Watch This When You Want To Restrict | Eating Disorder Recovery
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- This is all over the place and out of focus but THAT'S OK it doesn't need to be perfect. I hope this gave you guys motivation to fight and found it helpful!! ♡ Leave any video requests in the comments.
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♡ EMAIL: lydias.fight@yahoo.com
♡ INSTAGRAM: @Lydias.Fight ( / lydias.fight )
-feel free to email me or DM me on instagram if you have any questions, need advice, have video requests, or need someone to talk to.
Resources
→ Online Counselling and Support: www.7cups.com/
→ Recovery Warriors: www.recoverywa...
→ Let's Recover Tumblr (aboslutely love this blog): letsrecover.tum... and recommend reading this post → letsrecover.tum...
→ 101 self care ideas: anniewrightpsyc...
→ Mental health apps for your phone: fyoured.com/pos...
→ Online recovery support chat: chat.lookinggla...
→ GREAT recovery blog for when you're feeling down: fyoured.com/
→ How to Stop Bingeing (I have done this workbook and love it): brainoverbinge....
(let me know if you have any helpful websites or resources to add to this list. These are some of the ones I personally use.)
→ Adult ED website: www.youreatopia...
(this has a lot of the science behind EDs on it, if you're interested in that)
DISCLAIMER: I am not a psychologist and have no professional training. The advice and tips I give I have learned from personal experience and the experiences of those around me. Not everything will work, apply to, or be right for every one struggling, so make sure to critically think about whether what I suggest will further your recovery and be beneficial to your overall wellbeing.
If you are having suicidal thoughts or in an emergency or crisis, make sure you reach out IMMEDIATELY to your local support team and call 911, go to the nearest emergency room or follow the emergency instructions provided by your doctor, mental health professional or care team.
"Food will never hurt you as much as your eating disorder will" is my new mantra. Thanks for this.
so true! the pain is never worth it.
No food is as dangerous as an eating disorder
It's been 2 months without eating a full decent meal, I watched this and I was in tears, sobbing so hard, I got up and went to the kitchen and ate a full meal. Thank you Lydia.
Lauren Teller thats amazing girl, things will get better:) good luck hope your well!
Lauren Teller I feel you I’m to scared to reach out for help
Keep trying! Keep taking care of yourself! I’m so proud of you
shellyloonatic awh congrats ❤️❤️❤️ Ik it’s so hard, understand you. Here if you want to talk
shellyloonatic youbcant just stop the disease and just move on it’s with you until treatment I haven’t had treatment and I tried the same thing but my head told me to throw it back up
My girlfriend send me this video. I understood to a certain point of her eating disorders in the past but shitttt.
Being a guy, who hasn't struggled with an eating disorder, I am soo sorry. No one deserves to feel this way. This is torture. I hate how society convinces you to think this way. It convinces for people to strive for the impossible. Things that cannot change. Like bone structure and in general, how you look.
You are beautiful. Everyone is beautiful.
It hurts to see this. When I have a daughter, I cant help but think that this will be a problem. Because it always is. And im sorry.
It's not right for guys(mostly) or anyone to tell you that you dont look good the way you are. Being unhealthy and wanting to be healthy is different from not being skinning and wanting to be skinny.
One can make you happy and the other can make some people happy.
I hate even typing the word skinny.
Again.
You are beautiful. Everyone is beautiful.
More people need to see this video......
P.s. Everyone can struggle with an eating disorder.
themadcam111 ayee
You sound like you treat your girl right. I hope y’all are still together. Best of luck man, and thank you for the support
Reasons why you’re a stand-up guy
1-You’re literate and don’t have the grammar/spelling of a 9 year old.
2-Your thoughts were organized and made sense
3-It’s more often for males to be insensitive about things such as eating disorders because of society’s standards putting them all on women and showing that guys should own and objectify women. You’re not like this, which is refreshing as most guys from UA-cam comments appear to be.
4-You are clearly a caring person as well as considerate.
