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Posted by Deneb on October 27, 2006, at 1:00:35
Or am I already there?
Sometimes, especially when it's stressful and when I'm trying to lose weight, I get into this cycle of overeating and purging, or just eating normally and purging. At my worst I was purging on campus and everyday at home. It never lasts for too long though. I don't meet criteria for bulimia.
Do I just have some harmless occasional disordered behaviours around food or am I headed for ED-NOS?
I think I'm OK, but I hope I'm not one of those people who don't realize they are heading into trouble.
Hmmm...anyways, regardless if I have an ED-NOS, my disordered behaviours have been caught early so I'm probably OK.
Right?
Deneb*
Posted by NikkiT2 on October 27, 2006, at 4:43:43
In reply to Do I have the beginnings of an ED-NOS?, posted by Deneb on October 27, 2006, at 1:00:35
No, I don't think you do.
I think you are trying *very* hard to develop it.. that is all.
I believe you are suffering from hypochondria.. Look back over your posts about your cysts, your perfectly normal pulse, etc etc etc.
Nikki
Posted by sunnydays on October 27, 2006, at 20:03:02
In reply to Do I have the beginnings of an ED-NOS?, posted by Deneb on October 27, 2006, at 1:00:35
But they haven't been caught, have they? Have you told a therapist about the purging and the wanting to be thin? Do you do everything that person suggests so that you can try to cope with this? Try to be brutally honest with yourself, Deneb -- do YOU think it's ok that you are doing this to yourself? I think it's similarly to when you were worried about breast cancer. Seriously, can you ask your therapist about what to do about your hypochondria.
And I really mean this message only in the utmost support for you.
sunnydays
Posted by sunnydays on October 27, 2006, at 20:05:26
In reply to Do I have the beginnings of an ED-NOS?, posted by Deneb on October 27, 2006, at 1:00:35
And Deneb, I'm not trying to be hard on you. We all have a little bit of hypochondria in ourselves. I am constantly obsessed with whether I have an STD, though I have never had any sexual contact at all (I've never even kissed a guy, and I know that's pathetic because I'm 20). But when I start think that I realize that it's completely unrealistic and that it comes from some bad messages I was given about my body, and I am able to reject the thoughts. Can you work on trying to reject your negative self-thoughts?
sunnydays
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on October 28, 2006, at 3:46:13
In reply to Re: Do I have the beginnings of an ED-NOS? » Deneb, posted by sunnydays on October 27, 2006, at 20:05:26
Hi sunnydays,
I was wondering if you could tell me abit more about your hypochrondria and things that you do to help supress it? I suffer from it pretty badly, but I've never really had any formal help and I would like to try and see whats good for it (other than dating a doctor!)
Oh and incidentally, I'd never kissed a boy until I was 18. I am/was painfully shy! I wouldn't bother rushing to find out either. Its best when you're with someone specical! So waiting is good.
Kind regards
Meri
Posted by sunnydays on October 28, 2006, at 10:04:11
In reply to Re: Do I have the beginnings of an ED-NOS? » sunnydays, posted by Meri-Tuuli on October 28, 2006, at 3:46:13
I don't really have specific things I do, except to go and find out the most thorough information I can on the disease and ask myself - is this really truly correct? I don't really have these symptoms, do I? An important thing to remember is that everyone has some symptoms of some diseases at some times - you have to have all of them, or the most important ones, to actually have that disease. I just try to think really calmly and realistically -- although that's easier said than done. And I remember what my psych professor called "medical student syndrome" which is when you start learning about a lot of diseases it's easy to think you have a lot of them if you don't remember the essential essence of what the disease is, and that usually it has to be pretty severe.
Other than that, I can't be of too much help, sorry. Thanks for telling me about your experiences with boys.... I'm hoping to at least have had a date before I get out of college.
sunnydays
Posted by Deneb on October 31, 2006, at 21:06:15
In reply to Re: Do I have the beginnings of an ED-NOS? » Deneb, posted by sunnydays on October 27, 2006, at 20:03:02
> But they haven't been caught, have they? Have you told a therapist about the purging and the wanting to be thin?
I told my pdoc.
> Do you do everything that person suggests so that you can try to cope with this?
No, I don't. I can't stop counting calories or I might gain weight.
> Try to be brutally honest with yourself, Deneb -- do YOU think it's ok that you are doing this to yourself?
No, purging is definitely not OK.
> And I really mean this message only in the utmost support for you.
>
> sunnydaysThanks sunnydays
Deneb*
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