tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post3982068006332970472..comments2024-03-23T08:25:22.526-04:00Comments on ED Bites: The other shoeCarrie Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-82004760791271821202007-09-09T23:59:00.000-04:002007-09-09T23:59:00.000-04:00Thanks for your support.I know that all of this fr...Thanks for your support.<BR/><BR/>I know that all of this freaking out in advance over something that may not happen is basically shooting myself in the foot. I wish I could be the type that would worry about it if and when the time comes.<BR/><BR/>It could be anything. I know the "it" is a function of the anxiety disorder and not anything in particular. Yet there you have it.<BR/><BR/>'Night.Carrie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-17236469533156143132007-09-09T23:46:00.000-04:002007-09-09T23:46:00.000-04:00Carrie, I've been reading your blog for awhile now...Carrie, I've been reading your blog for awhile now thanks to our mutual friend, Mary. Fear is the basis of so many things but it's only that -- fear. It is a thought; it isn't reality. The mind (the ego) can take us down many paths, but only if we let it. If we move into our heart and think of our connection with the universe/spirit and with all of those who love us who are in that universe, we gather strength in the knowledge that we aren't alone. You are not alone. I'm going backwards now in your blog(s) and am going to respond to one you wrote a couple of days ago....<BR/><BR/>JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504607389215948127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-6065525001668043162007-09-09T21:05:00.000-04:002007-09-09T21:05:00.000-04:00Oh, I know that feeling. That waiting. That doom...Oh, I know that feeling. That waiting. That doom.<BR/><BR/>Not the specifics that you have, but the feeling -- oh yeah.<BR/><BR/>It really sucks. I'm sorry you're having it.<BR/><BR/>But I think you know so much about the enemy now. The way it operates, where it hides, how it strikes. All that knowledge, you can use that -- you are using that -- to fight back.<BR/><BR/>Hang in there. You aren't alone Carrie.<BR/><BR/>xoxo<BR/>SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813023808982058233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-47331413019651435742007-09-09T15:46:00.000-04:002007-09-09T15:46:00.000-04:00Hi Carrie,What you're feeling? I've felt it many t...Hi Carrie,<BR/><BR/>What you're feeling? I've felt it many times in my life. And I'm not anorexic or bulimic and never have been.<BR/><BR/>It's part of growing up when something bad has happened to you as a child/teenager. It's part of learning to trust the world in a whole new adult way.<BR/><BR/>You're doing it, right now, one minute at a time. You're doing great. Sometimes the most important thing in the world is learning to tolerate the anxiety. Once you can do that, everything else is a piece of cake (ha ha).Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-52298274881401938052007-09-09T09:39:00.000-04:002007-09-09T09:39:00.000-04:00carrie,What helps me when I have thoughts like you...carrie,<BR/><BR/>What helps me when I have thoughts like yours is to breathe deep and often.<BR/><BR/>It's taken me a long time to learn to live one moment at a time. I try really really hard not to think too far into the future. When I do, I take a few really deep breaths and remind myself to stay in the moment.<BR/><BR/>In high school, when I couldn't fall asleep because my brain was flooded with everything things that I did and still needed to do, I would repeat to myself, "there is no tomorrow. There is only now and sleep."<BR/><BR/>That mantra still helps me. As does, "it's okay to feel everything that I'm feeling," "I am not a number," and "I'm more than my weight."<BR/><BR/>You aren't alone, carrie.<BR/><BR/>thinking of you,<BR/>jeanneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032617457209218758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-14938688375550768012007-09-09T08:07:00.000-04:002007-09-09T08:07:00.000-04:00It could last. Things last sometimes.And really, i...It could last. Things last sometimes.<BR/><BR/>And really, it only has to last once, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17219492984914810944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-63214245339141848892007-09-09T02:09:00.000-04:002007-09-09T02:09:00.000-04:00Oh I get into those intellectual battles too - whe...Oh I get into those intellectual battles too - where i'm doing well so i start to feel worried that i can't continue to do so well and then bring about my own downfall with all the worry (which makes relapsing inevitable).<BR/><BR/>that said, out of the ed realm, i generally try NOT to worry about things if they are only possibilities. i figure there is no point in worrying twice (once before the event and then during the event... ) once is enough.katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317535279590147278noreply@blogger.com