I’m literally near tears. If you believe in God, God bless you. If you don’t (which is fine, I don’t personally but I respect religious beliefs), congratulations on being an amazing human being. Please personally tell your parents that they raised you right! I would love it if you let them know!
i know this is old buddy, but i just wanna say regardless of if this relationship is still current or in the past, it just shows you’re a good man for actually watching the video, let alone leaving a comment to a stranger providing sympathy and support all because your significant other can relate. it may sound like no big deal to you that you simply watched a video she sent and understood why she sent it but.. a sad percentage of guys (i’m not saying majority at all so don’t come for me men…i’m also not saying ALL girls or any other gender would care 100% of the time either so don’t get me wrong) wouldn’t give it the time of day / would be know-it-alls like they don’t wanna watch a stranger talk about it cuz he doesn’t care about a stranger esp when their gf already talks about it / is caring to the gf but says they’ll just watch it later and then never does /etc. it just shows you have real empathy not just for your partner but for those similar, enough to not only want to understand but offer support to people you’re not already “obligated” to. (i don’t mean good people only offer support to their s/o cuz they feel obligated lol that’s why i put quotes.) if yall arent together anymore don’t let this get you down i meant it for whether this relationship is still current or is in the past or even if you’re single or with someone else. it just says a lot about you as a person yourself, not simply just a boyfriend, which is why i wanted to mention it and let you know cause you deserve the support right back even if your mental health is totally fine! i know i’m rambling now but just thanks on behalf of the eating disorder community, particularly those of us who’ve dealt with people we cared about not taking us seriously enough in the past (or present) to let us help shine a light on what we’re going through so they can understand better at the very least, or who did listen to us vent but didn’t take the time to understand from the perspectives and examples we tried to show them outside of just ourselves (which really can tend to be yet another degree of not taking it seriously enough sometimes). thanks for being a substantial human being, best wishes to you x
Fiery Edits lol i just wrote a comment that might as well be the longer (aka just more rambly, more all over the place lol) version of this comment only to scroll down and see yours directly after and oddly enough it was only 3 weeks ago even tho this guy’s comment is a year old! high five
/totally agree with everything you said 100%/
"Food will never hurt you as much as your eating disorder will." Thank you thank you thank you.
I watched this, then got up to go eat lunch. Thank you.
McKenzie Kellem ❤❤❤❤❤
McKenzie Kellem same,and keep it up!
PROUD OF YOU ML !!!!!!❤^^
even though this video is 7 years old, i love you so much. thank you.
I overate today and couldn't stop thinking about relapse because I'm scared I'll gain like 39572818lbs from a few extra calories. Thank you thank you thank you xxxxxxx
I watch this everyday and it's helping me so much
For the first time I ate my dinner without throwing anything.🤧Thanks girl
Norsang Tamang how are you doing now??
For the past 3 days I've been compensating coffee for food, with only about a bigger bowl of fruit for lunch. I had a bowl of oatmeal today and felt completely destroyed, which seems so irrational actually typing it. Watching this video really lifted my spirits and I really appreciate that because my ED had been incredibly loud recently, so thank you so much for your inspirational words
Eating is normal ml ❤ don’t listen to that voice, I know it’s hard but you CAN get better and I’m here for you the entire time ^^
I’ve been recovering from Anorexia for a couple months now and it’s been really difficult. Sometimes I find myself going back to my old habits. Today was one of those days. One of my worst fears is going back into that miserable and depressing time. Watching this video really helped. Food is truly the medicine. I just think of that anytime I’m eating. 💕
"It's okay to be scared. Being scared means you're going to do something really brave."
This. This made me cry. It sent chills through me & gave me so much encouragement. Thank you... so much. 💙
Honestly, please just keep spreading recovery. I have no words to say how thankful I am. I was just drowing and now I'm literally close to okay. Thank you. Hoping you have good vibes where you are, lots of love :)
This made me eat dinner. Thank you so much.
I'm trans. I've struggled with bad eating habits my whole life. I overeat or don't eat much of anything. I think about throwing up when I haven't even eaten much. My mind tells me that when I loose weight my hips will be less defined. My chest will be smaller. I know it's not true. I've always been overweight and I just wanna not worry so much. I'm always worrying about eating too much or too little. I feel bad. I feel guilty in a way. I think it's time to talk about this. I've let myself go because I "wasn't that bad" before. I got worse. I'm gonna stop waiting for things to get worse. I'm gonna heal.
