Tuesday - 4/14/09 - Recovery Tuesdays - Caitlin - How To Stop Binging and Purging

[thiniswin]

bunnies i see bunnies in the background and i love them!

[alyrababy]

Thank you soooo much again =)

[89andahalf]

I'm stuck in that cycle, it sucks, I've heard the same advice from my doctors but honestly, I wasn't listening (or beleiving any of it would work) until I heard it from someone who had actually been there. Thanks. Xx.

[alyrababy]

Thanks, I know is really hard to break the awful and depressive cycle. My therapist told me exactly the same in this video, which is great by the way.

[thumbelina0809]

Thank you!! I'm really going to try your tips... It's so hard for me right now to eat in the day... but now I'm really going to try, because I'll keep telling myself it will stop the cycle!!

You really helped me :)

[PinkCompass]

Hi caitlin~ i like that-- to argue with myself. Sounds like i need to be more aware of my thought... but how do you disagree w/ yourself when the thoughts seem overwhelming?

[tohwir08]

Maybe this sounds silly, but what helped for me when I would get those powerful, negative, thoughts was to write down my thought. Then I would try to make a counterargument, using examples to disprove that negative thought. For example, lets say I feel worthless. I would right down all the ways in which I am not worthless like: I am a good friend. I am getting through college, I have a job, I have close relationships etc. Sometimes it makes me feel better.

[PinkCompass]

Hmmm... that sounds like a really good idea! after seeing your video I decided to have breakfast :) but the urge got really bad afterwards. I'll give this a try though for the next meal~ i'm really scared but if it worked for you.. it may help me too! ^^

[alyrababy]

OMG! That was my question. I think I didn't specify which type of binging I did. I was restricting a lot of food, like candies, bread, nuts, eggs, red meat, sweet things in general, so when I saw like a piece of cake I used to think "one bit won't do me any bad" but then I ended eating more than what I had allowed myself to eat, then I felt guilty and depressed, so I "had" to purge taking pills or over exercising.

Thanks for the suggestions, you Really cleared my doubts.

Thanks Caitlin!

[tohwir08]

Hey there! It's Caitlin. I was meaning to send you a message about answering your questiong, but I completely forgot! I'm glad you found it. :) Good luck. I hope you are able to break the habit of taking pills and overexercising to cope. It's hard, I know! But over time I think you can do it. I wish you the best of luck.

[Lovesenduringpromise]

Great video, I struggled mainly with restricting during the day and binging/purging at night. Your SO right when you say you have to work on eating more throughout the day, restricting starves your body and your body craves everything and thats what brings on the binges and binges bring on purging. Its just a vicious cycle, and sometimes you have to go through the uncomfortable stage of eating breakfast, etc before you finally breakthrough and become comfortable with eating when your hungry.