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A word of advice.. Stop looking at yourself through other peoples eyes. Do not let them influence how you feel about yourself. Your weight is not their business.
Bulimics tend to start out with their disorder being all about weight., but it ends up being about stress management.
Depression, anxiety, anger control issues, ptsd.. Are all part of it. But, Dissociative identity disorder is a very rare psychiatric disorder and I doubt that you have that. A counselor or therapist is not qualified to make a diagnosis like that. You know that.
Keep a food diary. Write where you ate, what time you ate, and how much you ate, then write down how you felt about what you ate and whether you purged or not. Then write down what was going on before you ate. That way you can look for patterns or triggers.
Use distraction techniques. When you feel the need to purge after you know you have eaten a normal healthy meal.. go for a walk, call a friend, chew mint gum, eventually the need to purge will pass. Keep a tooth brush and bottle of mouthwash by the kitchen sink and brush your teeth or rinse your mouth. Don't do this in the bathroom.. Its to handy to the toilet bowl.
If you want to scare yourself. Look up pictures of people who have died from esophageal and stomach ruptures from throwing up. A very real possibility for a bulimic. Nasty way to die, with your face in a toilet bowl.
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I know a woman who had an eating disorder. She used laxatives often. It got to the point that if she didn't use the laxatives she couldn't move her bowels. Then her colon stopped functioning and she had much pain and many issues.. Eventually she had to have her colon removed and is now on a feeding tube and must use a colostomy bag. She said her biggest wish in life was to be able to eat a big mac with her son. She will never taste food again. You don't want to do that to yourself.
You have to realize that something is wrong.. Posting here is a first step. Call your local mental health clinic or the hospital. You need help to recover from an eating disorder. It isn't easy. Your body needs food to help you heal. The brain needs food to help you think.
Why do you feel guilty for taking care of yourself? Aren't you worth something? Don't you deserve to live? Why do you feel a need to punish yourself.
If you were a mother.. Would you starve your child? Would you force your child to use laxatives? Would you punish your child like that? .. I bet you said no and were maybe even outraged that anyone would do that to a child. So.. Why are you doing that to yourself? Love your inner child. Accept your body.
Live your life to the fullest after all we only live once and it is way to short. Food is fuel. You need it. And over time.. Maybe you can learn to enjoy food again.
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Joining a support group will open new people and possible friendships, and help you realize you are not alone.
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A series of chemical reactions drive your metabolism, and the food you eat keeps your metabolism going. When you eat just one meal a day, cholesterol in your bloodstream can rise. A study published in the April 2007 edition of the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" examined the effect of one meal a day vs. three. The researchers found that the healthy participants who ate a single meal a day had increased blood pressure and total cholesterol and a decreased cortisol concentration. Cortisol, a steroid hormone, causes your body to send more glucose into your bloodstream when you are under stress. Over the long term, a slow metabolism can cause a heart rhythm abnormality, which could be fatal. Eating one meal a day causes high levels of glucose in your bloodstream. This in turn, leads to diabetes. You also run the risk of failing to get adequate nutrition. ... Nobody said these meals have to be huge meals.. Breakfast.. a piece of fruit, a slice of toast and a cup of milk. Lunch.. a half sandwich or a salad, some cheese crackers and a piece of fruit.. Fuel..
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Talk to your family doctor and see if they can refer you to a counselor or clinic that specializes in eating disorders.
If possible see a dietician or nutritionist. They will be able to help you set up a meal plan that will put you at a healthy weight. They will help you choose foods that provide good nutrition and even how to have those food temptations if you want them. The human body can not get the vitamins and minerals it needs to stay healthy at diets below 1200 calories.
Start taking a multi vitamin.. Seek help. Do not let this disease (eating disorder) take away your life. Life is to short to be caught up in an eating disorder. 1 out of 9 women who get caught up in an eating disorder die from it. Anorexics starve until their internal organs shut down. The ones who survive have all sorts of medical problems.. Because starving does kidney damage, liver damage, heart damage, etc. Bulimia is similar with the internal damage but, with bulimia you can have a sudden stomach or esophageal rupture and die hanging over a toilet.
Beating this disorder is very important. Seek help.
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