How do I try to explain disordered eating to my partner? (tw mild details of my current habits)
Disclaimer i dont have a eating disorder, i have disordered eating (not meeting the criteria for a eating disorder fully and not severe enough) ,
^^ also another disclaimer also because my habits are new ive onyl started doing research recently, and im doubting because i dont know that much about eds medically wise
Also me and my partner has had a very healthy relationship , ive never seen this type of behaviour from her until now (she/he pronouns) (meaning she has always been kind to me and supporting and loving and weve never had a boundary issues until now)
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Anyhoo my mom was questioning why ive “gained so much weight” and keeps staring at my body and commenting on what im eating
So shes restiricting what im eating and tells me i need to work for the entire senior yr to lose weight
so i havent been eating lately ive only eaten a couple of bites of fruit and still not gonna eat anything today
I want to go for walks everyday to restrict as much as possible
its getting so bad that my mom doesnt rlly care as much when i stop eating
I lost several pounds and because i started eating again it went bwck up and my jeans fit differently
my dad is in on it too and only wants me to order speicfic items for dinner
when I opened up to my partner about it
he just decided to give me “notes about how to lose weight” and then when I said it felt insensitive and my other system members told me that giving me weightloss tips can make eds worde
my protector tried to explain and make him understand
we told him at least 5 times we didnt want the notes, and tried to explain that eating disorders are a form of self harm and my protector said that giving me these tips can feed into it
he just said “i dont understand how what im doing is so evil”
we kept telling him that were not angry at him and that we have trauma from being alone with our mental illness and feeling like were crazy for our feelings or feeling “delusional”
we said that we have a hard time opening up to him because when i tell him he just says “just excercise” and its triggering for us because we have depression and excetuive functioning issues and its difficult for us to do so and we already feel useless and eefective for having a hard time doing it
so im not allowed to eat carbs anymore (from my parents)
im taking laxatives now
it seems like everytime i want to recover im proven right about how I shouldnt
When I tried telling my partner about it how i felt like everyone was lying to me about how they really feel about me , he always reassured me about him not minding my body type.
I asked if hes just saying that to spare my feelings and because he feels pity and he said that he was saying partially just to make me feel better
she keeps saying i dont make any sense
so I hung up on her shes mad now…