my honest eating disorder recovery advice
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thanks for watching! i hope this was a helpful video. recovery is never easy or a straightforward ride but knowing what life is like when you let go of anorexia, i would never ever go back. if you're reading this, this is your sign. you can do it xxx
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⤷ how old are you?
21 years old :)
⤷ where are you from?
southampton, hampshire, uk 📍
⤷ what do you film with?
canon g7x mark ii, canon M50 mark ii, and iPhone 13 pro
⤷ what is Ro short for? / how do you say it?
my name is Roisin (Róisín) and it's pronounced Ro-Sheen, but i shorten it to Ro
I’m going through anorexia recovery and, despise all the support from my family, you are literally my life saver, every doubt I have you answer it and give me so much support through your videos. I will never thank you enough❤
i’m so glad i can be here for you 🥲❤️🩹 keep going x
sports and exercise is such a complex topic tbh. i‘ve had a really heated discussion with a nurse at inpatient about it bc she was mad that i was still playing badminton for most of the time while in recovery. she was even more mad about the fact that my therapist is okay with it as well. for me badminton has never and will never be a means to burn off anything. it‘s my safe place where i feel the most comfortable and connected to myself and for the 2 hours of training my mind isn‘t revolving around food or trauma or other problems of mine. at this point i‘m used to people shaming me for it but what they don‘t see is that i never had any problems regarding exercise while sick. i think in the end it‘s also very important to discuss stuff like this with your doctors and therapists.
I feel the same way about pádel tennis. When I play, all the voices in my head stop chattering. It’s such a relief. It’s one of the few times in my day I’m not thinking about my body or food or calories. All I’m thinking about is that next game point.
I'm the same. I'm a circus performer and teacher, other forms of exercise have been obsessive for me but circus training with fellow performers is all about making art and acts, lesson plans etc. for a job that I love, which distracts completely from stressing about my weight and planning my food, calories etc. Hula hoop tricks, aerial skills etc. require you to be completely focused on that, if you break focus you could get injured. That form of exercise helps and reminds me on not just Rose the anorexic, I'm Rose the circus artist which is so positive
I felt the same exact way about color guard in recovery. I was very upset at my therapist for forcing me to stop doing color guard when I was in forced recovery. I wasn’t in ip, php, iop, anything intense like that like I was allowed to go to school and stuff. Color guard has literally never been about burning calories for me yeah there’s physical activity but going to practice and performing has always been a break from my ED. A time when I could focus on the sport and spend time with my friends. When my life was really horrible in recovery, going to color guard was a sweet relief from the stress. Then my mum told my therapist I did color guard still and she forced me to stop by having my doctor send a note saying the school couldn’t legally allow me to spin a flag. My color guard coaches did their best to include me. I wore the uniform at every game and helped in every way I could, cheering my band mates on and watching every performance. But it was AWFUL. I was too embarrassed to explain why I wasn’t allowed to perform. I’m so glad they allowed you to do badminton cus like color guard helped me I’m sure badminton helped you. I hope you’re doing well now. You deserve recovery.
i just feel like you’re the only one who fully understands me and how awful anorexia is
It is, but that's why recovery is so worth it!
I’ve just relapsed…
@@Godsseed2 I'm so sorry, I know how much it sucks, but please don't give up! It helped me a lot to watch videos like this, which is why I started creating my own now after being recovered. Try to do whatever helps you - all the best for you!
@@MalininAmerica I’m doing better than I was I felt gross and so I relapsed :/. I see a therapist and I appreciate you.
@@Godsseed2 I get it, I've been there. I know the feeling of feeling gross and wanting to go back. All I can say is, that it gets better, but enduring the situation is the hardest thing ever. But it's also worth it! Wishing you the best for your way!
The best thing that happened when I overshot my weight target was:
My ED had convinced me my entire life that “if you gain weight, lots of bad things will happen”. I truly believed I would lose all my friends and everything else that mattered to me.
So by gaining weight, I basically fact-checked this fear.
None of that bad stuff happened.
So now if my ED is like “But if you gain weight, bad things will happen!”, I’m just like: “LIES!!”
this is a wonderful reminder, thank you
You dont understand how much i needed to read this ❤
100%! Same thing for me, but nothing happened!
