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<blockquote data-quote="jacqfromdwed" data-source="post: 1569940" data-attributes="member: 311510"><p>Hi there, this is a forum for all eating disorders in T1D so obsolutely you should post here. I'm sorry you're struggling so much at the moment, for what it's worth I spent around 2 decades of my life with EDs, AN, BN and later Diabulimia and I did eventually manage to get out even when I thought there was no hope. For me at least I had to realise that I couldn't 'think' my way out of it, I kept on seeing it as a weakness, as something to be ashamed of. When I look back now I can see how mentally ill I was but I had convinced myself that one day I would just wake up and a lightbulb would go off and I'd be all better, I would have seen the light. In my experience it never works like that. I have been working with those who have T1EDs for nearly a decade now and it is always a process. Part of that process is accepting that this is an illness, just like type 1. You can't ask a schizophrenic to just stop hearing voices, and you can'task us to just eat like a normal person. That's our illness,. Like you I had 'proper help' that was no help at all, which is why I started DWED in the forst place, but things are much better out there now, can I ask what sort of help you accessed, if your diabetes team know what is going on, do you have anyone at the moment who you trust to talk to about this and have you read any books for type 1 eds or type 1 and psychology in general?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacqfromdwed, post: 1569940, member: 311510"] Hi there, this is a forum for all eating disorders in T1D so obsolutely you should post here. I'm sorry you're struggling so much at the moment, for what it's worth I spent around 2 decades of my life with EDs, AN, BN and later Diabulimia and I did eventually manage to get out even when I thought there was no hope. For me at least I had to realise that I couldn't 'think' my way out of it, I kept on seeing it as a weakness, as something to be ashamed of. When I look back now I can see how mentally ill I was but I had convinced myself that one day I would just wake up and a lightbulb would go off and I'd be all better, I would have seen the light. In my experience it never works like that. I have been working with those who have T1EDs for nearly a decade now and it is always a process. Part of that process is accepting that this is an illness, just like type 1. You can't ask a schizophrenic to just stop hearing voices, and you can'task us to just eat like a normal person. That's our illness,. Like you I had 'proper help' that was no help at all, which is why I started DWED in the forst place, but things are much better out there now, can I ask what sort of help you accessed, if your diabetes team know what is going on, do you have anyone at the moment who you trust to talk to about this and have you read any books for type 1 eds or type 1 and psychology in general? [/QUOTE]
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