I'm going to keep this as short as possible.
It's ironic that I willingly try to help other people who are struggling with eating habits/EDs (on other websites) but I refuse to take that advice for myself and to acknowledge that I have at the very least some issues with my disordered eating behaviors. I tell them to reach out for help and to go see a professional -- I should be doing that but I'm not.
I've contacted a few hotlines (three) -- two that specialize in EDs. They all pretty much said that I have a problem with food/eating/self perception, but at the back of my mind I refuse to "believe" them if you will. I thought that it would "hit" me so to speak and force myself to realize the seriousness of the situation but it hasn't.
I'm not sure what I'm trying to ask, or maybe I've just rendered this question useless because I stated that I had "refused" to believe.
What do you think about this?
oh hun, sounds like you know what you need to do. welcome hun! the folks on this support group will help to get ya going in the right direction. kudos to you for reaching out.
We are all good at giving the advice but not so good at doing what we basically preach to others. You need to first before anything can happen is stop the "refusal" denial what ever you want to call it. I do nto struglle so much with eating problems as some do to the extreme they do, but I have a problem with that too, but it is not one I am worried about. But when it comes to the schizophrenia It took me about a year to admit I had the illness, even though deep down I knew it I always thought I had control over it and I did not need help due to not so much knowing I had an illness growing up just knowing something was off. Well looking back I never had control over the illness I just had was to keep it to myself. Which did me no good. You need to admit you have a problem or until you do you will always be struggling. And let me add for some admitting they have a problem mental or physical does not mean they are any worse than others, or that they are put down for that, or that their life is not worth fighting for, it does not mean your a failure in any way by saying you have this problem and you need help. That is and will always be my challenge asking for help and accepting it. Hope you take any advice hear and listen to what is being said and remember in a way what we say when we post like you did, as far as dishing out advice to others, we need to take our own information.
K9
Thanks wiffy and K9. I'm not completely convinced but thank you anyway.
and must we show up at your front door with a tire iron? lol anything we can do hun let us know