I felt the same way, in my early teenage years I made a pact to myself that if I ever gained weight past a number I had specified, that I would off myself. Simple. It became so ingrained in me that I genuinely feared for my life if I gained weight because I knew if I saw myself at that point I couldn't bear to live. Now I'm in my early twenties, I've been working towards recovering for years and undoing a lot of those mental gymnastics was hard work. Even something as simple as a cereal box turned with the nutritional label facing me would trigger me, but I think all of that work has been paying off. I recently went through a bout of health complications and had brain surgery at the end 2023. I was housebound for almost 2 months and towards the end of my surgical recovery, I weighed myself and was 15 lb over that specified weight, but the funny thing is before I weighed myself I thought I looked the best I had ever looked in my life, brain surgery scar and all. I attribute some of it to age and my body maturing, but I'm also am trying to give my self credit for getting past such a tormented mindset. Or who knows, maybe that tumor was the toxic anorexia speaking the entire time, spooky 😂
I started recovery around the same time you did, and watching your videos is so comforting for me, honestly, you are an incredible reminder to stay the course of recovery. I recently entered the workforce in an environment where I'm not around that many people my age and when I tell you that EVERYONE is out here demonizing foods, and praising weight loss it's seriously crazy. I even found myself repeating old sick habits, but my therapist reminded me of something so important and I hope someone else can take away this info aswell: treat anorexia like an addiction, because you cannot just have a "little bit of it," maybe other people can casually partake in it (diet culture), but we are not those people, we've been there, done that and we KNOW how it made us feel. To those starting on their recovery journey, just know it gets so much easier, and you will feel so much better and safer in your body!
Thank you really needed this!!!
diet culture is everywhereeee, it’s so hard not to get wrapped up in it i know but please remember that as your therapist said, you can’t dabble in diet culture!! it’ll never end well. we know truthfully what “health” means, so ignore the people who have unfortunately been influenced by the media x
I’ve struggled with depression for 4 years now but this year is the first time I’ve had issues with eating. I find it another way to harm myself. Watching your videos and your constant reminders to eat on instagram makes a difference Ro ❤ Thank you
you can do this 💗 keep going 🫶🏼
Hope u are ok preying for you I have been struggling with depression and my eating
Comments like yours make a difference too its so nice to know we're not alone in this ❤you got this❤
I relapsed three months ago and I've been in recovery for the past three weeks and I've been a lot better
I’m so proud of you :)
Something you didn’t mention but that I noticed about your early recovery videos was the inner child work that you were able to do. You were talking about eating for Little Ro a lot and I feel like that’s a key piece of any kind of recovery. And thank you for everything you do.
This is so true
Sometimes i catch myself feeling bad for not exercising. I try not to think about it because i don't want to admit that anorexia is still effecting me. I am not scared of food anymore but I'm scared of my future me hating my body if i gain more weight. This is why the story you told means so much to me. I don't ever have to restrict. I will listen to my body and it will find its balance. No matter what i will look like, even if i would look very different, my body will be the way it's supposed to be. All i need to do is listen to it. Thank you Ro for sharing this
I have body image issues that I want to look muscly but then I have to eat more but I don’t want to look big and bulky just toned. But then I also have to cut the calories to get those abs and tiny waist but then If I don’t eat enough I’ll lose the muscle mass. It’s all just impossible.
It’s like trying to solve a Rubics cube.
You might actually take a long break from exercising in order to find a normal relationship with movement again. I just uploaded a video about this - sometimes we have to stop to normalize :)
5:31 - THIS is the truth.
Before my ED I wrote so many fantasy novels and/or (Charmed) fanfictions.
During my ED I wrote not a word... just nothing. I hadn't energy, idea... I had just my anorexia-bulimia behaviors: calorie counting, fasting, cutting calories, hurting myself :(
Since my recovery-journey (I nearly recovered) I write my fantasy book, and THIS is me: the girl who live in another world with her fairys, nymphs, etc. :) And I'm so glad, that I can do this again.
