Posted by sly on July 15, 2002, at 7:42:21
In reply to Re: Use food as comfort = weight gain on ADs? Sly » jannbeau, posted by Reneb on July 12, 2002, at 20:39:09
I do exercise, but it's not about that, at first it was about a fear of gaining weight, so many people reported problems with that I was terrified. Now it's about control, I'm a perfectionist, that's the root of my problems. With depression and anxiety I felt like my life was in chaos, controlling my food and weight became something I could excel at and master. I lost a lot of weight, 20 lbs, I'm 5ft 5in, 109 lbs. and people started bugging me about my size and watching me, so I had to eat "normally" which caused more fear and guilt. I started fasting and taking laxatives to keep the weight off - it's not easy to stop.
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