I grew up watching my dm go through diet after diet, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, the lot. I didn't want to be like her, but I really, really am. :/ I haven't ever purged, but I've considered it. I've teetered on the edge of anorexia, but my disordered eating tends into the "eating my emotions" side of things.
I'm working on my issues, but I know I'm not the best example to my dc. How can I at least put on a veneer of normalcy for their sake? I'm worried I'm going to cause them all sorts of disordered food issues.
This poem keeps going round and round in my head today:
This Be The Verse
BY PHILIP LARKIN
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.
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How to be normal with food?!
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athingthateveryoneneeds · 19/01/2018 13:22
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