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I have suffered with diabulimia for a number of years and with COVID being a further risk to my health, I have tried to find some strength to try and combat recovery with some support from a psychologist. I don't want to die, I just want to be thin which is why I started delaying my insulin intake all those years ago until just a few weeks ago. Don't get me wrong, it really hasn't been easy so far and I have gained 1stone 10lbs in that short space of time, however, the psychologist said to me today that it will be water retention due to my body being dehydrated for such a long time and assured me to keep going as I am as the added weight is just water not fat and it will get better. I have often sat in the evenings and thought about how alcoholics have support groups and wondered if there was much interest on here for people who are currently suffering from diabulimia, recovering from diabulimia or someone you know or care about who may be suffering/recovering. With the COVID situation ongoing in our lives at the moment, my understanding from reading news articles is that people are struggling alot more mentally than they were before and I include myself in that. When this virus took off, my self care was depleting very quickly, I was already anxious and my eating disorder just got worse and worse and worse. It makes me sad to think of anyone suffering and I have found it helpful to finally open up to my family about what I have been hiding for the last few years but I do still feel that they don't really 'get me' understand my diabetes or understand the mental issues that plague me every single day. I presume there are others reading this who might feel in a similar way or be in my situation too and I often feel it would be of comfort to talk to people in a group that understand exactly what you are going through or for families of those people who might want to understand their struggling family member. What do people think with regards to setting up a teams meeting or a zoom meeting and try to support each other on this arduous journey?
All that would be needed is a device that you can use to speak, mobile phone, iPad, computer...whatever it may be and if you are like me where you don't like being seen then just switch the camera off and you can still chat, if you enjoy chatting on camera then you can put it on, whatever suits each person really. Can anyone give me some feedback on their thoughts?
P.S...Sorry if I rambled a bit, I didn't really know how to touch the subject and felt nervous!
All that would be needed is a device that you can use to speak, mobile phone, iPad, computer...whatever it may be and if you are like me where you don't like being seen then just switch the camera off and you can still chat, if you enjoy chatting on camera then you can put it on, whatever suits each person really. Can anyone give me some feedback on their thoughts?
P.S...Sorry if I rambled a bit, I didn't really know how to touch the subject and felt nervous!