Hi everyone. This is my first post on here and i'm looking for some direction and support. I have been bingeing and sometimes purging, but mostly c&s for about three years and I just haven't convinced myself that i'm really sick or that i deserve help. It scares me that i think that little of myself but i'm ashamed and embarrassed to get the help I need. Like I said I'm here for help and support to get better.
sonrisas...welcome to the site! You have found a very support and welcome place where others understand what you are facing.
The support here is important, but getting professional help is more important, and critical if you are going to truly get past this and be able to move on with your life. I understand the shame, but in truth, this is NOT your fault, no matter what others may say.
Please consider seeing an ED professional and work on the things that will help you move away from this prison.
Please keep writing and share more with us all...Jan ♥
Hey sonrisas,
Welcome!!!!!!!! Whether or not we 'deserve' help, i think, is irrelevant. If help is out there, then we all have the right to access it. That is how i like to frame it. And then it makes it a lot easier for me to seek help.
I used to c/s quite a lot when i was abstaining from c/s. Now, i pretty much use every ed behaviour going. I think that when i was c/s, i thought it was not much of a problem since i was not purging. I was wrong to think that. Any disordered behaviour has the potential to grow into sthg much worse so early treatment is the best thing to help.
Whether you think of it as a sickness, disorder, whatever, the best thing is to look for help from professionals and support from other sources if possible.
Have you ever thought about getting professional help?
Looking forward to reading more from you.
Sreb
xx
Thanks Jan and Sreb, this type of support is definatly what I'm looking for. Just from reading your posts to others has reassured me that I'm doing the right thing by posting on here. Sort of keeping things in check and sorting out my thoughts in a place where others are feeling the same way. I'll be posting later some of my thoughts on getting help, hopefully others will share their stories and opinions. Have a good Monday, and Sreb I try to smile as much as possible. :) Sonrisas