I hope you feel better and know how much you are supported by people, even if you can’t see your supporters behind the screen. 🏳️⚧️ Wave your flag proudly, and just know you are amazing just the way you identify. ❤️
Today is thanksgiving. I needed this so much. I'm sending it to a friend who's struggling, but also to my other friend so when I need it she can always send me it. Thank you for helping me. You're an inspiration.
Thank you❤ I'm in recovery and I eat 6 times a day- breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack. And even sometimes I eat more snacks... it is sometimes hard to not purge it all out but I still try my best😧💛
Hey! I hope you are happy and healthy now....
i’m in recovery.. about to go to sleep but i start crying because i’m hungry and i know i can just get up and eat but i just can’t .. i find this video and your words gave me the strength to get up from my bed and make myself something to eat. thank you
I'm crying. I'm impatient, I just want back home, go in vacation with my family and being free, but gain weight and ngt are just soooo hard, i'm so uncorfortable in my body, i'm just the fattest girl in this hospital. I fight in every moments against those anorexia's toughts, because I know: it's not the real me. Anorexia destroy my body: she had destroyed my liver. Recover my body, especialy my liver, take so much time.
Thank you so much for all your vidéos, they are so helpful ( and sorry for my bad english, i'm french )
so many reasons to fight
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS STAY STRONG GIRL
of course!! you too girl xx
I had a “binge” ish and I wanted to take lax but I’m trying to slowly recover and Ik I will still follow old habits, but for me to fight at least one urge is progress. Just thank you and we all can fight this at any pace
you have no idea how much i needed this. i watch this vid once a week just to keep me on the path. I have no way to express how much I appreciate everything you said. and how much you inspire
i started crying while watching this. thank you
I’ve saved this to a playlist I have called Recovery Videos that made a difference. This is a list of videos I watch over when I’m struggling. Thank you so much for making this.
This brought me to tears, thank you so so much Lydia!!
sending so much love!
Thank you! I was struggling to keep my meal inside me but now I feel better! :)
I finished my lunch. Thank you for being my support.
hanna xo proud of u!
My bmi is now 15 and I reeeeeallly needed this video right now! Thanks you so much for your positive words and spirit♡♡♡
i didn’t feel like eating a dinner but after watching this imma just gonna eat gurl thank you and love you ❤️
and yeah its 2019
thank you so much for this. I'm crying now. going through a shitty time and this is just picking me up so much. honestly, this is just the best. it's perfect
That's a wonderful video, thank you so much. I'm reading the comments and it seems you're reaching so many people and helping them. That's amazing. Great job :)
Thank you. So much. I watched this while I was telling myself that I don’t deserve to eat a snack because I haven’t worked out and I’ve already eaten lunch. I’m going to eat a snack now. This video made me cry because of how powerful your words are. Thank you for making this
Literally 2 years later since you’ve uploaded this and wow.. I’m so glad I found this video I’m starting recovery tomorrow and this video was very impactful for me and a reminder why I’m doing it I’m really stressed out about it but seeing this really helps thank you so much for uploading this video it genuinely motivated me !
I’m here 7 years later lol
But seriously, how are you now ml? ❤ ^^ I’m here for you
trying to recover atm... its so hard..
I am at the very beings of recovery and haven't been able to go one day with out giving into the ED so far, and this was fucking beautiful.
Thank you for making these videos. You have no idea how much of help you are to me. Love ya girly
love you too, that makes me so happy to hear
I really needed this. It seems absolutely impossible to eat sometimes. But, videos like this help, even if only a little bit. I can't even imagine not counting every single calorie that goes into my body & not exercising everyday (& FREAKING OUT if I can't for some reason). But, maybe some6day I could be there. Thank you.
This is literally bringing me tears! And it’s hard to realize things but I’m allowing my self a snack during breakfast for tomorrow as well (:!
I've been struggling for a few years (3 years now) and I've been trying to recover but keep falling back, and for the last 4 days I've been restricting myself to a fruit and some carrots. This video really motivated me tonight to eat dinner. I just have to say thank you for making this video.
