A Post Originally Written For Instagram Towards The Start Of My Recovery: This was a large triple chocolate cookie I had as I was starting to re-dip my toe into eating disorder recovery waters a few weeks ago…I had bought the cookie with all good intentions and then kept it at home too scared to […]
Tag: Fear Foods
About The Butter…
A Post Originally Written For Instagram Towards The Start Of My Recovery: Let me talk about butter… I think many of us with an eating disorder develop fears and avoidance of many food types and a common one is butter or spreads on bread / toast / bagels / pancakes etc etc Despite eating much […]
A Post Originally Written For Instagram Towards The Start Of My Recovery: These cinnamon Danish pastries have been taunting me for a while now… When I see them I keep looking, picking them up, putting them back and allowing the eating disorder that small victory.Today had been a tough day of high anxiety and frustration […]
A Post Originally Written For Instagram Towards The Start Of My Recovery: An eating disorder can rob you of the most basic pleasures in life that so many mindlessly take for granted. Just being able to sit by the sea and enjoy an ice cream when I was deep in the eating disorder meant calculating […]
Facing Liquid Calories
A Post Originally Written For Instagram Towards The Start Of My Recovery: During my illness with an eating disorder, symptoms have crept into all aspects of my life… fear of eating and weight gain as the big one but this translates into many smaller weird behaviours and ‘rules’. Sitting and enjoying a creamy strawberry frostino […]