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Mental illness, addictions and food that have formed a Troika in how I view myself.

I love that you get to the heart of eating disorders, the common path of pain that we trudge.

Dano.

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Putting over- and under- eating together as being about the same issues was a “doh!” moment for me.

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the interesting thing about removing food issues is that we can actually be confronted with “what the mind latches on” (a very buddhist concept, come to think of it)

@joshua like you, i see asking good questions as a tremendously powerful tool.

@CC thanks a lot for your courage in talking to an issue that leaves you feeling vulnerable, and for adding to my observations of what happens after the “you’re so skinny” remark.

thanks also for adding to the discussion around the importance (or not) of thoughts. i believe that recovery and healing are different for everyone, and we each have modalities that are central to our experience. you talk about integration. i’d say that when integration is central to healing, thinking probably plays a part, but there is not so much emphasis on it. would you agree?

I have a different take than Josh; however, I liked his statement and immediately my head went, “no, you can never lose too much.” I know that once I start losing, I set a goal meet it, then set it lower, then meet it, then set it lower…there is no end until I end up in the hospital or am dead. I’ve never reached either of those, but came close to hospitalization. For me, it is all about control and anger. My thought process is not the way that my recovery follows. Mine is to integrate my trauma into who I am as a whole person. If simple cognitive-behavioral or REBT was the answer, I’d be free of a lot of addictive behavior. But, I still have lots to deal with and REBT I can do in my sleep. However, I do see the benefit and have used it myself, but it has limitations.

I rarely actually talk or write about my eating. I’m feeling a bit vulnerable and exposed.

You are exactly right that eating disorders are not really about eating at all. They are self destructive behavior patterns that manifest themselves in the absence of healthy coping mechanisms. That’s exactly why I wrote my new book “The Weight Loss Hypnosis Solution” actually, to show people how they can change their emotional relationship to food simply by changing the way they think.

Thought precedes action, so whether you’re overweight or underweight changing the thought patterns that inform your behavioral choices can have a profound effect.

The first step in this process is asking better questions which is what your suggestion of dialoguing can help to bring about.

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