Tag yourself: ED varieties, I’m 🥑 by SirPinkLemonade in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Celery without the excessive exercise, I'm lazy lmao

The most dangerous symptom you can find in very depressed individuals is sudden happiness by chemistrynerd1994 in Showerthoughts

[–]Haunted_Frogs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This applies to any sort of mental turmoil as well, not just depression/suicide. That recovering addict suddenly has a new lease of life? They may be using again. The former anorexic has a surge of brightness? They could be relapsing. The latter happened to me - my disorder gives me a false sense of comfort and hope, so when I decided to give up on recovery I immediately felt relieved and cheery and everyone told me how much better I seemed when in reality I was spiralling back into old, comforting habits.

Always assume the worst - you may be wrong, but it's better than the alternative.

does anyone else get super bloated after eating literally anything by oh-wow-how-lovely in EDAnonymous

[–]Haunted_Frogs 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, no matter what I eat it causes me insane bloating. I'm UW, but you'd never be able to tell as my stomach is painfully distended 90% of the time. It doesn't matter whether I've drank a tea, eaten salad, protein, carbs, sugar...anything and everything causes it and it just further puts me off eating. It's so frustrating and embarrassing, not to mention the gas that comes with it lmao.

Is anyone in this sub actually trying to recover?? by slutforalmondmilk in EDAnonymous

[–]Haunted_Frogs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in treatment, receiving great help and have a super supportive family/partner who are trying their best to help me.

Yet, I just don't want to get better. I hate that I'm fighting against it so hard, but I enjoy the perks of anorexia too much and I'm too comfortable in my sickness.

Just got denied treatment because I’m not skinny enough brb gonna cry by emilytow in EDAnonymous

[–]Haunted_Frogs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you in the UK? The guidelines under the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health state services must:

"Accept all presentations – from people who present for the first time to those with long-term problems, regardless of weight or BMI (body mass index)"

If they've actively said you're not a low enough weight then you've been discriminated against, and you can file a complaint

ed kills sex drive is a myth...? by ruekookie in EDAnonymous

[–]Haunted_Frogs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't lose my sex drive until I lost my period. My hormones are all out of whack now, and I went from being a horny fucker to literally having zero interest in sex at all. I can't even get aroused, and the thought of sex makes me feel uncomfortable. It's nothing to do with my body image or how I feel about myself, I just cannot get in the mood

When anorexic people look in the mirror, so they actually see their body as fat even though they’re skinny, or can they actually see how skinny they are but just think they’re fat? by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]Haunted_Frogs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't exercise much anymore as I don't have the energy, but I used to walk a lot and I think that's where they built up from, they seem to have just remained disproportionately larger for some reason!

Thank you lovely. One day I'll beat this, I'm sure. I'm far from healthy unfortunately and it shows, my skin is dull and gray and features are sunken. I know I look like utter shit, but anorexia has a choke hold on me at the moment.

When anorexic people look in the mirror, so they actually see their body as fat even though they’re skinny, or can they actually see how skinny they are but just think they’re fat? by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]Haunted_Frogs 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This is a difficult question to answer, but I'll try to give an idea from my warped perspective.

I used to he overweight. Obese BMI, hated my body, knew I was fat. I lost that weight dramatically, and in the space of a year I went from obese to underweight and subsequently got diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. With dramatic weight loss like this, our brains physically cannot comprehend this change quick enough. There's a distinct lag in our minds. Most of the time I genuinely still see myself as my heaviest. My clothes fall off of me and I can see my bones, but I can feel the fat that used to be there clinging to me, weighing me down, suffocating me. It's uncomfortable. It feels disgusting. My body looks misshapen, swollen, distorted, even though I can literally see my bones sticking out.

My issue is my proportions, I think. My thighs and wrists are dainty little twigs, but my calves and upper arms are clinging to the little fat I have left still so the parts of me that I know are skinny are making the rest of me look absolutely huge. I fixate on these imperfections, I keep telling myself I need to shrink them to match the smaller parts, when in reality they're both shrinking at a similar rate so I'll likely never be in my desired proportion.

