Tisdag 16/4
Pannkakslunch :-)
It stops today
I don't wanna break when I speak
I don't wanna shake while I'm standing
I don't wanna crawl into another hole
I don't know what I'm hiding for
I don't wanna fall when I stand
I don't wanna have to hold your hand
I just want to be the girl I used to be
When I was me and worry free
I know these burdens are my own
But I can't keep on running
No, I just can't keep on running away from here
I know that the only way to beat it is fighting my every fear
I'm not gonna make it til' I turn around and face it alone, I know
That I can't keep on running
No, I just can't keep on running away
So it stops today
So here I am, I'm taking my first step
Thought I was losing balance
But I caught myself
I kind of like the challenge
Nope, I don't need help
I am gonna make it past the very start
It's always been my hardest part
But I,
I am gonna stay in control
I must admit this crutch is getting old
I am gonna throw it right out of my hand
I'm finally here, I understand
I know I'll get there on my own
So I can't keep on running
No, I just can't keep on running away from here
I know that the only way to beat it is fighting my every fear
I'm not gonna make it til' I turn around and face it alone, I know
That I can't keep on running
No, I just can't keep on running away
So it stops today
You can hide from all the pain
But it will find you anyway
Yes, I know
Now I know...
Think good thought
True words
Onsdag 10/4
Det finns bara en väg och det är framåt!
Be strong and never give up
Det handlar om att våga
Att bryta invanda mönster är svårt. Att gå emot och stå ut med ångesten efter är nästintill outhärdligt.
I hela mitt vuxna liv har jag låtit min rädsla och ångest styra mig. Livrädd för obehaget ångesten innebär. En ångest som en gång höll på att ta livet av mig. Den gjorde mig galen. Livet var nattsvart och det enda vapen jag hade mot ångesten var kontrollen över mig själv, Maten och Kroppen.
Sen dess har jag gjort allt i min makt för att undvika ångest. För att undvika att falla ner i nattsvart mörker igen.
Jag är så rädd för vissa delar av mig själv, att jag aldrig vågat gå hela vägen igenom mörkret för att nå ljuset. Jag har många gånger sprungit halvvägs, men i min iver halkat, fastnat, blivit rädd och tappat hoppet. Skamset har jag krupit tillbaka in i min mörka trygghet igen.
Jag ligger inte på botten längre. Allt är inte nattsvart. Snarare stjärnklart.
Jag står här och det är fortfarande mörkt. Men stjärnornas lyser så starkt att jag nu kan se vägen ganska klart. Och visst, den ser väldigt brant och snårig ut. Men inte oövervinnelig. Inte omöjlig.
Det handlar om att våga.
Inget att säga
True words
Några punkter att tänka på när man kämpar för att bli frisk i från en ätstörning
- You will not gain weight at the same rate as you mentally recover. Give up on that dream. You will not always look the same way that you feel.
- You will not always be motivated. Recovery is not rainbows and sunshine. Going back to your disorder will be easier than continuing to fight it. (You are strong enough to fight it).
- Recovery is not comfortable. You are going to have to go way beyond your comfort zone. Sometimes you will be so uncomfortable and upset and afraid that you swear that you can’t take it. You can take it. You can tolerate it because some part of you knows that it’s worth going through this to recover.
- Speak up. It hurts to open up, but it can hurt more to keep things inside.
- You don’t get to pick your natural weight. Your body decides. You have to let go of trying to keep your weight at a certain number.
- Change is terrifying, but give it a chance. Don’t go back just because it is what’s comfortable to you.
- No one else can fix you. They can help you, guide you, support you and encourage you, but only you can make the real changes in your life.
- Recovery will not give you your perfect dream life. There will be flaws. You will still cry. You will not feel happy or beautiful all the time. You might feel happy sometimes. You might feel sad sometimes. That’s okay.
- Your eating disorder is not your identity, it is not your life, it is not the only interesting thing about you. It is a part of your past, and a part of your present, but it is not the only thing in your past, not the only thing in your present, and it does not have to be a part of your future.
- Sometimes the small victories are the things that make recovery the most worthwhile.
- You are far stronger than you believe.
- Recovery is possible
15 sätt att förbli olycklig
Ett misslyckande
Massa mys
28 Januari
våga
you're too tired to move on
and now you think that you're the only one who doesn't
have to try
and you won't have to fail
If you're afraid to fly
Have to try
When you don't know where you've been
You hide the shame that you're not showing
And you won't let anyone in
A crowded street can be a quiet place
When you're walking alone
And now you think that you're the only
One who doesn't
Have to try
And you won't have to fail
If you're afraid to fly
Then i guess you never will
You hide behind your walls
Of "maybe never"s
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not
You've got to live this life you're given
Like it's the only one you've got
Memories have left you broken
And the scars have never healed
The emptiness in you is growing
But so little left to fill
You're scared to look back on the days before
You're too tired to move on
And now you think that you're the only one who doesn't
Have to try
And you won't have to fail
If you're afraid to fly
Then i guess you never will
You hide behind your walls
Of "maybe never"s
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not
You've got to live this life you're given
Like it's the only one you've got
What would it take
To get you to say that I'll try
And what would you say if
This was the last day of your life
You hide behind your walls
Of "maybe never"s
Forgetting that there's something more
Than just knowing better
Your mistakes do not define you now
They tell you who you're not
You've got to live this life you're given
Like it's the only one you've got
Möte, beslut och ambivalens
Det finns en önskan inom mig
Det finns en önskan inom mig, om att väga 10 kg mindre. Trots att jag vet att det varken skulle göra mig nöjd eller lycklig. Trots att jag redan prövat tre gånger och vet att det inte förändrar något... Det kommer inte att ta bort min ångest, mitt självhat eller min fruktansvärt dåliga självkänsla. Jag kommer inte att tycka bättre om mig själv eller min kropp.
Att svälta är inte lösningen på mina problem och har aldrig varit. Det har varit min flykt ifrån dem. Jag vet det nu, jag vet bättre och jag önskar jag kunde handla därefter.
Jag är rädd och ambivalent, hur gör man, vad väntar och kommer jag någonsin att bli fri?