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I just got an invitation on Facebook from someone I believe may be innocent, naive and unaware of the dangers of fasting and the impact her invitation could have on people with eating disorders or who are vulnerable to develop an eating disorder. She invited me and others to join her in a three day vegetable and fruit fast saying that it would be a way to lose weight and would give health benefits as well. Do you see the dangers in this invitation?
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At some point in your recovery work you struggle to truly stop bingeing and are on the edge of success.
But you are tempted. No. It's much more than that, and you know it. You feel
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If you've been a compulsive overeater most of your life you know your health gets increasingly worse and you battle with depression.
Diets and drugs such as Prozac, may give you temporary hope or relief but nothing deeply changes your inner pain or eliminates your compulsive overeating.
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Regardless of the nature of your eating disorder you need to develop a sense of secure abundance. That will help you to take care of yourself and move through this economic crisis. How is this possible when so much bad news frightens you and so many people on a regular basis these days? How is it possible to feel abundance when your finances are draining away and you experience imminent or real loss of what is precious to you?
Eating disorder response to down economy An article in Pioneer Press by Jeremy Olson discusses the temptation of skipping meals to save money. If you are anorexic food deprivation as an answer to a stressful financial situation can only recharge anorexia symptoms.
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Sex and Doughnuts
Dangerous Sexual Encounters as Part of Bulimic Episode - continued from previous post
Day 7 continued p.m. You are out the door. With firm, fast steps you head for your car. blood surging through your veins, heart pounding, stomach vibrating, electrical energy pouring out of your cells, you can almost hear your body humming. You get in the car, turn the ignition and love the engine roar.