(Sorry for my english, I never learned in school)
after two year of feeling absolutely miserable, i finally reached the point of being completely miserable. since 2020 I stopped doing all my hobbies, i used to love drawing, writing, reading, playing guitar, then i simply stopped doing these things. Hadn't endrgy for a thing, my mind was consumed and bland. i lost all my friends, start doing really bad at school, lose my hair, even started doing coke for the sake of losing weight. and after the first year, I didn't lost a single pound.
But then i got tired, depressed, it has no point anymore, so i just... gave up and got better. It's been a bit more than a year and I gained weight, started eating more and healthy, and i feel better than ever.
Of course i have triggers and the bad thoughts havent gone at all, but is so much better! I feel alive again, even though i dont see myself as pretty as i was, i am so much more than a body, and i really want to live
Your body is part of you, but not the only part. God created us into His image. He loves you, He heals your soul and body, He never evaluate us on our appearance. The food is just food. We need it to live. Our body knows which food and how much it needs. I am happy you feel much better now! Just know you are ENOUGH just the way you are! Jesus loves you and you are His perfect creation. You have a wonderful body, no matter how much you weigh.. God bless you and heal you completely! 🙏🌷
UA-cam forgot to recommend your videos for months, and I didn't remember your name. I tried looking but couldn't find any of your videos, so I grew scared you relapsed. I'm so happy to see you're doing great!
I love your advice on exercise, I used to ask myself before going for a run or a walk in the park: Am I choosing to do this, or must I do this? A part two to this would be amazing. The whole problem around looking recovered when the real recovery is happening in your brain is really hard. I know I’m not recovered yet, but I’m not underweight anymore and have family telling me to lose weight when all I’m trying to do is honour all forms of hunger as appropriately as possible. I remember when I was starting outpatient treatment and it was all via zoom or teams and my treatment team didn’t believe my dramatic weight loss because they couldn’t see me properly and test results and measurements didn’t add up, and that felt really invalidating. But I’m so proud of gaining weight by myself and continuing to this day to take charge of my recovery for me.
i took notes on the problems she said for anyone who wants to refer off of them on a daily basis during recovery. be kind to yourself and knows that it’s absolutely okay to feel overwhelmed from time to time. love you ro and sending love to everybody that needs it💗
how to stop automatically counting mentally?
-delete apps/stop writing things down
-acknowledge that counting is a conscious thing
-know that it’s the ed that wants you to add things up to feel in control
-trust your body to eat without knowing the numbers
how to deal with drinking/going out?
-alcohol is an extra, not food
-know that it’s dangerous to drink on an empty stomach
who am i without my ed?
-know that you will find yourself again after you recover, and you’re gonna be a complete different person compared to your old self
-who you are WITHOUT your eating disorder is always going to be better than you with an eating disorder
-when you recover, you have nothing to lose, and everything to gain
is it normal to be mentally hungry but physically full?
-listen to your body because it might be telling you something important
-your stomach doesn’t need to be rumbling to allow yourself to eat
exercise during/post recovery
-exercise is tricky for all eating disorder recoveries
-ro didn’t exercise during recovery for 7-8 months
-don’t push your body if exercise is going to be compulsive
-know that it’s okay to not exercise during recovery to let your body rest
-choose something that you truly enjoy when you get back to exercise, no matter what it is
how to not obsess over losing overshoot weight?
overshoot - going over a normal weight range/ expected recovery weight
-you are allowed to eat whatever you want no matter what weight you are
-let your body do it’s natural thing
-appetite will level out and you will balance your weight back to a normal range
how to tell people about anorexia even though i look healthier now?
-anorexia is not a body type or size
how to convince yourself that you deserve food?
-it’s okay and normal to have negative thoughts in your head when you first start recovery
-know that it takes time and affirmation for an eating disorder to truly fade away
feeling the need to lose weight to be taken seriously at clinics
-know that the number on a scale does not reflect upon how much you’re struggling
-you deserve help no matter what anyone says
how do i keep pushing in recovery even at a healthy weight but with ED fears?
-don’t live miserably when you’re at a healthy weight
-remember you’re trying to get back your life without an eating disorder, why you started recovery
how to handle stomach pains and bloating after eating?
