repeated question probably

[mwkat]

Hey :fishy 's!

This is probably going to be a dumb question...or one that has been answered hundreds of times. What I'm a still a little confused about is about ed's period. I was thinking about the possibility that I might have one. Yes..I did say "possibility." I can't believe it, I mean my head just is like,"no you really dont' have one ..your just over dramatic." I don't really know if i would be considered as having an ed. why? Mainly because I sort of quit purging all the time. Last month I did it everyday, then I ended up just stopping. However, I guess you could say the voice is still there. I am still worried about what I eat and what I will eat. I exercised for about **** hours this afternoon and for **** hours this morning. I had practice in the morning, but this afternoon I felt like I had to work off ALL the food I had eaten :sad

Can someone only have the voice but not physically do anything about it for a few weeks and STILL be considered as having an ed?? Thats my main question. I know this has probably been answered. I just can't get it through my thick scull. Well, i better go :hugon :fishy :hugoff

Thankyou!!
:love
mwkat

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[HippieChick]

You can definately still have the voice, but no physical thing. When I was in recovery (unfortunately I'm relapsing big time :sad) I was not engaging in my ed behavior, but I still had that god awful voice in my head.

About two months ago the voice started to really scream at me again and I was still eating normally. I didn't listen to it, but then it broke me down and I relapsed.

My head tells me I don't have an eating disorder, because I'm too fat to have one. I know in actuality that I really do have one.

That voice can be nasty. It would try hard to make you believe the moon was made of cheese :winky if it wanted to. You just have to be stronger than the voice that's all


:love Adrienne

[*star]

mwkat,
totally understand how you feel. i was told that once you have an ED, it sticks with you for life, even if youre recovered. you dont have to believe it (i dont..) but its a theory. for example, if you were once bulimic and not purging anymore, you can be considered "unactive" in your bulimia, though its still there.. make sense? im not really sure what to think about that but i thought it could help.

[titian]

Hi there mwkat :cheesy
I could say a lot about this but....
first well done for not purging, thats's great!

but over exercising is bulimic behaviour.

Recovery is about much more than overt behaviour -

recovering from bulimia is more than stopping b/p
recovering from anorexia is more than eating enough and gaining weight
recovering from binge eating/COE is about more than not binging

and I guess the more is what we all have in common,

i stopped b/ping for some time, but it came back cos i didn't really tackle the issues, i didn't change other aspects of my behaviour (compulsion to be (seen as) strong, independent and not at all needy.
now am trying to recover fully!

much love
e

[hmm]

hi!
it sounds to me like u absolutely definintly do. I also used to feel like that but then i went on the something fishy site and read up the defs of EDs.
Go do that, its like u're reading about yourself! there's even a questionairre...:-)
keep us posted
lots of hugs
hmm
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