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TW // ED
I& #39;m not really sure what the point of me sharing my own history with anorexia is, other than to maybe contribute to normalising talking about eating disorders.
I don& #39;t even know where to start.
I& #39;m not really sure what the point of me sharing my own history with anorexia is, other than to maybe contribute to normalising talking about eating disorders.
I don& #39;t even know where to start.
TW // ED
I grew up as an undiagnosed autist, and I think that played a large role.
Years of bullying and rejection from almost everyone I knew (& quite a few I didn& #39;t) at school left me suffering from depression, which I self-medicated with food.
I grew up as an undiagnosed autist, and I think that played a large role.
Years of bullying and rejection from almost everyone I knew (& quite a few I didn& #39;t) at school left me suffering from depression, which I self-medicated with food.
TW // ED
P.E. wasn& #39;t fun due to the bullying. I& #39;ve also always had problems overcoming inertia - it& #39;s really hard for me to go from being inactive to active - which people (including myself) attributed to laziness.
As a result I was somewhat overweight by the time I reached 18
P.E. wasn& #39;t fun due to the bullying. I& #39;ve also always had problems overcoming inertia - it& #39;s really hard for me to go from being inactive to active - which people (including myself) attributed to laziness.
As a result I was somewhat overweight by the time I reached 18
TW // ED, fatphobia
I found my weight had become another thing depressing me, but realised it was something I had control over, unlike so much else in my life at that time.
So I started dieting and exercising.
It began "innocently" enough, but over time spiralled into anorexia
I found my weight had become another thing depressing me, but realised it was something I had control over, unlike so much else in my life at that time.
So I started dieting and exercising.
It began "innocently" enough, but over time spiralled into anorexia
TW // ED, Fatphobia
I feel it would be more harmful than helpful to go into detail about exactly what I did back then, so I& #39;ll leave it out.
Anyway, as I continued to lose weight I received more & more validation from others, which is like a drug to undiagnosed autists.
I feel it would be more harmful than helpful to go into detail about exactly what I did back then, so I& #39;ll leave it out.
Anyway, as I continued to lose weight I received more & more validation from others, which is like a drug to undiagnosed autists.
TW // ED, alcohol
What eventually "saved" me was developing a dependency on alcohol when I went to uni, still undiagnosed.
It sounds like an offensive attempt at a joke, but the only way I could cope with being in a new place with new people was to drunk as much as possible
What eventually "saved" me was developing a dependency on alcohol when I went to uni, still undiagnosed.
It sounds like an offensive attempt at a joke, but the only way I could cope with being in a new place with new people was to drunk as much as possible
TW // ED, alcohol, drugs
Being drunk most of the time, as well as getting the munchies when smoking weed with my new friends, freed me from my anorexia, & I honestly have no idea how things could have turned out if it hadn& #39;t.
Being drunk most of the time, as well as getting the munchies when smoking weed with my new friends, freed me from my anorexia, & I honestly have no idea how things could have turned out if it hadn& #39;t.
TW // ED
I still occasionally have to fight urges to punish myself by withholding food. It& #39;s hard & probably something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
But I consider myself lucky, because I did come back from it.
Not everyone gets to.
I still occasionally have to fight urges to punish myself by withholding food. It& #39;s hard & probably something that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
But I consider myself lucky, because I did come back from it.
Not everyone gets to.
TW // ED, fatphobia
I guess that the point of this thread is that fatphobia, both within institutions & in society, is a killer, & we need to talk about it much more than we currently do.
Eating disorders are mental illnesses that are both triggered by & validated by fatphobia.
I guess that the point of this thread is that fatphobia, both within institutions & in society, is a killer, & we need to talk about it much more than we currently do.
Eating disorders are mental illnesses that are both triggered by & validated by fatphobia.
