It’s time we started to change the way we view the world of eating disorders, things are starting to change, and they are starting to change for the better. For those who have suffered or who are suffering… NOW is the time to stand up against all that your Eating Disorder and tell it we are not going to take it anymore. What better a time to do this thenRIGHT NOW!!!
Listen up! You or somebody you know probably has experienced some kind of eating disorder, and even if you haven’t here is your chance to get involved. Open your arms to that some that is suffering…NOW is the time to stand up and make a difference, to stand up together, and to make Awareness Loud and Clear! If you would like to know more about how you can make a difference in your community. I love it when I hear people say that they are doing their best… it means determination… it means power… it means success. I hate it when I hear people say they are “trying” their best, I guess it’s because after awhile “Try” gets old. Try to me gives you so many outs. It gives you so many reasons to just sit where you are and never move on.
Try is a great word when you are stuck in your illness, because it’s basically your “get out of jail free card” start to figure how this that you really don't have to give it your all, as long as you tell people that you are “trying my best” I am “trying to eat”, “I am trying not to binge and purge”, “I am trying not to lie, manipulate.". People say, “as long as you're trying” then I guess its ok. You will find that as long as you say that one word, people will cut you a lot of slack. That song and dance worked for awhile, but eventually you will find the old “I am trying” bit got withered. The people in your book basically are smarter then you thought, and just started to take what was said and hold it to no value whatsoever. They would roll their eyes, sigh, and shake there heads. Here she goes again… she’s “trying to get better” for the umteenth million time!! … and yes… “TRIES” to be a typical. Well one day you will get really tired of all of this, so do something different and replaced the “TRY” with “DO”!! Of course people won't believe you at first but if your'e determined to not try; but to actually push the petal to the metal and just go after it!
Instead of putting forth a little bit of effort, put forth ALL your effort. Start to just tackle the things that fear you the most. Realize that for so long you have been so afraid of jumping in the water for fear that you might drown, and because of that, you never gave yourself the chance to see if you could swim. It not until you stop just sticking your toe in the water and actually just dove right in, that is when you will realize that you are capable of not sinking to the bottom and actually keeping your head above water! For most of your life all you did was“TRY”… when I walked in the doors of treatment you have made up your mind from day one to “DO”. You just DID… “whatever they asked, and will take it on…and follow through to the end no matter how hard, no matter how difficult, no matter how scary.” If the expectation was to stop binging and purging… DO IT… If the expectation was to eat 100 percent of your meal… DO IT… if the expectation was to stop acting out in my unhealthy behavior, feel those feelings, and find new ways to cope…DO IT. There is a lot to be said about having many acquaintances,but only having a few very good friends. We aren't talking about all your friends on Facebook, or should I simply say all those strangers you have never met. You must have very few friends, the ones that help you move, give one of your kidney’s to. I know that if it was not for truly good friends, you would never have survived the eating disorder.
When you are in the depths of my disease almost everybod will give up on you! It's a horrible feeling to feel like you don't have a friend in the world. However, there are some friends that will never give up hope, that never failed to see that there was life underneath all the eating disorder.
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