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Originally Posted by Bruce's_Mom  Villette you are such a wonderful person here on YT!!! You always know how to make people feel much better! I was crying having typed that piece feeling like I was sharing too much, but you put it in perspective.
I do not go and talk to young folks because I am still sort of new to my recovery, and I have had a lot of set backs...BUT through this all one thing I have really learned is the power of a yorkie...Bruce was given to me when I was going through extreme heartache and as a result falling back on old unhealthy ways hoping he would take the focus off of me...AND HE HELPED!!! He has always been so sensitive, and after I had him if I tried to "purge" he was at my heals and would just come lay his head on my knee...So now Sundays he visits the girls at a local hospitals eating disorders unit where I once resided, during their dinner time, and apparently getting the focus of eating has helped a few of them...So that I am happy to share, Bruce I really credit with saving my life, because of him I had a new focus, I finished law school, etc. ANIMALS and especially Yorkies are miracles! |
Wow! You've been through hell and back......
Have you every heard of unparticipant anorexia....that's what I had.....I've always been slight of build and have fought to keep my weight up.....2,200 calories a day to stay at 105.....I'm 5'4". However, when I'm unders stress my system goes into starvation mode....I can't eat....When going through my divorce, this happened....my system sufferred....I now have heart arythmia.....esophogial problems, and have had ulcers and stomach disorders.. This was not self imposed, but it did bring on medical disorders.....I now have to be fully aware of when I'm under stress and force myself to eat, whether I'm hungry or not....This disorder automatically makes my body drop weight.....even if I am eating.....I'm now weighing in at 126....since I automatically went down to 118 pounds when my mother passed in August.....so, I'm hoping that I can get up to 130
I've come up from a size 2 to a size 4 and I'm hoping to get to a size 8.