i was hoping someone could give me some advice. i've started to flirt with being bulimic, and i don't want to be, have done a lot of research on it, told people i love...but no one understands/ can help. my perception of my body is normal and i am in my normal body weight range, but i turned to throwing up as a way to cope/ find control in chaos.
i can't control that i have ptsd and bipolar/ the diseases are so abstract and fluctuate. i can't control how i feel after therapy. i've been on 6 different medications. i can't control the horrible family environment/ relationships with people in my past, and i'm trying to juggle going to college as well. ...and then just recently, the last stable thing in my life was threatened and i turned to throwing up just like i did when i first learned i was bipolar.
i protect my teeth with retainers, protect my throat and fingers, don't binge (eat till i'm just full and usually binge on something semi healthy/ still get nurtition from the things i ate before.), and have researched/ listened in a class i'm taking about the disorder.
...but i still do it anyway. usually every other day. i've tried to stop, but i'm afraid i'll lapse again and i'm afraid i don't want to stop. the way my body feels afterwords is so good. there's so much of a release/i'm exhausted/ i can focus on that pain instead of my own. i know no one can force me to do one thing or the other, so i've been reaching out to people but no one's helped me or knows what to do.
i'm going to talk to my psychologist on weds. about it, but the weird thing is i'm not ashamed, sad, or guilty...it's more cold/ rational/ and dissociated.
can anyone give me ideas as to what to do, relate to me, help me find some other way of control? i understand in life there's a lot of things we can't control, but when you can't even control your own reflexes or perception of reality...that's when i personally begin to lose it. really appreciate any advice. oh, i respect peoples religious beliefs, but i personally am not religious and am not looking to be. i've been really burned by that and am just trying to heal so turning to a religion would be really overwhelming.
thanks for listening.