Ivy: The Illness Voice

[__goldberry__]

At The Bronte Foundation they use "dialogues" as part of therapy. We have dialogues with our eating disorders and learn to refute what it says to us. I find this extremely hard because when it says "you are fat" all I can think of to say is "yeah, you're right

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[justxjess]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Its so scary and you are brave for getting through it *hugs*

[superfink]

wow. i feel like i finally have come close to understanding what this is like for you. i think you're incredibly strong for doing this, and POSTING this.

[__goldberry__]

It's a difficult illness for other people to understand and even I sometimes find myself being shocked and frustrated when I see really, really emaciated people on TV specials or whatever, even though I think the same way they do.
Thankyou :-}

[fairpoppet]

i hate doing those dialogues, but it helps sooo much. I think its a breathough and a discovery. This is amazing and i'm glad you did a dialogue.

[__goldberry__]

Thankyou :-} And it's good to know they're not just hard for me.

[almost_home]

I've come across many moments in treatment that I thought could have been a breakthrough.. or a discovery. But its occured me - they will be neither unless you take what you need from them to make them so. Its not a breakthrough unless you push the wall down.

[insignifikunt]

Wow... Goosebumps!!! Thank you for sharing!