i can feel iti can absolutely feel iti am not full, i am becoming fat my stomach toppling over my waistmy thighs knocking togethermy upper arms jiggling against my sides the end of the world falling on top of me!as my appetite for foodreminds me that i’m human —but how could i still be human?!?afterContinue reading “trade offs (poem)”
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sit it out (poem)
it bubbles up like soda popor the back of a book coverwaiting to pop my frustration crawls along the wallsleaving dirty fingernail marksagainst the cream tinted paint and nothing bad is happeningjust the normal parts of life but when i add them to a tragic equationthe bell gets rungand my eardrums bleedand i cannot hearContinue reading “sit it out (poem)”
Just because I “feel fat” doesn’t mean…
I actually AM fat! This is a revolutionary new language for my healthy self to use. EF sent me these images to illustrate that I have the power to choose which voice I’m going to listen to… which path I’m going to choose.
Unbalanced/Distorted Ways of Thinking (recovery exercise)
Another exercise from “8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience” is to review many cognitive distortions and see which ones apply to me. Below are the distortions I think affect me. All or nothing thinking: This is also known as black and white thinking or perfectionistContinue reading “Unbalanced/Distorted Ways of Thinking (recovery exercise)”
Tasting Freedom 