--- title: Self-Help description: Series of articles and discussions that support and guide you to help yourself heal and prosper. canonical_url: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/page-2 language: en-GB date: 2012-09-11T05:35:08Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/page-2. markdown-tokens: 1218 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/page-2. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Self help activities support your recovery and help you expand your awareness, develop life skills, develop self acceptance and self appreciation, develop new relationships and equip you to live a life with more competence and joy. Here you will find articles that show you many ways of providing yourself with self help exercises and activities to enrich your life and articles that help you understand your own thinking and emotional process. Topics include: friendships, self-esteem, dreams, binges, relapse, yoga, secrets, check lists, writing, dream journals, gardening, education and career opportunities and more. Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![Novelty can be your perspective. Is the a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail?](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/fern_nautilus.jpg)*Novelty can be your perspective. Is this a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail?*Embracing novelty is closely related to creativity as it fuels the creative process and expands our creative potential. Here's what embracing novelty can do for you. **Stimulate new ideas:** Embracing novelty exposes us to new experiences, perspectives, and information. This influx of novel stimuli can serve as a rich source of inspiration for generating new ideas. By engaging in diverse activities, exploring different environments, and encountering unfamiliar concepts, we broaden our creative palette and enhance our ability to think outside the box. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/embracing-novelty-is-related-to-increased-creativity) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![Novelty in flight and experience brings new awareness](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/3-yellow/chickadee.jpg) Embracing novelty is a valuable opening, always available, that can give you more fulfillment and joy than you might imagine. Boredom, listlessness, feeling that you are alone while everyone else is at the party are triggers for depression, anxiety, eating disorder behaviors. You want to stop these feelings through numbness or distraction. There’s a better way. When your normal routines seem lackluster and nothing excites your interest it’s time to embrace novelty, even when you can’t think of anything that’s new and interesting. Embracing novelty involves being open and receptive to new experiences, ideas, and [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/embrace-novelty-end-boredom-discover-joys) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/3-yellow/specialist_woman_in_black_with_wheel_cogs.jpg) *Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation* Sleep deprivation can have significant consequences on both physical and mental health and trigger eating disorder behaviors. If you suffer with an eating disorder, knowing the consequences of sleep deprivation can help you recognize and avoid triggers that cause you to act out. ## Here are some common effects of sleep deprivation. Look for effects that trigger your eating disorder. **Impaired Cognitive Function:** Lack of sleep can lead to difficulties with concentration, memory, and overall [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/eating-disorder-behavior-triggered-by-sleep-deprivation) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![follow the metaphor gardening 2518377 640](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/follow_the_metaphor_gardening-2518377_640.jpg) \* Dig deepEating disorders block our intuition and sense of deep self. Our passionate actions can mirror back to us the unconscious processes of our psyches. That mirroring allows us to catch the callings of our deep self and recognize where we are on our path to eating disorder recovery, wholeness and fulfillment. When we seem removed from our inner life planning and enthusiastically enter into an unexpected task we are often being guided by our deep Self, giving us answers to questions we haven’t allowed ourselves to ask. Paying attention to these actions can bring us to a deeper understanding of our state of mind, our choices, decisions and especially what lies ahead for us in life. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/follow-the-metaphor-how-our-enthusiasm-in-tasks-can-show-us-our-next-steps-in-life)