.

Hey Anon,

Thanks for writing to us. I understand how labels can give us insight or a sense of comfort, it’s perfectly okay to want to know. Diagnoses give us an explanation for the unknown thoughts/feelings we might be having, and that can be really useful and reassuring.

I think it’s a good idea to bring it up with your therapist and explore the possibilities, especially if they’ve been on your mind for a while now. It’s worth keeping in mind that if we look at criteria for disorders we are likely to find symptoms or clusters of symptoms that seem to fit us, but there is more to a diagnosis than that.It might be better if, rather than focusing on finding the label, you discuss the annoying thoughts/feelings you’re having with your therapist, and let them reach a diagnosis if needs be.

You are struggling with depression and SAD. You don’t need to have more diagnoses to be ‘sick enough’, what you are going through is valid and enough, we acknowledge your suffering. A lot of therapy today has moved towards looking at what symptoms are causing distress to the person and working on those, regardless of what label they fall under; that’s really what’s most important at the end of the day.

Best of luck!

- Tea

#Anonymous #tea answers #ask mim #diagnosis #labels #sick enough

ive been having this feeling of "not sick enough" due to having a personality disorder and not a mental illness. idk how to articulate it. it's as if, bc there's nothing physically different - nothing hormonal, chemical, or anything like that - that it's less severe. not treatable. i feel as if, bc it's my personality, i should be easily able to influence and change it. i know that's not how it works. i know it causes real, debilitating symptoms. i just can't help but feel that it's my fault.

Hey anon,

First off, personality disorders ARE mental illnesses. They’re specifically mental illnesses that have a persistent pattern of unhealthy and inflexible thoughts and behaviors.

One of the defining characteristics of personality disorders is that they affect a person across all aspects of their life (i.e., work, school, home life, social situations, etc).

And to say there’s nothing physically “wrong” is also not really true. The brain is a physical organ, and anything going on with the brain does have some form of physical cause, whether that be chemical or to do with synapses or neurons or whatever. Thinking is a physical process.

And it is NOT your fault. The causes of personality disorders aren’t super well-understood, but there’s a genetic influence and sometimes a childhood trauma influence.

Personality disorders CAN be treated. They can’t be cured, necessarily, but symptoms can go into remission. It’s a tough process and it can take a lot of work to unlearn maladaptive thoughts and behaviors, but it can be treated.

Stay strong.

--roboraptor

#personality disorders #treatment #sick enough #invalidation #Anonymous #ask mim #roboraptor answers