-cover up your mirrors and wear comfortable clothes to not trigger thoughts with normal bloats
-your body bloating means that your body is metabolizing and breaking down your food
Thank you ❤
I think a way to help yourself with cal counting is to get different brands/types of things and don't look at the nutritional value. Consume things you don't know the exact cal of and also free pour. Hope this helps some ppl.
‘You have nothing to lose and everything to gain‘ - Ly Ro♥️
Today i decide not to blame myself for only resting, watching Gilmore Girls and eating🍂🍫🥞 ☕️I deserve to recover
you !!! deserve !!! to !!! recover !!! ❤️🔥
Currently been really struggling in recovery and this gives me so much motivation to try harder because I know it’ll be so worth it❣️
I'm really struggling with the professionals not taking me seriously thing. I reached out to my doctor's office about a possible referral to the ED unit, and without the doctor even seeing me I got the answer that the ED clinic only takes on serious cases and that they wouldn't accept me as a patient, so no point in even writing a referral. I have an appointment with a dietitian in two months, and fortunately I'm already in therapy once a week (but my therapist doesn't specialize in EDs). However this has just made want to become "more sick" to prove the doctor wrong, especially because I'm also diagnosed with atypical anorexia, which makes me feel even less valid. I just hate dealing with health care professionals and am now in a battle between trying to recover with the help of my therapist or letting the ED take over.
Finding treatment and enduring the waitlist to get in was so hard for my child. I am so sorry it works this way, but keep advocating for it and hang in there. ❤
Holy shit, this literally sounds exactly like I wrote it two years ago, and I’m fully recovered now. I hope you manage to get the support you need :)
How do you know how they treat people at the Ed unit would be suitable for your own individual case? Ed units sometimes focus on refeeding and bed rest which isn’t appropriate for an atypical case..so there maybe many reasons why a specific treatment modality isn’t recommended for you….every case is different it’s not about what diagnosis you have but what strategies would be most helpful to you..being in an Ed unit isn’t required for some people..in fact the majority of cases can do outpatient treatment and make significant progress
I would love a part two. My recovery has been a rocky road because I keep it to myself and my mind is still so mean to me, but I do my best to keep pressing on.
Your videos are always a great help with coming back down to earth when I’m having a rough time. Love you 🖤🖤🖤
It's so hard. I gained back a lot of my "healthy weight" a few years ago. It threw me into a panic. I haven't been the same since. Lately I've been falling back again. It's my reason. I can't let it go. It's my way of coping. I'm isolated in PA. I hate who I live with. I just hate everything. I'm not happy.
Im so sorry. Im nearby Upstate NY. I was living (trapped) for 5 yrs w an abusive person who actually really liked how skinny I was. It wasnt the first time Ive been in an unhealthy relationship w someone who lokes “skinny” girls. The first time was my worse & first episode. If I hadnt left I wouldve died.
So I decided to leave…and live. My brain always has ED thoughts. I always have ED behaviours. Always. Even when Im trying to be “healthy” and “athletic”. Sometimes if I get friendlier with a person at work and the topic of food comes up (it ALWAYS does and I HATE that about working w ppl who dont understand ED’s). Sometimes I’ll tell them I have an ED. But its rare when I share that.
My advice..llfind a way to GET OUT of the living situation you are in. Youmay feel trapped. I was trapped for 5 years. But I finally got OUT. That was 5 yrs ago. I still and will always have ptsd from it. But being alone is so much better. I hope you can get out of your situation so you can feel better
Currently dealing with the same thing. Feel as though I can’t live without it the only thing helping through it is my knowledge of nutrition and how important it is for your health. But so many things just make me stop eating. I wish you a blessed recovery!
I dunno if anyone can relate to this but having an ED when you are East-Asian is awful like I know how terrible EDs are in general but being part of a community where you aren't pretty unless you are literally pale and malnourished. From personal experiences (TW: ED Mentions), whenever I visited my family or friends in Japan, it's never 'how are you', it's always 'you've got fat' which is so frustrating!!!!!!! Mental illness as a whole is so taboo in East-Asia, especially EDs where you are praised for having protruding bones and having the A4 waist. When I go to school, I took pathetically thin against everyone else, when I go to Japan and East Asia, I'm considered overweight and it is so invalidating. As much as I want to embrace my Asian identity, I can't help but feel embarrassed lol
you are literally the one reason i can get through my sundays 😭😭
Please don't give up ❤
you saying you were filming this home alone made me so proud of you and happy for you !!
