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The week after New Years can be tough. Fantasies around New Years may be more powerful than Christmas wishes. New Years is often a time of hope for the end of eating disorder symptoms.
You hope for the beginning of a new and true love. You hope that at last, you can be your real self, be recognized as the quality person you are and welcome peace and opportunity in your life.
When all those wishes don't come true as the New Year opens the disappointment can be intense. That disappointment can bring on a state of depression where you have low energy and just want to cry alone with your best friend - bulimia.
Please, hold out. You might be hung over from too much of everything over the holiday. You might be exhausted from activity and tension. You might be frightened because of the sudden transition from holiday to quiet regular life. Maybe you are experiencing all three.
Give yourself a chance to adapt to the shift your mind, heart, body and emotions need to make after the holidays.
A big tip that always needs reminding, that all of us tend to forget:
Don't get too hungry.
Don't get too thirsty.
Don't get too tired.
Hunger, dehydration and fatigue will play havoc with your emotions, your ability
to think and your ability to perceive realistically.
Give yourself a few days of eating three healthy meals a day, drinking 6 - 8 glasses of water a day and getting eight hours of sleep at night.
You will be happily surprised at how much better life looks.
This is not a cure for bulimia. But it is a way to catch hold of some health so you can take the steps necessary for solid recovery. And wouldn't that be a nice way to start the New Year?
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