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How You Deal With the Issue is the Issue |
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Feature Articles -
Health & Wellness
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Written by Mary Pat Nally
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
Eating Disorders are a way to "deal" with life instead of "living" life.
Life is not always going to be pretty, and we may not always enjoy the process,
yet we are the only one living our life. I used to hate it when
someone would tell me that anything I did was a choice. I didn't feel like I
had a choice, especially over my eating disorder. And yet, here I am after
healing a 24-year eating disorder saying the exact same thing.
Healing is
choice. Suffering is a choice. Letting go is a choice. Living a life filled
with joy, compassion, hope and love is a choice. Living a life where you are
able to love who you are, just as you are, in the moment, in your body and know
that your family and friends love you just because you are you is a choice.
When I was
in the middle of the healing process I didn't understand why anyone would want
to go through it. I kept thinking, "If this is recovery and healing then I will
pass." I kept going because I knew that healing myself was the best way to get
my life back.
Do you feel as though you are in the
grips of some invisible thing that tells you that you are not enough? That you
need to be perfect? Do you want to give up your eating disorder for a better
life and not sure how? Here are some tips from my experience:
- How you deal with the issue is the
issue
- You have all the inner resources you
need inside yourself
- Your life is about you, not about
what anyone thinks of you
- Love is the ultimate gift you can
give yourself
- It is not about the food...food is
fuel for your body
- Feeling is energy...let the energy
flow...Cry, Laugh, Dance
- Find someone you trust for support
- Do something creative - PLAY
- Dream BIG - Take steps to make your
dreams come true
- Hold on to what you know to be true - YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT!
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