This is the final post in a series about the most common cognitive distortions – false beliefs – and how they relate to eating disorders. Heaven’s reward fallacy As Dr. John Grohol describes in an article for Psych Central, with this cognitive distortion “we expect our sacrifice and self-denial to pay off, as if someone […]
Catastrophizing
In a series of posts, we’re exploring some of the most common cognitive distortions – negative thought patterns that reinforce false beliefs and steer people away from recovery. Catastrophizing This cognitive distortion is like having a huge case of the “What if’s?” What if I hurt my foot exercising and can never leave the house […]
All-or-Nothing Thinking
Cognitive distortions are thought patterns that reinforce false beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. These patterns can be deeply ingrained and often it takes an outside observer like a therapist or sponsor to see them. In the next few blog posts, we’ll examine some of the most common cognitive distortions and how they […]
Living With Uncertainty
For many young adults, including my daughter, this is a time of great uncertainty, as they wait for letters from schools they applied to for the fall. When you’re recovering from an eating disorder, many situations can cause feelings of uncertainty – with food and with other parts of life. For example, going to an […]
Compulsive Shopping and Eating Disorders
Control was a theme revealed in a recent post about co-dependency and eating disorders. Feeling lack of control over other people can lead to someone using unhealthy food behaviors like overeating, restricting, or purging as a way of controlling food and their body. Shopping also creates a temporary sense of control when we take home […]
Co-Dependency and Eating Disorders
Relationships have a huge impact on someone’s relationship with food and the ability to maintain recovery from an eating disorder. Many articles on this site address issues of co-dependency and relationships. Co-dependency is essentially an unhealthy reliance on another person, or allowing another person to have an unhealthy reliance on you. If you tend to […]
When Substance Use is Combined With an Eating Disorder
Recovery from an eating disorder is difficult enough on its own. Unfortunately, for many people, other addictions or debilitating conditions are also part of the picture. In a series of articles, we’ll explore a few of the most common co-existing conditions and some of the issues that come up when these are combined with compulsive […]
Physical Self-Care is the Foundation of Recovery
I have always liked Cheryl Richardson’s concept of extreme self-care. Self-care does have to be extreme. That doesn’t mean it’s all or nothing, or that if you miss a step it’s an excuse to give up, but it’s about making self-care your number one priority. February is a good time to focus on relationships, and […]
Before You Jump Into a Change
Whether you’re feeling stuck, or raring to go with new plans for the new year, it’s important to build a solid foundation and not skip any of the steps of the change process.
12 Keys to a Healthy Weight – Maintain and Grow
If you continue to use the skills you learned as you recovered from your eating disorder, your progress will not disappear.
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