Rewatching your videos when my brain is trying to get me to relapse really helps. I love and appreciate you so much thank you!
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much love for you! 💗
youre so amazing ro, thank you
thank u for ur wonderful energy ro
Thank you for sharing your wisdom Ro! you are amazing!
Thank you so much this is so helpful, i love these types of videos
you speak so beautifully about this, thank you for everything you do because it’s so helpful 💗
This is one of your most helpful videos in my opinion. Thank you Ro!!❤
you're such a beautiful person, thank u for this video
You’re so incredibly wise. Thank you xx
you have helped me so much through everything and you are literally gorgeous 💗
Your just the sweetest soul tbh 🥺❤️
Love you content Ro🫶🏻🩷 they’re so helpful thankyou🥰
The new hair looks amazing! Thank you for all the advice 💚
I would love to see a part two! Thank you so much for your helpful videos🙏🏻🧡
words can barely begin to express how appreciative i am for all your content. you are such a genuine and kind person and your personality shines so brightly! i’ve been watching your videos for over a year and im so proud of how far you’ve come - you give me a lot of hope for my own recovery and future. sending you happiness 💕 (and would love a part 2)
This has definitely come at the right time for me, can't thank you enough ❤❤xx
Your videos are always SO encouraging! Because you've been through anorexia and recovery, your advice is much more meaningful than what most/all of my team offers. Thank you!
these videos are so helpful and comforting. i really relate to your answers and opinions. pt. 2 would be amazing!
Your videos helped me so much
Great video. Love love listening to you talk. Part 2 please!!
Your videos bring so much peace to my mind and soul
Ro, people like you help, you radiate accaptance and i geniuenly feel so lucky that i've found your channel around two years ago. You really helped me to get on the road of healing. Thank you so much for that ❤
You're such a sweet heart and you will be helping so many people. Well done Ro. xxx Ive come back to add more. You will have helped so many people young and old. You should be so proud of yourself. Honestly I think you're such a lovely girl. Keep up being amazing.
You are such a kind kind person, you are so sweet and thank you for this amazing video. Proud of you always I’ve been watching since the start of your recovery and it’s so inspiring, love your videos so much ❤️🩹
I have watched your videos throughout my recovery and you have helped me more then any doctor ever could. Your advice is amazing. Thank you so much genuinely.
i’m 3 days in all in recovery, it’s the hardest thing ever but also the best thing and your channel has helped me so much❤
This video was helpful and talking about life after inpatient was so helpful to hear you speak about it’s almost been 2 years since I got discharged and adjusting was hard you’re doing amazing
please do post a part 2! ♡
this has been so helpful. ily and thank you. :,^)
Please do a part 2, this was so helpful!!!
It’s always so comforting because you explain things so well, my fav topics would be the struggle with eating routines at a normal weight and how you explained you don’t have to have this whole crazy exercise routine it helped a lot to see some normality, thank you so much I’d love to see another video ❤️💕
I've been with you from the vert begning Ro (since TikTok I believe) and you've always been so inspiring. I find myself really attached to your story because our path looks somewhat the same. Thanks for giving me hope, strength and just so much motivation to keep going. Thank you for being you
Your videos are the only thing that help me refocus when I’m having doubts about recovery. They are my loving reminder of what I need to do and why I need to do it. Thank you, Ro ❤
Thank you for this. Luv ya Ro 🥰
Thank you so much ❤️ your videos made me keep going in my hardest moments ❤️
Would love a part two! Have been struggling alot and this advice is really motivating and helping me to get thru it xx
Some of these questions ring true with other disorders as well. I have diagnosed depression and I absolutely was at a point where I didn't know if I even wanted to get better because I did not know who I'd be without depression. Solid advice, Ro!
omg ro this hair style looks amazing on you, your face looks so shinyy its giving clean girl 😍
just wanted to hop on here and say that i think that you put the feeling of not being inpatient anymore very perfectly into words. better than i ever could and the timing is perfect because i should tell my therapist about it, so thanks to you i can explain it properly
ive watched your videos for a couple years now. i first found you immediately before my first hospitalization and i remember staying up all night crying as i watched your videos. it took courage but i eventually recovered and watching your videos kept me going. i had been in recovery for over a year, but i have relapsed due to my declining life circumstances. watching your videos is a comfort even now and it gives me hope that one day, i will be able to escape this once and for all.
