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Food addict, binge eater … Do you recognize yourself in this ?
Hi everyone 🙂 I am currently in NYC and I am trying to connect to binge eaters and food addicts communities. Those who already follow Bouledevie.com know that I recovered thanks to a group therapy based on identity & personality issues, not thanks to a better control over my nutritional habits. I completely lost obsession for food now, and it had last for years. I so badly want to share this message now I feel better, but I keep meeting reluctance to this approach. I know how hard it is to be told that the issue is not food itself when you have an eating disorder. So I thought I’d…
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Even food addicts deserve self-love
When I was actively bulimic (obsessed with nothing but food, eating all day long), and people would tell me that I was too harsh with myself, it made absolutely no sense to me. «Why on earth would I be self-caring and kind to myself, when I am unable to achieve anything at all, when I can’t spend a single day without binge-eating, when I am so fat, ugly, silly, ridiculously awkward?» ✨✨✨✨✨ What a violence. How can one possibly feel okay while repeating such terrible words to oneself all day long ? This is just a recipe for despair. For years, I have been thinking that self-love equaled complacency. I thought…
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How to handle a relationship with a food addict?
Dear readers, please let me begin with this little preamble 🙂 As some of you might know, I am not a native English-speaker. Even though I learnt my lessons very seriously at school, my English can sometimes be approximative !(also, I am French and we don’t have the reputation of being the best language learners, do we? ^^). I would be super grateful if you, English experts or native-English speakers, had any remarks/suggestions to share about this article. If you feel too shy to comment, you can send me an email at masha@bouledevie@gmail.com. Infinite thanks! Enjoy your reading ❤️ Masha How to handle a relationship with a food addict? How to…