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CW: Eating disorder
Love telling Mami I& #39;ve lost 20 lbs now b/c I legit cannot eat most days & am psychologically crashing & have every symptom of an eating disorder & she goes "look how pretty you are, just lose 15 lbs"
Love telling Mami I& #39;ve lost 20 lbs now b/c I legit cannot eat most days & am psychologically crashing & have every symptom of an eating disorder & she goes "look how pretty you are, just lose 15 lbs"
It& #39;s easy to attack my mother about this b/c she& #39;s, well, A Bit Much, but she isn& #39;t the problem here.
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You cannot be medically diagnosed for anorexia if you& #39;re overweight. I& #39;m serious. You can have every other symptom of anorexia, but until you stop being fat, & it is not a medical condition & everyone (including doctors!) supports it.
You cannot be medically diagnosed for anorexia if you& #39;re overweight. I& #39;m serious. You can have every other symptom of anorexia, but until you stop being fat, & it is not a medical condition & everyone (including doctors!) supports it.
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Still remember when I was on a new psych med that made me throw up so much I barely ate for *weeks* & my psych was so happy I was losing fat they kept me on it until the point where I was so physically weak I could barely get around.
Still remember when I was on a new psych med that made me throw up so much I barely ate for *weeks* & my psych was so happy I was losing fat they kept me on it until the point where I was so physically weak I could barely get around.
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It isn& #39;t just that I& #39;ve lost 20 lbs. I& #39;ve lost 10 lbs in 2 months w/ zero exercise. If I wasn& #39;t fat, that would absolutely be a thing that doctors ring alarm bells for & demand I get help. Instead they demand I lose more fat.
It isn& #39;t just that I& #39;ve lost 20 lbs. I& #39;ve lost 10 lbs in 2 months w/ zero exercise. If I wasn& #39;t fat, that would absolutely be a thing that doctors ring alarm bells for & demand I get help. Instead they demand I lose more fat.
Do I want to lose weight? I mean, yeah, clearly, that& #39;s a thing I& #39;ve wanted for a long time, & I& #39;m super enjoying how I look right now. But being in quarantine w/ two other people when even the smell or sound of food makes me nauseous? That& #39;s not tenable.
My favorite part is all the people telling me it& #39;s good to essentially starve myself skinny b/c being fat is bad for trying to make a baby. Know what& #39;s bad for making a baby? Literally starving yourself & having no nutrients in your system.
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So I get to just...sit here. I know something is Not OK. I know that, by the time a doctor listens to me that my disordered eating is out of control, it may be too entrenched to come back from. I know all of that. And I can& #39;t do a damn thing about it.
So I get to just...sit here. I know something is Not OK. I know that, by the time a doctor listens to me that my disordered eating is out of control, it may be too entrenched to come back from. I know all of that. And I can& #39;t do a damn thing about it.
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And let& #39;s be honest, by the time I am finally underweight & able to get an anorexia diagnosis, then I& #39;ll be blamed for not getting help sooner even though I& #39;m literally here screaming SOMETHING IS WRONG.
And let& #39;s be honest, by the time I am finally underweight & able to get an anorexia diagnosis, then I& #39;ll be blamed for not getting help sooner even though I& #39;m literally here screaming SOMETHING IS WRONG.
Folx that don& #39;t have mental illness feel really comfortable telling us "just get help!" or blame us for not seeking treatment & they never stop to think it& #39;s often impossible to get.
If you look at my case history, I& #39;m lucky. I& #39;m on medication & have been half my life (even if it doesn& #39;t always work), I& #39;m seeing a therapist regularly, I& #39;m pro-active about my care. But still, STILL, it will always be *my* fault I didn& #39;t get the right help soon enough.
