{"id":450,"date":"2017-08-23T12:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eatingforrealblog.wordpress.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2017-08-23T12:48:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T12:48:45","slug":"recovery-people-might-not-tell-you-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Recovery- people might not tell you this"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An eating disorder is painfully lonely.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b>The truth is that no matter how much anyone tells you the truth, you will not believe it until you are on the other side.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The eating disorder has two things working on its side<\/span> 1) the brain-based a genetic process.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s look at an individual with anorexia nervosa.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>When someone weighs less than her (or his) biologically appropriate weight, cognitive process declines. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>You can try to convince her that the earth is round, but if she believes it is flat, then damn it\u2026. The earth is flat in her world.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Eating disorders actually change the brain to a certain point and the only thing that repairs this damage is food<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>2).<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The maladaptive coping strategies work very effectively to circumvent whatever it is that the person is trying to not deal with.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Yes, this is true.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Eating disorders are a complex biopsychosocial illness.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>We have to heal the body and mind in order to heal the person.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>We cannot do this without food and then dealing with the emotions and learning to effectively cope in the world. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When you start recovery, it may feel wrong.<\/span><\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>In fact, it will feel wrong.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>This is something that you should talk about.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>The reason it feels wrong is because the illness has placed so much emphasis on your weight, whether or not you ate, ran, counted your calories, your will-power.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It has been exhausting.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Sitting still and just being may feel wrong but it is ok and it is good.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>I understand how sitting still and eating makes you want to cry- but that does not last.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>It may feel wrong but it is not wrong.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>You will get to a point where it feels right and you will enjoy it again.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>I promise.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>The only thing the disorder can promise is a stronghold, death, control.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>Breaking free promises life.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>While that may sound scary\u2014it does not have to be all at once.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

God does not give more than you can handle.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span>That is a promise! <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

2Chronicles 15:7<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 An eating disorder is painfully lonely.\u00a0 The truth is that no matter how much anyone tells you the truth, you will not believe it until you are on the other side.\u00a0 The eating disorder has two things working on its side 1) the brain-based a genetic process.\u00a0 Let\u2019s look at an individual with anorexia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[13,16,18,30,33],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ed-voice","category-identity","tag-coping","tag-encouragement","tag-faith","tag-motivation","tag-recovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}