i came back at month 21 to say thank you and got a much warmer response than i expected, for what its worth
#mental-health 2025-11-09
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Highlights from this day
- per_mg_pete — if you are struggling in a way this channel cannot hold, please talk to a professional. we are not a crisis service and we know it 11:48
- no_appetite_nia — i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with 11:58
- two_lifts_a_week — does the quiet in your head ever feel like a loss rather than a relief i asked one relative to stop commenting. it was awkward for a week and it was worth it 13:09
- two_lifts_a_week — has anyone else felt oddly flat since the appetite went 14:20
- no_appetite_nia — the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for 14:46
if you are struggling in a way this channel cannot hold, please talk to a professional. we are not a crisis service and we know it
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genuine question how do you handle a partner who is not pleased about you doing this
i spent twenty years negotiating with myself about food and then the negotiation just stopped, and that took months to sit with
the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment
my mood dipped around week five and lifted by about week ten. i cannot tell you why either of those happened
were not clinicians
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thinking of you
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does the quiet in your head ever feel like a loss rather than a relief
i asked one relative to stop commenting. it was awkward for a week and it was worth it
slightly off topic but i get anxious the night before a dose increase, so i take it in the morning now and sleep first
while im here hold on if you can. week three is not the whole experience and a lot of us nearly stopped right there
the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it
no_appetite_niawhile im here hold on if you can. week three is not the whole experience and a lot of…
the food noise went completely quiet and i dont know what to do with the silence, is that normal
for the archive how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way
has anyone else felt oddly flat since the appetite went
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how did people get through a long plateau without giving up entirely
the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for
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i am kinder to myself now than i was when i was heavier, and that is not because of the number
motivation has collapsed since the scale stopped moving, has anyone been here
anxious every time i go up a dose, is that a known thing or just me
does anyone talk to somebody professionally about this side of it
my relationship with eating was the thing i managed and now i dont know what im managing