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*How It All Started
dieting. It felt like the course was designed for me! The
I remember my first diet: I was 12 years old. I wasn't obese, idea of not dieting was really scary. I always thought, "f
but I thought I was. I wanted to be like the thin celebrities I don't diet, I will constantly binge eat, and if I constantly
in the magazines. In one week I lost 3 kilograms, but my binge-eat, I will become really obese". The course helped
parents got angry, so I started to eat again. This made me meunderstand that this isn't correct. So, I found a therapist
feel really guilty
who helped me work on my self-esteem. I learned to be nicer
That's how it began. I was on and off a diet all the time. When to myself and discovered that binge-eating allowed me to
Iwasn't dieting I felt guilty because I would binge eat. But avoid confronting uncomfortable emotions. I also attended
soon I found the answer: vomiting! In front of family and group therapy which was wonderful. It was really helpful to
friends I would eat so much food that it was uncomfortable,
talk with other people who had similar experiences to mine.
then I would quietly go to the toilet and vomit.
Today I love eating, and I don't feel guilty, I enjoy the
At first I felt happy. "I have found the answer!" I thought.
flavours and social interaction
No one suspected that I was dieting But soon it was out of eating in restaurants and
of control. I started to feel very lonely and I became more
cooking for friends and family.
and more unsociable. The depression was confusing To feel I am lucky to have recovered
better I started to binge eat more and then vomit more; it
from this disease. It wouldn't
was a horrible cycle of binge eating, vomiting feeling guilty have been possible without
and then depressed over and over again.
the help and support that I
received from family, friends
and therapists.
This was my life for nearly 15 years. When I was 27 I took
the first step towards recovery. I attended a course that
talked about the psychological and physical effects of
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It all started because she wanted to be like celebrities, slim, although she was not obese, she did not have self-esteem, in a week she lost 3 kilograms of weight, her parents got angry and she started eating again, that made her understand that what What was wrong, she ended up going to a therapist who helped her to have self-esteem, it started because she felt guilty about eating, when she did it, she was like nothing to vomit what she had eaten, thanks to the therapist I overcame that depression