This post is so true and helpful. I go through diet talk a lot with my mom and friend groups. Sometimes it’s my mom saying how she needs to go workout after a meal because she wants to look like her beautiful skinny daughter. I’ve told her it triggers me and makes me feel worse that she’s comparing herself to me. My friends also do it when we’re all eating together and I usually try and steer the conversation in a new way.
I have an experience like that a few days ago when one of my acquaintances talked about "healthy life", "bad vs good food" -- and how she started following "the clean life' - I felt that I can't breathe and that my ED voices have found the ground to sneak again (orthorexia and anorexia) -
I told her to stop labelling food or life - - I don't know if it was right or wrong - I don't know if I should warn anyone that that type of talks/thoughts are so harmful. I don't even know if it is really harmful or it was only about me..
I mean - Is labelling food ok for anyone else except me.. OR Is it harmful for anyone and I should warn them.
that post is soo helpful, thank you🥺
Thank you so so SO much ❤️
This post is so true and helpful. I go through diet talk a lot with my mom and friend groups. Sometimes it’s my mom saying how she needs to go workout after a meal because she wants to look like her beautiful skinny daughter. I’ve told her it triggers me and makes me feel worse that she’s comparing herself to me. My friends also do it when we’re all eating together and I usually try and steer the conversation in a new way.
I have an experience like that a few days ago when one of my acquaintances talked about "healthy life", "bad vs good food" -- and how she started following "the clean life' - I felt that I can't breathe and that my ED voices have found the ground to sneak again (orthorexia and anorexia) -
I told her to stop labelling food or life - - I don't know if it was right or wrong - I don't know if I should warn anyone that that type of talks/thoughts are so harmful. I don't even know if it is really harmful or it was only about me..
I mean - Is labelling food ok for anyone else except me.. OR Is it harmful for anyone and I should warn them.