Eating disorders can take over your whole identity and make you feel like it’s all you are. I had anorexia on and off since I was 12, so I had very little concept of who I was outside of being ‘sick’, ‘in treatment’, ‘tiny’, and ‘disciplined’. Here’s how I found myself again: 🧵 - ThreadSky

caralisette.bsky.social • 22 days ago

Eating disorders can take over your whole identity and make you feel like it’s all you are. I had anorexia on and off since I was 12, so I had very little concept of who I was outside of being ‘sick’, ‘in treatment’, ‘tiny’, and ‘disciplined’. Here’s how I found myself again: 🧵

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clairecopperman.bsky.social•22 days ago

Some really useful points. And you've been through it all, but you're not broken by it. You've come out the other side stronger and a funny, informative, passionate person.

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

Aw cute thank you 🩷

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

1. Revisited old hobbies. I knew there were things I enjoyed when I was well, and I started trying to build them into my life. Horse riding is something I’ve loved since I was little and I found a stables local to me and booked some lessons in. I felt like a kid again.

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

2. I found new hobbies. Creativity has always been hugely important to me and I discovered my love of bullet journalling, which is where my books ended up being born. I dedicated time every week to journalling, cross stitch or writing, and it really helped my brain.

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

3. I asked people to list words they associated with me. Some of them really surprised me and really helped me understand the characteristics and personality I have that is innately me, and not my anorexia.

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

4. I found my values. This was something I did at the start of therapy. I worked out what values are important to me and how I could change my behaviour to align myself with those values. Anorexia was not compatible with them.

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

5. I curated my social media. This is especially true of Instagram, where I removed a lot of eating disorder accounts. I now follow art, cats, regular humans, memes, therapy accounts. It’s totally diversified the content I absorb and in turn, think about.

caralisette.bsky.social•22 days ago

6. I thought about traits I admire in others. While sick me might have revered people who were sicker, healthy me admired people who are creative, brave, funny, intelligent and caring. I thought about how my illness stopped me from being all those things, and how I could change.

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