Freedom From Eating Disorders



		Eating Disorder Recovery Helps Bookmarks Help yourself to free bookmarks with positive quotes. Journaling Pages For journaling exercises, download the free journaling pages. Articles To aid you in educating loved ones about eating disorders, download free articles entitled, "Understanding Eating Disorders,""Understanding Relapses" and "Put Yourself In Their Shoes." Also, to help you communicate your needs to loved ones, download the "When You Look At Me" messages. Song Lyrics For song lyrics about eating disorders, body image and identity. Poems Poems about eating disorders and poems that are general in nature regarding freedom from bondage. Ebooks For more encouragement and inspiration, purchase an ebook. “Inspiration For Your Journey” contains poems and “Encouragement For Your Journey” contains note cards. These ebooks are specifically compiled for those with eating disorders. “Reaching For Freedom” contains poems and “Reaching For The Truth” contains note cards. These ebooks are general in nature regarding freedom from bondage. More Eating Disorder Articles For eating disorder articles on eating disorder factors addressed in "This Month's Musings." Break Out Of Denial Fear Loved Ones Relapses Journaling Prayer Getting Help Guilt Shame Comparison Meal Plans Verses Friend Or Foe Control		Freedom From Eating Disorders Welcome to Freedom From Eating Disorders – providing hope, encouragement and inspiration for your own eating disorder recovery. May this site be a haven for your soul. Please visit often. Put visiting this site on your list of eating disorder coping skills. You can use this site as a distraction from engaging in eating disorder behaviors. On this home page, look for “This Month’s Musings” where you’ll find snippets about various eating disorder factors. In the section, “This Week’s Point To Ponder,” watch for a new verse, quote or thought-provoking question each week which relates to the topic for the month. You may want to use these features for journaling exercises. Perhaps you’d also like to discuss them with your counselor or with others in your support group or on your support message board. The "Recovery Stories” page contains testimonials of those who have recovered from their eating disorders. May reading these stories encourage you to continue forward in your own eating disorder recovery. To focus on the special person you are, uniquely created by God, see the “Your Spirit” page and soak in the truth of those words. You'll also find the Serenity Prayer, an Eating Disorder Prayer and Psalms. This is a great page for anyone who is considering or is in Christian eating disorder recovery. To educate your loved ones about your eating disorders or if your loved one has an eating disorder, see the "Friends & Family" page. You'll find articles as well as links to other websites. Find loads of articles, resources and treatment finders as well as message boards and more on the “ED Links” page. You'll also find links to other great recovery and ministry sites. During stressful moments, go to the “Serenity” page and enjoy calming pictures. You may want to want to lose yourself in these photos and take a minute vacation. Or perhaps you'd like to sketch them or write stories or poems about these pictures. When you want a break from everything or if you want something to distract you from eating disorder behaviors, go to the “Fun Links” page and enjoy the humorous writings and various websites there.
				This Month's Musings Control And Eating Disorders One of the most common factors among eating disorder sufferers is the desire for control. For many reasons, we may feel our lives are beyond what we can manage. Perhaps we’ve faced losses, disappointments, accidents or changes of direction due to circumstances beyond our control. As we limit our food intake, we feel we are in charge of at least one thing in our lives when other decisions seem to be made without our consent or input. However, it doesn’t take very long to realize that this behavior is instead controlling us. We find we’re afraid of food, apprehensive about eating with others, discontent with our body image and obsessed with our weight. Put that way, it doesn’t sound like we’re in control, does it? For me, I reasoned I would eat less temporarily to help me get through a difficult time. I’d experiences losses, changes in direction and unexplained health problems. It seemed I wasn’t getting a say in anything in my life at the time. I attempted to reach out for support and found none. Anorexia welcomed me with open arms as it sought to control my life. Before long, I realized it had me in its grasp and was not going to let go easily. In order to loose myself of its tight grip, I put the control of my journey to freedom in God’s loving, able and trustworthy hands. This Week's Point To Ponder Remember, you aren’t controlling anything by practicing self-destructive behaviors. Instead the eating disorder is controlling you, and it doesn’t deserve to do that. If you'd like to read "Musings" and "Points To Ponder" from previous months, browse the "ED Articles" page. You'll also find links to other articles I've written on past topics. Past topics include Admitting An Eating Disorder, Fear, When Others Don't Understand, Relapses, Journaling, Prayer, Getting Help, Guilt, Shame, Comparison and Meal Plans, Scripture, Friend Or Foe. Watch for the following topics in upcoming months - Telling Others About Your Eating Disorder, Steps In Eating Disorder Recovery, Body Image, You Are Worth Fighting For.
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