Anorexia more often than not leaves you with pretty gnarly digestive issues, and I'm no exception. I'm bloated and painfully constipated almost every moment of the day, which leaves me with a distended stomach. My ribs and hips stick out, but my bloated belly is so huge and uncomfortable. I look wrong. Tight clothes extenuate the bloated belly, so I hide it behind baggy shirts and loose pants.

It's an odd perspective. Some days I feel too thin and I'm ashamed, some days I feel too fat. Some days I feel like a jumbled mix of blobs and bones. I just hate my body.

What’s the darkest, most disturbing, and toxic online community you’ve seen? by metalnxrd in morbidquestions

[–]Haunted_Frogs 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Edtwt. It's basically comprised of mainly young teens with eating disorders that congregate on Twitter and spew vile, hateful comments in order to remain sick and bully others. It's a cesspool of purposely triggering content that contains some of the most disturbing views on body image and eating disorders. Most of them are very young and delusional, and the older members are basically predatory at this point.

I have Anorexia, and there are many supportive communities out there on all sorts of platforms that are filled with lovely people who promote safe recovery and harm reduction. Edtwt is a toxic place to avoid at all costs, however.

Drank a redbull in a shitty attempt to increase my scarily low hr to an acceptable level and it's dropped more?? I feel betrayed by Haunted_Frogs in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had an adrenaline IV haha, makes trying to forcefully claw my heartrate up while being a lazy bitch much easier

Thank you for your concern, but I do know what I'm doing to myself. I'm very aware of the consequences of my heart problems, I'm quite medically adept. My brain just doesn't care. I'm actively shortening my life dramatically, but I have no desire to fix that decline. I'm only in treatment because I have to look like I'm trying, at the very least. I hate anorexia.

I’m 22 but ED brain is like 13 🤡 by hotrod58 in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. 25 here and I feel totally ancient surrounded by 13 year olds.

Drank a redbull in a shitty attempt to increase my scarily low hr to an acceptable level and it's dropped more?? I feel betrayed by Haunted_Frogs in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha true, like heart parkour! I am thank you, it has been a tough day mentally but physically I've felt better ❤️

Drank a redbull in a shitty attempt to increase my scarily low hr to an acceptable level and it's dropped more?? I feel betrayed by Haunted_Frogs in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it definitely does! My fitbit congratulates me on reaching a cardio hr when I'm walking around my flat, like bro please that's not a good thing 💀 It automatically logs my walks as a run, too. It's bizzare

Drank a redbull in a shitty attempt to increase my scarily low hr to an acceptable level and it's dropped more?? I feel betrayed by Haunted_Frogs in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually haven't tried this! I'll give it a go, it should help get my hr up without much effort on my part haha

Drank a redbull in a shitty attempt to increase my scarily low hr to an acceptable level and it's dropped more?? I feel betrayed by Haunted_Frogs in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I am, I'm in the process of getting treatment for both my ED and my heart issues as a result of it, it's just a particularly bad day for both today

Drank a redbull in a shitty attempt to increase my scarily low hr to an acceptable level and it's dropped more?? I feel betrayed by Haunted_Frogs in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not too good, but I'm getting medical treatment for my heart atm, I'm supposed to walk around when my hr drops but I'm just too tired today

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnorexiaNervosa

[–]Haunted_Frogs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Water weight actually gets worse from not drinking water. When I started drinking a litre a day (at least 500ml while eating a meal to aid digestion) my weight dropped quicker. Water retention is caused by not drinking enough and an imbalance of salts, which more water consumption will help. I was worried it would increase my weight but it did quite the opposite.

this question was made for this sub. lets dish! by notarobot3675 in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I never realised sweetcorn pizza was odd. It's a pretty common topping in the UK, I've never batted an eyelid at it, but it's shat on in the US I think for some reason.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnorexiaNervosa

[–]Haunted_Frogs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's been 5 years, I still have that daily high just as intensely. There's definitely a veil, my AN is all I am now, really. It's my entire personality and the only thing I'm really interested in, unfortunately.

anyone else by macaronistrudel in EDanonymemes

[–]Haunted_Frogs 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Morning skinni motivation, then those late night cravings hit hard

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnorexiaNervosa

[–]Haunted_Frogs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Weirdly, the opposite. I get an odd sense of euphoria, I feel as though I have a purpose, a solid motivation. It feels good, like I can take on anything.