Hi all
About two years ago i was battling anorexia nervosa for a good year. I know the time seems very short when compared to others but my personality doesn't allow for failure, i'm either all or nothing, so I didn't physically have a chance to keep it any longer as i was forced into the hospital system. my height is 5'8, and at my lowest weight i was ##. I was kept in hospital for 4 months, and on a feeding tube for 6 weeks. In that time i went up to about ##, which was so hard to mentally deal with. i lied a lot to doctors and hid a lot of things from psychologists, i became so sneaky, and anything i could do to keep myself loosing weight i would. because i avoided doctors so long, when i did see one, i was immediately monitored and when she realized i wasn't gaining weight at all i was admitted which would have happened anyway because if i didn't show up to my appointments she would call the hospital to come and get me
anyway, i have been going through some difficult thinks lately, me and my boyfriend of a year broke up recently and the whole time we were together he made me feel terrible about my body. i never felt thin enough or pretty enough. i've noticed that i've started restricting my diet again, and i've been eating only once a day for about 3 months now, and only things such as a childs can of spaghetti or egg whites on brown bread toast. my weight is now at ##, and i look thinner in pictures and i can see that, and i can hear that voice coming back in my head that rewards me when i don't eat or when i skip meals. if i eat more than that i feel so bloated and terrible, i will use laxatives to rid it (i'm sorry, i know it's disgusting) and now that i'm not with my boyfriend i'm so scared of becoming fat and gross, and everyone just thinking that a boy has made me comfort eat or something. i'm too scared to go and talk to someone because i feel like my choices will be taken from me once again, and i can't loose control of the power i have, it's the only thing i do have. can anyone who has had similar thoughts help me out? i know i shouldn't be thinking like this and obviously it isn't healthy but the thought of being fat literally makes me want to cut pieces off my body, i can't continue to live life while feeling this terrible.
Thanks in advance xx