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i need some help.

i don’t want to search for proffessional help just yet because it scares me to death. but i’ve been bulimic for a year and I CAN NOT STOP.
healthy eating habits, everything; it all disappears in a couple weeks. even right now as i’m typing this i’m chewing on my 2300′th or so calorie of things i intend to get rid of in a moment or so.
any tips. anything that i haven’t heard a milion times before.? just cause, i’ve heard it all a million times before and it never mattered.

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Anonymous #
4 months, 3 weeks ago (4 minutes after post)

Do you still do it when you hang out with friends? If not try hanging out with friends more and maybe it will break the habit.

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clashcity19 offline Verified User (4 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 34 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 3 weeks ago (15 minutes after post)

I think professional help is your best option. I have worked in the mental health industry and bulimia and other eating disorders require a great deal of support and counseling to conquer. I know it scares you and I don’t blame you for being scared, but in the end you will be glad you got help. Eating disorders tend to spiral out of control quickly and there are so many other issues (aside from just the food and the behaviors associated with food) that need to be dealt with to ensure recovery. I hope you will consider talking to someone. At the very least, call a hotline and talk to someone. It might help you decide what you want to do and give you an idea of what to expect. Best of luck to you. :)

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An Undisclosed Location | 4 months, 3 weeks ago (20 minutes after post)

www.mentalhealthireland.ie is a great website that may be of benefit to you if not http://www.mamashealth.com/bulimia.asp

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4 months, 3 weeks ago (20 minutes after post)

its just it seemed like it was getting better for a while; and now it just seems like i’ll never be rid of it; even if i’m out of being what i call a “raging bulimic” (every day +), i still feel like, if there’s one day i overeat in the future, instead of forgiving myself and eating less the next day, i’ll make myself sick and that will lead to it all starting over again. that’s what’s been happening. you know?
i have lots of cards with hotline numbers on them and consider calling them but always chicken out in the end; i’m not really sure why

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clashcity19 offline Verified User (4 months, 3 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 34 #
An Unknown Location | 4 months, 3 weeks ago (23 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
its just it seemed like it was getting better for a while; and now it just seems like i’ll never be rid of it; even if i’m out of being what i call a “raging bulimic” (every day +), i still feel like, if there’s one day i overeat in the future, instead of forgiving myself and eating less the next day, i’ll make myself sick and that will lead to it all starting over again. that’s what’s been happening. you know?i have lots of cards with hotline numbers on them and consider calling them but always chicken out in the end; i’m not really sure why

Call them. I am sure you will find that all of the things you have been going through trying to stop (and the guilt/shame you feel) are very normal for a person in your situation. Sometimes all you need is someone to tell you that you are normal given your circumstances. It can be very powerful. Like I said before, eating disorders in general tend to spiral out of control before you even know it and without help from outside sources, it will only get much worse. You have deal with all of it… not just the behaviors themselves, but the emotions that are at the root of it all.

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 3 weeks ago (48 minutes after post)

I f your strong enuogh to do as your doing , you are strong enough to get help . Your affraid of what others will think or you afraid to bring it in to the light. Rats and bugs flee when exposed to light. This can too.

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4 months, 2 weeks ago (1 day, 4 hours after post)

what is that a picture of; that’s sick

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