#disordered eating tw

[support]

Everything okay?

If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you are not alone.  

If you are in the United States, please try:

National Eating Disorders Association (support, resources, treatment options)

If you are outside the United States, visit IASP to find help lines related to eating disorders for your country. 

For self-help courses on body image and general peer support, please try Koko. 

If you need some inspiration and comfort on your dashboard, follow Post It Forward on Tumblr.

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I feel like we need to be talking more about this book and Jennette McCurdy in general

[she-whodreams]

Im back fellas

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1256

Submitted by Anon - thanks!

TW: starvation | disordered eating

If a character has become accustomed to prolonged under-nourishment, they probably won't be "fine" as soon as they can eat adequately. Of course there's the psychological recovery from whatever experience(s) they had, but also their body may not remember how to deal with normal amounts of food.

A few things they may experience when they start eating more (severe cases can be dangerous and require medical intervention, these are just in the "unpleasant" range):

Poor appetite and rapid/disproportionate satiety

Bad stomach aches

Increased lethargy/fatigue, in general but especially after meals

Suddenly needing a lot more sleep

Dizziness/shakiness/weakness if they haven't eaten for a few hours, even if they don't feel hungry.

[nerves-nebula]

Funfact! Alligator snapping turtles will gladly eat younger, smaller turtles, even of their own species :)

[uncanny-tranny]

It actually does bother me that eating is treated like spending money - that you have an allotted allowance in the form of calories that you are supposed to budget.

"How are you spending your calories?" I'm spending them on experiences. I'm spending them on time with my community, my people, those who matter to me. I'm spending them on satiating a human need. I'm spending them on the feeling of being alive and not just living.

If there is one experience that I don't want to "pay" for, it's the basic human right of comfort, security, community, and care.

[all-i-want]

[saintchaser]

sirius’ girl dinner is a black coffee, five cigarettes and a mint-flavoured gum

[greysexualobje1]

i feel like it is easier to loose weight when there is someone in your life your trying to please. i have never had any one shame me or anything like that, i just need them to obsess over me.

[x-aki-tsuki-x]

When someone asks what my coping mechanisms are..

In other words I'm not coping please excuse my flaming dumpster existence thank you.

[hmshermitcraft]

Mumbo had huge anorexia for a few years, and is now as thin as a twig. Due ti be so tall, it's also just bad for him, bring 6'5 and weighing 87ibs

Grian helps him eat now, and cooks him healthy things when he relapses. Grian makes sure Mumbo isn't counting calories, or stressing out about food, or trying to throw up a good meal.

At the beginning of this relationship, Mumbo would lie about being allergic to milk, or nuts, or gluten to make Grian stop, even though he only has hay-fever. Grian found out soon enough, but wasn't mad.

Mumbos forever greatful, even though Grian insists its what boyfriends do. Grian says it isn't right for him - 5'6 - to be carrying a 6'5 adult. And Mumbo has to agree.

Grian knows the path to recovery is never straight. He's going to stay by Mumbo's side through thick and thin, though. That's the promise he made and Grian doesn't break promises.

And, he's going to make sure he works out and gets stronger too. As Mumbo gets healthier, he's still gotta be able to pick him up! He's not giving up the ability to scoop his spoon of a boyfriend into his arms.

[mysweetbreathh]

[ellesburnbook]

"remember this feeling"

[niniprettydoll]

overeating isn’t going to solve your problems, being skinny will.

[bonni]

If you are eating one meal a day, even if it's a "big" meal, you are probably malnourished. You don't need to have an eating disorder to be malnourished, but the effects it has on your body will be the same. Maybe it's because you're too busy to eat more than one meal a day, or because you're on a medication that impacts your appetite (ADHD medications do this), but OMAD is disordered eating regardless of whether or not you're doing it on purpose. You should be having at least two meals a day, one of which should be within an hour after you wake up. Not eating until hours after you wake up will also interfere with your circadian rhythm, making your sleep worse and making you more tired during the day. "Meals" don't have to be big, but they do have to contain protein. If eating breakfast is really hard for you, try eating a protein bar or drinking soylent. When I talk to people my age I really do worry about how many of us engage in disordered eating without even knowing it, just because we're busy or because we "don't feel hungry." When you are malnourished, it interferes with your body's hunger cues, and you may stop feeling hunger more than once a day entirely. If you are at this point, you need to start scheduling times to eat during the day, and stick to those times whether you feel hungry or not.

[thinnerxoxo]

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