An eating disorder is a compulsion in which the main problem is a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive over-eating...
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Truly dumb things helpful people have said
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OK, this is tongue in cheek, so I'm going to try and avoid directing you all towards triggering stuff.....
What is the dumbest thing anyone has said to you in support of your recovery? We did this on the depression boards and the results had me crying with laughter. PLEASE don't read on if you think it might upset you. Posted on 07/07/08, 12:07 pm |
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I'll start. My lovely husband last week when he saw me eating (shock, horror) a choc ice!!
"Carry on like that and you'll have to leave the anorexics club." Bless. He means well..... 
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Bless, they do mean well don't they?! Like when my Mum said 'well, i have to say, i do admire your will power.' eek!!!!
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No way! My mum said the exact same thing!!lol!
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i had a doctor say...'well women dont DIE of this disease....they get help and life goes on'
i had a therapist say...'you cant be too bad off your still standing up' needless to say she is no longer my therapist!!
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Ohhhhh man, I'm with the mom saying the "I wish I had your willpower" comment. How is THAT helpful?!
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Ah, Jann. I had a psychiatrist tell me that I wasn't all that bad because I was only 15 pounds underweight. Yeah, she was an absolute IDIOT, and I'm still searching for another psychiatrist. I refuse to go back to her.
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My Dad told me that "Ramtha the enlightened one" spoke to him and that I should leave treatment and move to Washington where I could find a place to go through my past and realize the body is just an illusion. It wasn't exactly "dumb" he's just not well.
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OMG, yeah, my mum also said 'it can't be that bad, you only need to gain 7lbs to be in your weight range......cheers mum! Oh and 'it would make me happy if you ate this' and 'i've had to put up with so much illness from people over the years', ok, so i'll just 'be better' sorry about that! 'You need to eat some pies' from a random janitor at a school, 'get over it and eat' from my stbxh and 'just force yourself to eat' from my best mate, who at least had the sense to retract it straight away.....ny ither best friend who admitted to nearly biting off her own tongue when before i had admitted to her my ED but she suspected it she accidently said 'don't lose any more weigh or you'll look anorexic'. Oh and a doctor who said 'try adn eat more calories' - oh, yeah, that's where i have been going wrong! Bless them though, i think they do MEAN well!
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OH MY GOSH GAB! Your dad sounds exactly like my mom. She kept saying weird stuff like that during family week and still sometimes says things like that. ARGH.
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I am new here and I have had a message a sent to me asking me not to post numbers regarding calories. I am really …
over something so small, maybe triggering http://dailystrength.org/people/130833/journal
Why aren't reported and triggering threads being removed? Argh!