Part two pleasee. Your so amazing and you inspire me so much. Recovery is so hard and I'm trying my best but sometimes it's overwhelming. I love seeing your progress and how you got through it.
Your hair looks amazing like that! It is so elegant.
Love the long rambly videos 🩷
I keep coming back to this videos and many others after meals to help me relax when I feel overwhelmed ❤ tyty
Ro, I’ve watched you since the start of your recovery & you have helped me so so much! It’s so frustrating when others look at you and say “ohh your better now, your are cured” just because your at a healthy weight or your eating more. 🤦🏻♀️
I had this so much to the point I couldn’t be bothered to correct them or argue back anymore. Yes I’m not in the danger zone anymore, but the body dysmorphia & the anorexic thoughts are very much still there, even if I’m not acting on them as much or at all… you made some very good points I could 100% relate to!
I know it’s hard for others on the outside who aren’t really educated about this illness, and they can say some very triggering & harmful things at times. And it’s takes a lot to hear these things & put it passed your head & keep fighting, instead of using it as an excuse to use old behaviours.
I also used to think back in the depths of my eating disorder “I’m not a propped anorexic until I’ve been in an inpatient unit”. Now I fully know this is not true & a very silly thought to have. But it’s like I wanted to feel validated & recognised for being so underweight, now I think to myself why did I even think that?
The thoughts we can have are crazy, but it’s people like you who make us all realise we were all validated no matter what our size or our circumstances were…
love your videos, thank you for all you do ❤
I freaking LOVE that hairstyle!! Your face is beautiful dear Ro!🫶🏻
Can we all agree that Ro is the sweetest!!💝🧡💖
Thank you so much for this, you inspire me everyday and make me believe I can someday overcome my ED 🥰🥰
Thank you for this video. It is really helpful for me and my journey
So inspiring and comforting- thank you. You'd be incredible at podcasts as well! peace and love to you, hope u are ok xxx
Such wise advise. You are such a great counselor.
These are my favorite type of videos even when there’s no new content I sit down and rewatch your videos while I eat
I owe you big big time
And ofc the part two is welcomed and needed even
These questions and answers were amazing. You’re helping so many people with your honesty ❤ thank you .
OMG YOU POSTEDD❤
as well as many other lovely commenters I would absolutely love a part two, this is so invaluable as someone who doesn't have an eating disorder but has very close people in my life that do
Thank you Ro! ❤❤
Very wise words about exercise in recovery ❤ I really struggle with this question personally, because for me the two sports that my ED latched onto are also sports i have always genuinely loved practicing for 10+ years, sports that have helped me in so many ways before and that usually make me feel connected to ly genuine self. So it breaks my heart that the ED compulsions have infiltrated even those areas of my life that used to be safe. The ambivalence there is truly hard to juggle, especially when they're so much more than just sports to me, they're also ways to socialise, to stay grounded instead of dissociating, and spend time with people that are like a second family. Climbing is indeed a fun activity but the physical strength that it takes can also be difficult to handle in the context of having an ED. And the second sport is a martial art (non competitive) which also generally has positive effects for one's mental health, hence my being upset that my ED has been slowly ruining things there
Same here. Ive always “hid” my ED by being a Marathon Runner and Triathlete. I alsoknow that during my best years of training and racing that if Id have not restricted as hard core as I did my performances and results wouldve been so much better. But I always restricted. To the point where Id “bonk” sometimes in training bc I had no fuel left. It was so hard to balance ED and sport.
Last race I did was in 2014. I was supposed torace this year. Marathon. I can barely walk up a flight of stairs these days without feeling weak and winded. I want to get fit again. But am restricting so hard core the past several years idkif Im going to be able to get back in shape. And this is the first time Im talking about it. Here. Thankyou for bringing this up. I feel safe here talking w everyone.
