u/throwaway_20359

Moments of clarity where I can see my body objectively, DAE get these?

Most of the time I am focused on my “flabby bits” and consumed by the thoughts that I’m not thin enough yet. I don’t really believe I’m fat anymore but I still can only think about the bits of me that could be “perfected” by losing more weight.

Even with this mindset I’ll have sporadic moments of clarity when I can see my body and think I really am thin or that I’m going too far with this. It’s usually in low light or in pictures where I can’t see my face. I think it tricks my brain into viewing my body as if it’s someone else’s. These moments are very unsettling to me because it feels as though I am looking at two completely different versions of myself, I don’t know which one is correct and which one is my brain lying to me.

It’s terrifying either way I look at it. If I really am thinner than I believe then that means I will always be unsatisfied with how I look until I reach a point where others view me as a monster, if these “moments of clarity” are the ones lying then that means my brain isn’t perceiving my body as it is in the other direction. Either way I can’t win

Sorry if this was a bit of a ramble, I’m tired and freaked out rn

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u/throwaway_20359 — 8 hours ago

Taking a shit feels like a moral failure

Every time I have a bowel movement I feel extremely guilty. I think it stems from how constipated I am when I’m fasting, I guess when I’m not constipated it reminds me that I’ve eaten enough to actually cause a bowel movement. Sometimes laxatives don’t even work on me when I haven’t eaten for a while and I take that as some kind of sign that I’m doing “enough”.

I wish I didn’t think like this. Every part of my life has been consumed by my ED. It’s all I think about

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u/throwaway_20359 — 13 hours ago