Comments on: Make Today A Criticism Free Day…Here’s How! http://transcendbulimia.com/archives/186 An uplifting journey to recovery from bulimia - with tips and coaching for your own recovery. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:39:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shely http://transcendbulimia.com/archives/186/comment-page-1#comment-42609 shely Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:33:36 +0000 http://transcendbulimia.com/?p=186#comment-42609 Dear Heather, (First - please forgive my lousy English, I'm not a native speaker.) I have no words to descrice my feelings when I've found your blog few days ago, and no proper way to thank you. I'm a 30 years old recovering bulimic, doing my first steps to healty life. after 14 years with eating disorder, i've decided to put an end to my suffering and to stop abusing my body and mind. this terrible disease took over my whole life, in the last 3 years i wasn't able to accomplish anything. Haven't been binging/purging for a month now. Your blog helped me so much in the last days especially because, as you wrote, there is so little information out there regarding the physical aspect of recovering. also I'm proud of myself for not b/p, my physical condition right now makes me so frustrated. I feel totally out of balance (it's funny, cuase as bulimic i had this illusionary feeling of a balance, and now everything is a mess), my body refuse to digest properly, my skin got crazy and so on. I'm trying to convience my self that it's a process, maybe a painful process, but it worth the pain. however, i'm experiencing real anxiety for the first time of my life, depression and some feeling that i can't describe. Reading about your journy, knowing that my distress isn't abnormal, knowing that recovery IS POSSIBLE, gave me so much HOPE. So, one more time - thank you. your's, Shely. Dear Heather,
(First – please forgive my lousy English, I’m not a native speaker.)
I have no words to descrice my feelings when I’ve found your blog few days ago, and no proper way to thank you.
I’m a 30 years old recovering bulimic, doing my first steps to healty life. after 14 years with eating disorder, i’ve decided to put an end to my suffering and to stop abusing my body and mind. this terrible disease took over my whole life, in the last 3 years i wasn’t able to accomplish anything.
Haven’t been binging/purging for a month now.
Your blog helped me so much in the last days especially because, as you wrote, there is so little information out there regarding the physical aspect of recovering. also I’m proud of myself for not b/p, my physical condition right now makes me so frustrated.
I feel totally out of balance (it’s funny, cuase as bulimic i had this illusionary feeling of a balance, and now everything is a mess), my body refuse to digest properly, my skin got crazy and so on. I’m trying to convience my self that it’s a process, maybe a painful process, but it worth the pain. however, i’m experiencing real anxiety for the first time of my life, depression and some feeling that i can’t describe.
Reading about your journy, knowing that my distress isn’t abnormal, knowing that recovery IS POSSIBLE, gave me so much HOPE.
So, one more time – thank you.
your’s,
Shely.

]]> By: Frida http://transcendbulimia.com/archives/186/comment-page-1#comment-41477 Frida Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:10:42 +0000 http://transcendbulimia.com/?p=186#comment-41477 My name is Frida and I’m from Sweden. I have a short question for you that I hope you could answer. I’m actually writing a book about eating disorders in different kind of ways and also other forms of anxiety about food, and I think that it would be interesting to get in touch with you (if you think that you have something to talk about). I’d love it if you answered directly to my e-mail, flfrida@yahoo.se. If someone else would be interested in sharing their experiences or information (everything; overeating, anorexia, sugar addiction, bulimia, ortorexia and so on) please contact me. Obvouusly it’s anonymous and you will of course get at copy of the book. My name is Frida and I’m from Sweden. I have a short
question for you that I hope you could answer. I’m
actually writing a book about eating disorders in
different kind of ways and also other forms of anxiety
about food, and I think that it would be interesting
to get in touch with you (if you think that you have
something to talk about). I’d love it if you answered
directly to my e-mail, flfrida@yahoo.se. If someone
else would be interested in sharing their experiences
or information (everything; overeating, anorexia,
sugar addiction, bulimia, ortorexia and so on) please
contact me. Obvouusly it’s anonymous and you will of
course get at copy of the book.

]]> By: Emily Jolie http://transcendbulimia.com/archives/186/comment-page-1#comment-41358 Emily Jolie Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:02:32 +0000 http://transcendbulimia.com/?p=186#comment-41358 P.s.: By the way, you've been telling me about EFT for so long now, and I think I am finally ready to go deeper into it! I watched Gary Craig's video and downloaded the manual. I look forward to exploring it more and learning it, so that I can use it for my own benefit and teach it to others! P.s.: By the way, you’ve been telling me about EFT for so long now, and I think I am finally ready to go deeper into it! I watched Gary Craig’s video and downloaded the manual. I look forward to exploring it more and learning it, so that I can use it for my own benefit and teach it to others!

]]> By: Emily Jolie http://transcendbulimia.com/archives/186/comment-page-1#comment-41357 Emily Jolie Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:57:51 +0000 http://transcendbulimia.com/?p=186#comment-41357 Awesome, Heather! Your post very much reflects what I have been implementing in my life most recently already. I recently declared a new rule for myself: no more berating myself. I had a bit of a set-back the other day, and, typically, I would go into a downward spiral of negative self-talk. <em>Why did I have to do that? I'd been doing so well! That was so unnecessary!</em> ...and on and on. I decided the negative talk would do me absolutely NO good, and, the best thing to do would be to go back to the positive thinking and feeling state I'd been in before the setback. From experience, I have seen that the berating is NOT what will prevent a future episode. You'd think it might, right? Because that's how we were brought up. When we did anything we <em>shouldn't have</em> done, we were told it was <em>bad!</em> We were berated. In the hopes that it would keep us from repeating the same action in the future. But that's not how it works, is it? It'll scare us for a little while and make us feel guilty and bad, but, eventually, that fealing will wear off and we'll want to try if the end-result might be different if we try it again. As a kid, it may be that we, again, try on our mother's make-up, or have a sip of wine, or whatever it was our parents were punishing us for. No more criticism. Of ourselves or others. I love it! Today is officially a criticism-free day! (Ay-ah, as I'm writing this, the little voice is squeaking in the back of my head, reminding me of all the things on today's agenda that I might feel critical about. Ok, I hear you, now can we let it go?) :) much love, Emily Awesome, Heather! Your post very much reflects what I have been implementing in my life most recently already. I recently declared a new rule for myself: no more berating myself. I had a bit of a set-back the other day, and, typically, I would go into a downward spiral of negative self-talk. Why did I have to do that? I’d been doing so well! That was so unnecessary! …and on and on. I decided the negative talk would do me absolutely NO good, and, the best thing to do would be to go back to the positive thinking and feeling state I’d been in before the setback. From experience, I have seen that the berating is NOT what will prevent a future episode. You’d think it might, right? Because that’s how we were brought up. When we did anything we shouldn’t have done, we were told it was bad! We were berated. In the hopes that it would keep us from repeating the same action in the future. But that’s not how it works, is it? It’ll scare us for a little while and make us feel guilty and bad, but, eventually, that fealing will wear off and we’ll want to try if the end-result might be different if we try it again. As a kid, it may be that we, again, try on our mother’s make-up, or have a sip of wine, or whatever it was our parents were punishing us for.

No more criticism. Of ourselves or others. I love it! Today is officially a criticism-free day!

(Ay-ah, as I’m writing this, the little voice is squeaking in the back of my head, reminding me of all the things on today’s agenda that I might feel critical about. Ok, I hear you, now can we let it go?)

:)

much love,

Emily

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