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Here you will find articles that address various emotional, physical, behavioral and spiritual symptoms that are often part of the eating disorder experience.
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Full Bulimia Episode Story in 5 parts: Caution could be Triggering Part 3
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Part 3 Dangerous Sexual Encounter - a variation on the previous option
This story is my attempt to bring understanding to this painful, desperate and all too common experience in the life of a bulimic woman. It could be triggering. I wrote this because articulating the extent of a bulimic episode in detail can help a woman know she can be understood and accepted. If she can feel known in her darkest hours she may experience a new sense of hope and reach for her recovery.
You’re in the car driving. You can’t think of anyone to call. You still are in the state where you want someone to be glad to be with you and match your energy. Where is this man?
Can You Offer Health and Hope to Woman Trapped in Pro Ana?
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Full Bulimia Episode Story in 5 parts: Caution could be Triggering Part 2
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This story is my attempt to bring understanding to this painful, desperate and all too common experience in the life of a bulimic woman. It could be triggering. But I wrote this because articulating the extent of a bulimic episode in detail can help a woman know she can be understood and accepted. If she can feel known in her darkest hours she may experience a new sense of hope and reach for her recover.
Sexual Encounters as Part of Bulimic Episode
Body Image, Self Love, Self Respect and Tenderness
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Developing a healthy respect for your body is part of eating disorder recovery. The words are rather directive and cold, don't you think? But the meaning is anything but. I got a big reminder of this yesterday when I looked at the close up of the x rays of my lungs using the most up to date technology with a pulmonary specialist.
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- Anorexic to Obese and back again....and again
- Stolen Dreams: Authentic Desire Eclipsed by Eating Disorders
- Portia's Unbearable Lightness and Ellen's Incredulity
- Recovery and Danger in Ending Relationships
- Healing Power of a Tender Embrace
- Self Care during Relationship Upheaval
- Wishful False Beliefs in Bulimia
- Getting Unstuck
- Solve the mystery of a binge day: the morning lure
