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I personally don't believe it's healthy to idealize the appearance of one body type or another (whether it be thinspo, fitspo, a skinny body, a curvy body, etc., it's all incredibly damaging), and quite honestly I don't really see the point. It's not as though you can change the structure of your body's skeleton, nor can…

I am actually rather holistic, so I don't tend to take medications for things like nausea. I did take some ginger tea, which helped subdue the nausea, and it felt this morning as if my digestion has at least begun to work. -_- I check the labels of everything, before I buy them! I'll double check just in case, just to make…

Yeah.....It's 1 PM where I am, and I'm still curled up under the covers, even though I need to return to school in a few hours. I was up all night going to and from the bathroom, so I barely got any sleep and my stomach is absolutely killing me. -_-

I wish that were an option! I'm a college student (without a car), so my food options tend to be rather slim, since I can really only go food shopping very 2 weeks, every week max. I also cannot consume gluten and I was attempting to go vegan, narrowing my options rather far. I'm assuming that attempting to eat clean and…

When it comes down to it, like you said, if you're not happy at your highest weight, you won't be happy at your lowest. However, that is not an issue of fitness or any particular body type. It's an issue of working to accept yourself, and the healthy, natural state of your body. This is why I have a problem with both the…

I am beyond words right now. This is entirely to true, much more eloquently put than I ever could, and it makes me happy to see that other people are actually educated about this. <3

I have been diagnosed with Anorexia. Feel free to add me for support, but please do be aware that I may be triggering.

I completely respect marriage vows as well, but like has been said numerous times before, abuse is not acceptable. I don't care who you or your husband may be. It's not acceptable, and you don't deserve a single second of it. You said '....'till death do us part', correct? Would staying in such a destructive and negative…

It really depends on the semester, because I work 3 jobs on campus, and I'm a full time student, in a few clubs, volunteer teams, and organizations. So, i'm rather busy. I try to workout 3/4 times a week in the mornings if I have the time, but I don't always have it. :/

I guess I'll talk a bit about myself as well. :) I was diagnosed with BPD 3 years ago, when I was 18, and seeking out answers. I've been showing symptoms of the disorder since at least age 13, so when I could seek out counseling on campus without my parents getting involved, I did. Thus far, I've been in a few therapists…

I don't have tips/tricks, but I do have a few good food ideas! It's hard to eat healthy in college (at least it is for me, living in a dorm) because so much of the campus food is horrible for you, and it's hard to find items at grocery stores that will stay good in your fridge/you can make with a microwave. Have you tried…

TOUCHE my friend....I shouldn't be on either seeing how my brain is only working at about 5% of it's possible potential right now.....my brain is in a fog. xD Haha. Sleep well! ^.^

I was responding strictly to the smoke-shaming aspect of that comment! If you read back a bit, I made 2 comments on this thread about the issues of fat-shaming, and you pretty much just repeated what I said! ^.^ Yay for great minds thinking alike! I just wanted to make sure you knew that I was not speaking as though…

That is not shaming people who are smoking.....that is just people trying to watch out for their own health, and trying to help others. By trying to help others be healthier, they are not shaming. In a large majority of communities, people can't smoke next to a pulic building (due to laws). So, that person asking smokers…

Body acceptance and physical health go hand in hand, since body acceptance, love and respect are all parts of mental health. Those key aspects of mental health (while separate from physical health) are often fuel for an individual attempting to become more healthy, with their lifestyle. Body acceptance is a movement, that…

How about we stop attempting to correlate health with any weight at all? Somebody's weight is a poor estimation of their health, while their daily habits are a fantastic estimation of such. Fat, skinny, curvy or stick thin, it doesn't matter, because health is what matters. I just don't understand why we need to body…

Have you looked into supplementation? A lot of people who struggle with mood imbalances actually have deficiencies in quite common vitamins, such as B, C, etc. I also suggest looking into Sam-E, St. John's Wort, high doses of B12, Omega 3's such as fish oil or flaxseed oil (make sure to get the correct ratio of EPA/DHEA),…

I have Borderline Personality Disorder, Anorexia, and what is believed to also be Rapid Cycling BiPolar, type II. So, I often find myself thrown into random episodes of anxiety, and random episodes of depression. I started taking a combination of B12 (1,500mg), Fish oils (they stabilize moods, if you get the DHA/EPA in the…

After responding to this post last night, I realized that there was no group for BPD support on MFP! It's quite sad, seeing how such a large majority of people who deal with BPD also tend to deal with binge eating, or bulimia. So, I figured I would share. :x…

I agree completely, with both bottoming and topping! The day after I bottom an intense scene (especially being handcuffed to St. Andrew's cross, since I am so short) my legs burn as well. It's like a core/lower body workout, just trying to balance as I am being struck. I tend to feel the burn in my back/ upper body, after…

I suffer from BPD, possibly BP, and Anorexia. So, if you would like any advice on how to use your eating habits to improve your mentality, please do feel free to ask me, or add me for support! ^.^ I actually have a bit of information from a DBT (dialectal behavioral therapy) program that I used to attend, which contains…