You’re the angel on my right shoulder. I was gonna restrict today to lose more weight but instead I’m eating. I feel a lil guilty but I’ll keep your voice in my mind!
i came on here with the intentions of a relapse. thank you for giving me the strength to carry on
oh my gosh youre such a great person
Thankyou ! This is my turn to video for when I am struggling !
I needed this so much I’ve felt so disgusted by just everything about my body for the past 2-3 months and just overall wishing that I could just eat normally again and not look in the mirror and want to just not have to so me in a mirror and not be so restricted I’ve been trying to turn around this past week and I really really needed this I had a breakdown and a snap last night and having this pop up on UA-cam I needed this so so much thank you ❤
This is one of the most inspirational videos I’ve ever seen. It’s helped me so much
In a unique situation where its beneficial not to eat because I don't feel like it and im also broke af so can't afford to buy more. Catch 22.
Thank you so much for this video. I am actually obese and need to lose weight, but my brain is so messed up that it wants me to starve to accomplish it. I needed to hear this so much today.
There are two days that I feel so tempted to come back to tumblr and follow that black whole of thinspo again. Two days that I feel tempted to just don't eat and watch programs about dieting. This video really helped me to get my mind clean, thank you.
big big thank you for making this video. i’m trying incredibly hard to resist the urge to relapse right now and while it’s difficult, i feel much less alone after watching this. you should know that your words are still making a positive impact 7 years later
I was so hungry I couldn’t stop shaking. I’d been relapsing for a month. I sat down and ate whatever I wanted. I ate granola and pasta and an ensure I ate until the shaking stopped despite how much I was afraid. Thank you.
I needed to hear this today -- thank you! *hugs*
i’m so sorry that the 48,808 people that have watched this are struggling with this :( i hope you’re all feeling ok and look after yourselves
Thank you very much OMG!!! I was feeling horrible today because I am gaining weight and I cant stop it so I didnt know what to do and now that I saw your video I feel way better seriously thank you very much and let me tell you that you are so right😭 I suscribe❤️
When I’m struggling to eat I come to this video and without a fail it helps me, and my eating disorder isn’t centered around my body image, I just want to send you the hugest hug because you’ve helped me so much ♥️♥️
I saw that someone had grabbed a mantra, and the one that’s been helping me is “food is my medicine”
I always come back to this video. Thank you so much. You have no idea how much you've helped me. Thanks again.
this is everything nobody told me that I needed to hear. you have no idea how much this means to me. you truly are a blessing. I follow you on instagram (my account is flourishly.recover) and your regular UA-cam page, and I am so thankful I know there is someone out there like you fighting the same battle and feeling the same things. thank you so much ❤❤
I'm so happy to hear that
4 years later but better late than never ... :) i was looking for some encouragement for my restrictions and found your video. i guess i will listen to this everytime i struggle again with food. that helped me so much right now! really needed to hear this. thank you so so much - such an important message!! love from switzerland 🤍
I don't really have anywhere to put this..so i'm putting it here.. I've been online for awhile now trying to find reasons to recover, because my family doesn't want me to die. Well, my mum, as far as I know. No one else in my family really talks to me but i'm hoping they care. The thing is i fell into this when i accidentally didn't eat for two weeks. (i was too tired and sad and i spent a lot of my time sleeping and the days went by strangely and then i realised oh..i haven't eaten in two weeks..I went to eat but then i kept remembering how it felt not to and it spiralled from there. My life wasn't the best before the eating disorder..I already have so many other issues on top mostly due to trauma memories and nightmares and my mind being horrible to me because other people were horrible to me. I see so many videos saying "i eat because i want be able to go out with friends again and smile again" but i could never do that..i never had any friends, when i did they ended up being fake ones..it's just that people keep telling me to get better so i can "go back" to what i "miss" but I didn't have anything before this. I don't have anything anyone or anywhere to go back to. If i eat tonight, technically i'll be fine because i ate this morning, and my night won't be any better. If I recover my life won't be any better, I just won't have an eating disorder anymore. I won't have anything to distract me anymore. I won't have a way to escape anymore. Sure I won't die but I don't really want to live..life has always been really empty..i was never the "happy toddler with an amazing life who then got ruined by the world" I was the sad toddler in an unsafe home that turned into a sad girl begging for help that no one listened to then a sad teenager that people are annoyed by because she's never happy. I don't even know if any of this makes any sense because my head is such a mess all the time, but I just don't know what to do anymore..
