Hoping for recovery
Hi all, really wanted to attend group this evening but unfortunately condition won.
I attended for the first time last saturday and was so glad i went even though it took absolutely everything in my power to attend.
Made a decision to fight ED after many years of having it and im struggling quite a bit. Hoping for recovery.
Welcome to iceberg, aa, and well done for having taken the big step to walking through the door to group on Saturday.
Don't allow the condition to beat you up for not having gone tonight. instead, look at what you can do about it...go to group the next time.
You will love it, condition certainly will hate it.
Remember, until now condition had the say in your life, however now you are beginning to take the steering wheel in your hands. Of course the condition starts to fight back even stronger.
This will pass in time, the more you are using all your energies towards recovery-led actions, the easier they will become.
It is a rewiring process, and it is challenging no doubt, but always think about all the things you will gain when you are recovered.
Gosh, this battle is so worth it.
And never ever give up hope.
Recovery is there for everyone, you can fully recover and gain full freedom from ED.
Keep up the good work, and once again, welcome to Iceberg.
Let's melt the condition.
Love,
xxx Robin xxx
Hi aa,
Welcome to Iceberg :)
Thank is brilliant that you found that you have the strength to go to group on Saturday, that proves that YOU have the power inside you somewhere to go towards Recovery. It's definitely in there as you can guarantee it was condition that took you to group on Saturday, its great that you enjoyed it as well, another positive.
Do not get disheartened that you didn't go on Tuesday, I used to often visualise the battle that goes on internally, like a little boxing match in our head sometimes : Positive Vs Negative. At the beginning Negative has more strength and therefore can win a few battles, but think of it this way, Positive can go away from that match and continue to work on growing its strength for the next time. Negative will continue to get weaker as your Positivity gets stronger. You may feel a little defeated after Tuesday but make the choice to focus on next week, next Saturday or next Tuesday and write out a lists of positives and benefits that YOU will gain from attending, not ED. Use this piece of paper to remind yourself you are doing this for YOU :)
I wish you all the strength,
Jacqueline x
Hi aa :)
Major kudos and credit to you for going to group on Saturday ! God I can't count the number Of times I made my way to Marino only to get to the door and chicken out !! But eventually I got myself going and I am so so thankful I did !! Group brought so much to my recovery and I still love going now, as a recovered person. This is what is so great about group, you see people in every stage and it gives you hope, which is often severly lacking in the early stages. You should give yourself major credit for even wanting to go !! That shows you're willing to fight !! Brilliant. Pat yourself and the back and know that each and every time you go it will get easier.
Hope to see you on Tuesday :)
Love always,
Fio xx
Hi quinnfo and jacqueline, thank you so much for the replies. Just to know someone is actualy reading my posts and taking time to reply is amazing. I feel very honoured by it. Definitely will be challenging condition more and pushing my comfort zone in order to try and regain my life. I hope to find out who i really am somethig i struggle with hugely, not as a mum of two or a wife or a daughter, or my title at work but truly who i am as i feel iv lost all sense of self over the years. ED has stripped me of everything but i have an amazing therapist and a fantastic GP and i feel group may well be the missing link in order to spur me on in recovery. Again huge thanks for replying.
Fair play aa. It takes a great deal of bravery to discover who we really are but it a process you'll be very glad you're undertaking ! Recovery is so worth it. Life can be such a pleasure and joy, it's not easy to see that with the ed glasses on. So keep fighting and you will get there :)
Love always,
Fio xx
Hi aa,congratulations on making it to group on Saturday,I can totally relate as i went to my first group last tuesday :)!! I am going to try and make it every second week to group as I live a bit away and am also coming up for my one on one,so don't think about tuesday but think about how great you are for taking that first giant leap!! See you at group soon ;) xx
I'm here, reading about two brave freedom-fighters who have chosen to get out of this damaging way of life, and I'm so comforted. How often do I give out about the eejit who didn't indicate when going around the roundabout? How often do I let myself get genuinely upset about people's lack of consideration for the environment; their lack of inclination to try and reduce waste etc.? How often do I lapse into hopelessness about my own strength?
Yet, in this discussion alone, I have been given two very good reasons to say, "The world is a great place - so full of strong people."
Thanks, new icebergers, for helping me see that if I choose to put more emphasis on the good that people are doing in their own lives, instead of feeling despondent about 'the state of the human race', I can see that the world is full of hope. Thanks to 'old icebergers'(!) as well:)
YOU AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE THE FUTURE.
I'm proud to be one of you as well - a survivor.
All the best on your journeys - stay the course.
Love, peace and hope to you,
Michelle xxx
Thanks so much to both Mazlev and michelle for the lovely replies. Well done Mazlev on attending group for the first time also. Its such an acheivement for you. Michelle just thanks for taking positivity from our posts, to think someone is finding hope from it is overwhelming. Iv already started the self talk on attending group on Tue and each time i find myself so anxious and emotional. I have 2 days to fight ED and hope to God i win. Thanks again to everyone.
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Hi Robin, thanx so much for the reply, all makes absolute sense of course. Really hope to take the 'steering wheel' in the near future and return again to group. Its the first time iv even heard other people talk about ED and it was so overwhelming and emotional but there was also a sense of relief. After xx years of this torture im slowly thinking its defo time to say goodbye to ED.