Eating Disorders Support Group

So i've been reading up on the different therapies and treatment for bulimia. I can understand to a point, but i am STILL a little unclear and confused how this works- i'm a visual kinda person, or if examples were used.

What and how does cognitive behavioral therapy work? (errr its stupid but i just dont get it!)

Anyone?

****sorry if this isnt in the right place, i wasn't sure to put it under here cause its a general question, or under treatment****

yes I believe you are in the right place. sorry I can't help you with the answer. hope that someone will be able to soon.

I did a lot of reading into it too. Cognitive behavioral therapy is basically talking about everything that's happened in your life, and getting to the route of what made you develop an eating disorder in the first place. This helps some people understand it all a lot better, forgive themselves and others and move on to a life free of eating disorders. I did read another book, I think it was called 'stop thinking, start living'? But he said 'you don't HAVE to get to the route of why it happened to overcome it, and you will save money by not doing so, but if it will make you feel better, go for it!'

Personally I don't need to know why I developed an eating disorder, I have a few ideas and I'm happy to leave it as that. I read a lot of books on what cognitive behavioral therapy is and does, and though few parts may have helped, it didn't really give me what I needed. I would definitely recommend 'stop thinking, start living' by Richard Carlson though!

Hope that helped! x x

heyy kat... CBT is changing your thinking that leads to destructive behaivors. EXAMPLE- instead of saying.. "OMG i just ate ALL this ice cream, might as well eat the candy, etc" you would RECOGNIZE that negative thought and change it into a POSITIVE thought... EXAMPLE "oh well.. eating this ice cream WONT ruin my day or hurt me. ill be fine" OR saying OUT LOUD rach day, at LEAST one positive thought about yourself. like "i look flippin AWSOME in this new skirt" lol... basically its changing thoughts and behaiviors. like i said... learning to identify the thoughts that lead us to destructive shit. i hear it works for some ppl. how are you doing anyhoo... its been 4 ever!

ohhh AND its kinda like therapy too. they usually have you try to find out WHY your eating dis started and to make positive changes from learning WHY

thanks ladies ^.^ those helped clear it up a bit. Its just i've come across SOOOOO MANY different ideas and its so jumbled in my head as to what does what now lol. *i'm a freaking scatter brain!* It makes sense tho. Honestly I've had the thought of going to the clinic and finding someone who i can just talk this stuff out with and yes, figure out what the cause was and how to fix my way of thinking. I know i've sat down alone and tried to sort out my thoughts as to why i am the way i am, what brought this on, why there is such an extreme hate towards myself thats so deep no one truly see's it. Heh its sad that we can have this look about ourselves to others, they think we look fine, that fake smile, but inside it just...hurts. God, the reasons i've come to are all over the place, but i would love to see what a professional has to say about it. I've had depression since I was 12, and when my mom finally made me and my sister go to a therapist to "talk" I had such a negative view about it. The thoughts were "fuck this! i'm not talking to her! i dont even know her! She doesn't know me!" *laughs and shakes her head* I can safely say with age i've obviously grown out of that phase. I would love to talk to my family about it, but i'm scared. I would love to come out and talk to my boyfriend about it...but once again i'm scared. That fear is so over-powering its sickening...and it all comes down to feeling like these people i love so dearly and who love me would feel/say "what is wrong with you?! Thats disgusting! Your sick! Why would anyone throw up their food to be skinny?!" and that rejection....=( I know i'm not to far gone, I know i'm not completely broken, but at times its almost like yes...I am. Yup i think CBT would be the way to go for me. I'd love to just get ALL of it out, every little thing that I feel is so petty but in all actuality could be a root cause. If someone, anyone, could just take a step into my head and see everything thats running around, all my thoughts, deep hidden emotions, maybe they would understand.

hey guys, my 13 year old son wants to talk to you. since i am careful about where he goes on the computer, I will be typing in for him he has some kind of disorder that is making his cholesterol go up and he really has a hard time sneaking in to the fridge or getting extra helpings at school. is it okay if he joins the group.

I have absolutely no problem with that! I dont know about the others, but i'm pretty sure its ok with them too

Hey I'm really happy for you that you've decided on CBT! I wish you the best of luck, let me know how it goes!

Tinao, it's fine with me if he joins! The more the merrier!