Anyone suffered from eating disorders?

[buggyRunner]

Hi, I am good. I am a healthy weight and happy after 8 years as annorexic I have been 'we'll' for 8 years (with the odd slip up but no hospital and 2 children in this time)

Anyway- I keep seeing ppl as fat, and my dd2 is a 'big' baby (9 months) and the comments on her weight get to me - I worry she will hate herself etc. Both dd's are great- dd1 was always tiny so dd2 is a shock (as you get used to seeing your first baby as normal iyswim)

Anyway- I just feel a bit stressed about everything. I have lost weight (through stress eating well etc but it really messes with my head when I loose and don't know why, iyswim)

God I know it will always be there- the frienemeny within- just pisses me off! Anyone else

[Sazbrilla]

Suffered with bulimia for a couple of years. I'm now just a healthy weight but I still want to loose weight. My ideal weight is classed as underweight for my height (bmi based). Wish it wasn't there. My partner just started going on about his weight as well n not eating so I'm worried about him as well. I know the feeling well Hun. Here if u wanna chat x

[Julialyne]

Hi I have suffered with anorexia & depression. I am currently well & I have been having weekly psychology sessions for a year. I am in Australia now & I see a psychiatrist & I get funding from an eating disorders association for my psychologist.
I find when ai am stressed I don't eat as I use it as a copIng mechanism. My childhood has a lot to do with my problems so I understand now the reasons why it caused it.
I am currently at a good weight now & eat healthly. I still have the little voice in my head where I could slip & go back to my old ways but my medication seems to help keep things under control.
I worry too that my issues will affect my kids too. I never force them to eat anything that they don't want as my foster patents used to make us eat all that was on our plate even if it made us sick. I was also sent to school without any lunch & I now have osteoporosis.

[TerminalUniqueness]

I have had anorexia since I was 12, Never been hospitalized, but I have never weighed more than 8 stone .

Have you got any help for your ed? cbt isn't the best for people with disordered thinking but there are other methods that are helpful. Self acceptance is the greatest tool I have acquired in my battle with ana. It took so long to accept that this part of me is permanent, and that has helped me so much with recovery.

I know what you mean about seeing other people as fat too, It makes me feel like a right meanie but it's just a quirk and it will always be there. I could have written your post op, My first was tiny and my second was huge, and he is a little bit older than your baby. Bless you. I hope you manage to rid the stress from your life as it appears to be triggering you.

[buggyRunner]

Hi all, nice to know I'm not alone. I have had help in the past and don't need it ATM (also I can't get it as I'm about to start a job which I can't be I'll in iyswim)
I suppose it just gets to me as I'm realising it's a life long thing (ie always some Niggling doubts)
On the up side today was a better day