I heard in a Ted Talk about addictions that the thing is, people need to tell the truth about how they feel, and if it's not safe to tell the truth to the people in our lives, the we will "tell the truth" in other ways. There are healthy coping mechanisms, and there are unhealthy ones. For me in the past I chose unhealthy ones and numbing. Not only did that stunt my ability to process emotions but it messed up my body. I'm just now learning about the causes for some of my physical health problems and a lot of them could be directly related to my eating disorder and addictions. And that freaking sucks.
This whole thing sucks and as much as I'm trying to use physical health as a motivator for addiction/ED recovery, I also have this idea running through my head that it's my fault I feel these physical symptoms and that "my body sucks because I suck."
There must be a positive perspective somewhere, if anyone can see it, could it let me know? Otherwise, if you can relate, idk. At least you know you're not the only one.
Love to you all
This whole thing sucks and as much as I'm trying to use physical health as a motivator for addiction/ED recovery, I also have this idea running through my head that it's my fault I feel these physical symptoms and that "my body sucks because I suck."
There must be a positive perspective somewhere, if anyone can see it, could it let me know? Otherwise, if you can relate, idk. At least you know you're not the only one.
Love to you all