Anonymous:
I feel really out of place when I look on these recovery tumblrs and everyone is saying that they need to gain weight. I'm overweight but it's clear that I don't eat enough or normally. and I've pretty much been diagnosed with an eating disorder. but if I up my intake I will gain unneccesary weight. and i know I should lose weight, not gain. it's so hard to be in this situation and I feel like no one else is dealing with this. and I'm so conflicted. i have always been told to lose weight.

A lot of people are dealing with this I promise you. A lot of people who have something like binge eating disorder don’t usually call it a disorder if that makes it any sense, so they don’t make blogs about it….I don’t even know if that made sense, but what I’m trying to say is basically - my mom and really a lot of women in my family have an over eating issue and say “I need to lose weight and get healthier” rather than “I need to recover”.

I feel like that whole paragraph made no sense. I guess it’s harder for me to give advice when I honestly have never have experienced an over eating problem, myself. 

Don’t be discouraged though! If you need to lose weight then do it the healthy way. That goes for everyone going through any kind of ED or even just going on a “diet” in general. Always chose the healthy way!

I hope I don’t seem like a rambling mess. I wish I could have helped more. 

Lauren