RNmama8413

Nurses like thay have no place in the field!!

Thank you so much, I needed that!!

Well I definitely need help, both with this and with my obsession with food in general!! I'll be looking into what my insurance covers on monday!! The DSM-5 would classify this as an eating disorder for sure, I had to buy one for my abnormal psych class, it's outdated but the info for eating disorders hasn't changed much since that class

I also don't want anyone to think I'm an unfit mom or something...

So you guys would classify it as bulimia then?! I can't stop myself it's become a compulsion, even now with you guys having said I won't stretch out my stomach like I'm afraid I will I still have to do it.... I laughed at the counselor when I went for my mental evaluation when she asked me if I had ever been bulimic... like uh do I look like I've ever had a problem and now I get why they ask!! I don't regret it for a minute but u do wish someone would have told me what a mental and emotional journey this was going to be because I was not prepared for that aspect

It does make me feel much better that you guys said the stomach doesn't stretch as easily as everyone says. I did this so I would be healthy for my daughter and for myself and here I am doing something just as destructive in place of being obese... it's such a head game and I was not at all prepared for that

I am just about 7 months out and down 64lbs.... this started because I ate too much once or twice and i made myself sick, then I was so afraid of stretching out my stomach that even if I ate just enough I still felt like I had to throw up and now its a compulsive thing, I feel like I have to do it constantly, and not when I eat everything but if I exceed my carb limits or whatever ill make myself puke to get them out.... I am very aware that this is a problem, but im a nurse and a mom and admitting that Im doing this to myself is terrifying, mostly because im terrified that if I stop my stomach will somehow stretch out. I don't typically binge although I have a time or 2.... Does anyone have any suggestions, I know I need help I guess im just looking for some reassurance that im not alone.