Please do a part two, for me it was horrible and traumatizing to be hospitalized (8 times in 2.5 years) and that coming and going takes your life apart. and going out into normal life and feeling the need to hide that dark past to avoid being judged and labeled is so difficult to bear. how was your experience? I'm from Chile, what hospital were you in?
the overshooting weight talk helped sm ): i am at a healthy weight and have been for a while but i've been so depressed cuz the food thoughts and obsession w thinking abt food has not gone away and that was one of my motivators to recover and now i'm thinking maybe there's a reason for those thoughts n im not just crazy so thank u ): mwah
Love that your nail polish, matches your sweater✨
Dear Ro, thank you so much for this Video! It has really helped me with a lot of my open questions about my recovery process & made me feel less alone/unsure about my progress 💗🌸 I have also started my recovery process at a „normal“ weight, without being underweight or endangered & have gained some weight throughout my recovery from Orthorexia, Bulimia & Binge eating, which is totally fine, because these disorders consumed my whole life & thought processes & it was more than worth it to endure (& meanwhile accept) the weight gain & body changes, in terms of recovering from these diseases. It’s been a year now since I started recovering & you were my biggest inspiration, motivation and safe space along this journey. I really am forever thankful for your supportive & helpful content, I wouldn’t be doing so well in my recovery without you, lovely greetings from Germany ❣️🌻
Very helpful thank you. Please do this again.
hi ro can you please make a part two of this video?
thank you sm
This was a good video! You are amazing♥
Your voice is sooooo calming.
Thank you for this Ro. Please do a part 2. I dont have a question. I just like to interact here.
I feel safe here. So thank you for creating this safe space and sharing your journey with us
Thank you sm for this 💗💋
I have been struggeling with anorexia for 6 years. I am 22 now and recovered for almost a year...Sometimes I still get unhealthy toughts and some days are harder then others....I really liked youre video and I truly related to it.
Weight gain in recovery is very personal.
Not everyone stays in the healthy weight range, and there's nothing wrong with it.
I'm in the overweight range and that's where my body wants to be, it's not going to go back down, and that's just how my body works.
Love the new little intro !!❤️
This hair suits you ro, you look great ❤
Ro, I just want to say you look beautiful with and without your fringe. And thank you so much for everything❤
Helpful!! Please post part 2 ❤❤
I wish this channel was already here when I started my recovery because you made me realize that I kinda only ‘pseudo’ recovered. Would love a part two❤
i had an ed and im overweight and i always felt like people didnt take it seriously bc they always said stuff ömg you lost weight! good job! you look great" stuff like that. i even went to a dietrician and i felt like she didnt even take me seriously either. it could all be in my head but thats a struggle thats not talked about alot
It’s definitely not all in your head. ED can affect anyone no matter your weight/shape/ or gender 🫶🏾🫶🏾 you’re valid no matter what.
Brilliant content!
I've been watching your videos and following you on social media since... May, I believe. it's hard to keep track of time when you're constantly obsessed with exercise and what your next meal is going to look like (calorie counting is a pain).
I don't know if you're ever going to see this, but you have genuinely helped me. I was watching your videos while deep in my anorexic illness. I had been bulimic in the year prior, then I turned to purging disorder and severe restriction, until finally anorexia wormed its way into my heart. You can always tell people that you're anorexic, but they'll never fully take you seriously or understand. Anorexia for me was waking up every day and dreading mealtime because I was terrified of racking up those calories. It was eating something as low as 100 calories and then going for a long walk or doing workouts in my bedroom while tears rolled down my face. It was going to work every day and being unable to control my emotions if the smallest thing happened. It was never complete restriction, so a lot of people never assumed that anything was wrong with me. There's also this stigma that anorexic people can only be skinny white girls.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that your videos made extreme hunger a hell of a lot easier. And even if I'm weight restored, I still have anorexic thoughts, but that's okay. Because I see how much happier you are now, and I see how much of my personality and hobbies have returned.
It. Is. Worth. It.
Thank you.