Almost made me cry.
i found this so pleasantly uplifting. i feel like i can take steps to recovery now
I have gotten so used to not eating, that it hurts to eat. It’s just too much for my body. It’s so hard, I want to recover, but I can’t..
Thank you so much for this video!! ❤️ I think this is the best video I’ve found related to eating disorder that actually helped and made me feel a little bit stronger and motivated to keep pushing through and not give up on my recovery. Than you! ❤️
love you lydia ♡ thank you so much for this
Now I’m crying❤️
I’ve been traumatized early and recently and I don’t want to eat but I don’t like the pain of starving. It feels like you’re not supposed to admit that you need a friend these days. Being alone can be horrifying even if you like your own company. Being human is challenging. I love the comfort of another truly good human. I wish the right eyes would see this
Thank you for uploading this and being willing to be vulnerable so others can heal using your words. I have watched so many videos with Doctors, but none of them talked about the grind of the daily mental battle and all the lies you hear. Someone I love is battling this right now and I think it would help her to hear your words.
That's EXACTLY what I needed...it's been months since I started restricting and now I'm trying to get out of this cycle... and you just seemed to speak directly to my heart💜
thank you so much
Finally a video that helps me! Sometimes I eat a lot and somethings very little. Thank you!
You rock girl!!! You‘re amazing, I totally needed to hear that today😊 thanks!
i started to cry when she started to say all those sweet things. that’s not what my brain tells me and it’s really hard not to listen to it.
You've saved me tonight
this video has helped me more times than I can count, including today when I was on the verge of a relapse. I actually have the link saved on my desktop. thank you.
Thank you SO much❤️ Definitely going to watch this whenever I have a bad day💞
i know this was made a few years ago, but at the moment i’m struggling a lot and i’m sitting here staring at my food trying to eat and this video helped me so much. thank you
thank you so much. i watched this while forcing myself to eat and it helped me finish my meal.
I began recovery for my eating disorder. It’s just hard and I felt like going back to it but now me watching this video was just impactful for me because I do want to be happy again and I want to be me again. This video gave me so much strength.
Thank you so much! your words helped me massivly to strengthen my mental barrier against my eating disorder.
Thank you❤️
Love your video!
You are such an inspiration and amazing girl. The fact that you want to help others is amazing because ik it can be triggering to talk about it. I just wanna say Thank you so much you helped me feel motivated and basically gave me a reality check of why I have been fighting for so long. I hope you the best of luck❤❤
Listened to this while I had a challenging night snack full of emotions. Thank you ❤
Thank you very much for this video. I'm struggling with a relapse at the moment and it helped me to open my eyes one more time.
Thank you🤧💗
I'm in hospitalized recovery... thanks so much!
I watch this for .. i don't even know how many times. But I just need this right now. Thank you so much you are amazing. This video is so helpful
This is exactly what I need to hear right now and every day. I am waiting to go back into treatment and have been in survival mode but that isnt lasting so thank you for fueling my fight with this.
I have spiralled into shit after not only are there a lot of things happening to me in general but I was told I was 'morbidly obese' by my doctor (using BMI and nothing else), I have been eating very little for a week now, I just felt disgusting.
Thank you, this made me feel so much better :)
What an inspiring video- thank you so much! 💙💙💙
Like so many have said before me, Thank you. I seriously NEEDED this today.
Man, you do not know how many times I play this so I can eat.
Ur words made me feel so strong, stronger then I have felt in months. Thank you
I've been shaming myself for years starting at age 6 and you just helped me so much I was in tears thank you so much
thank you so much for this lydia. this got me through my dinner. honestly my dinner should be bigger, but at least i’m eating. baby steps
just thank you, tears come to my eyes when I listen to this video ❤️ it is so hard
I came here sobbing and now I’m calm thank you it’s still hard but a feel better thank you sooo much 💞💞
Thank you so much for this. I needed this.
thank you this really helped eventhough I consider myself recovered, I still have some thoughts occasionally. Also, you're voice is so calming
I love what you said about fear meaning we're about to do something brave. I need this video implanted in my brain!!
me too
Thank you soo much!