Alright, first of all there's no accounting for people's sense of humour and some pictures of animals are funnier than others. A baboon! Ha ha! A rodent! Erm...

And that wasn't a typo: you were clearly imitating broken English street speak to keep it linguistic authentic to daily conversation. "We has gots to deal with you issues, amigo. Fo' sho'..."

I bet the speech was absolutely fine and that in spite of your doubts, it was worthy, informative, entertaining or - just possibly - kick-ass.

(and no one will find this comment funny, which kind of reinforces my point ;))

You are really brave in my book for doing that! My mother says things like that to me all the time when I do "challenging things". She is always saying Have FUN! haha i try to tell her it's not my idea of FUN but she doest get it.

anyway, i'd love to hear you speak one of these days! keep doing your thing :)

Dana xo

Ha ha ha- Your post made me laugh! I totally get it- I teach math- and have been told repeatedly that I do it exceptionally well- and it is a total adrenaline rush for me, every time- but afterward, I spend a ridiculous amount of time berating myself for every typo on the handout, every word I stumbled over, every time I dropped my whiteboard marker. My head keeps a list of my "sins," ALWAYS. It's disordered thinking. It isn't rational. Kids learn math with me that were never able to before, and they don't give a shit about my typos. They only care that I make learning for them attainable.

AND people learn to recover from YOU that were never able to even CONSIDER such a thing before. You have an incredible gift, and your rational mind knows it- you are smart for listening to it and continuing to share yourself through your writing and your speaking. You are making a difference, having an impact, on the people around you. And nobody gives a shit about your typos.

Missing the letter "r" is not a sin any more than a half a pound more or less is significant. To the obsessive mind it just FEELS so.

I am sure you rocked, and would have loved to be there and listen and learn.

I am still sulking because I couldn't get there but your "mommas" tell me that you really rocked and were fantastically funny and well as being hugely enlightening and helpful to them.

Next time, darling.

xx

Charlotte

I'm glad that the presentation went well, nerves or not. It sounds like it was wonderfully funny and well-thought out. Hopefully, the rest of your proposals will be accepted and we can find out more then!

sounds like a great presentation. great work!

i have to say that "fun" thing touched a nerve with me. when i drag myself two hours into nyc to see my therapist and psychiatrist (i'm not ready to break up with either one), people say to me, "have fun in the city", even though they know all i'm doing is a long commute and lots of hard work.

it feels good blowing off some steam about that

Rumour has it that your presentation was quite good! [And informative!]

I heard it was pretty darn awesome and that you did (in fact) kick a**. However, this does make me sad that I didn't get to see it!!

My friends and family asked the same question "did you have fun" and that is kind of like asking a school aged child about "how was your day" after a long day at school. As anxiety provoking as I still find the process of refining/editing/re-editing and changing slides and preparing handouts and figuring out "perfect" timing for the presentation I also will admit that I do enjoy it. I enjoyed the planning with Carrie, shopping for our pictures, KITTY pictures and reviewing research studies and planning content and finally executing it together. Most of all, I thrive on the sense of mastery and accomplishment following the completion of the presentation and I was so very proud of you Carrie. Your presentation was terrific. Your slides were even more perfect because they had that noted mistake that i never even noticed and I only heard terrific feedback followed by encouragement to submit for the next professional conference. So wish us luck. I agree we rock at kicking ED in the behind! Behold the power of the golden fork! Stephanie

Hi Carrie,
I attended your session at the conference and I actually enjoyed it the most out of ALL the ones I went to! I am in a situation similar to yours- I am 3 years recovered from anorexia and still have the daily struggles with dysmorphia despite the healthy weight maintenance. It was so helpful to see your relapse plan and inspired me to tweek my own. I for one loved the icanhascheeseburger pictures and loved the humor! Thanks for a great presentation- don't sweat the small stuff. XO Erin