Tone deaf or do I just genuinely disagree that acceptance of eating disorders is better than regarding them as problems to be worked on? I also disagree that it is more compassionate to encourage people to carry on than to encourage them to overcome potentially fatal disorders.https://twitter.com/zoupmachine/status/992966205815353345 …
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The first step to overcoming a problem is admitting you have one. This does not require self-blame. Addressing one's health problems is better thought of as self-care. You cannot possibly address a problem you do not first own.
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Self-acceptance sounds great but if you use it to mean 'accept that a self-destructive behaviour is perfectly fine' you are not doing your *self* justice. Even if you never fully overcome it, you can feel good about making small steps to better health.
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'Tone deaf' is largely meaningless. I decide which tone I want to hit. If you think it's the wrong one, explain why.
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I don't think being a healthy weight is a moral imperative. People have every right to risk their own lives in any way they choose. We only have one. Make your own choices. I do not take anti-epileptics even tho a seizure could kill me because they make my quality of life so poor
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I would rather be able to think clearly and focus and read complicated texts and remember things than be safe from the risk that one of my rare seizures will kill me but be dull & easily confused & unable to follow a conversation & asleep for 2/3rds of my life.
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My neurologist called me 'irresponsible' for this decision. I don't care. My life is not worth living if I cannot think and write. Perhaps some people feel this way about food? If so, I support their choice. I do not support uninformed, misled or self-deluded choices.
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I know what you mean. I have nerve damage which gave me trigeminal neuralgia. One of the meds prescribed for that had wretched side-effects; i lost the capacity to feel joy. Apparently this med is commonly prescribed for epilepsy. It astounded me that that was an acceptable trade
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Me too! Agonisingly painful, isn't it? I slept for 16 hours a day too & couldn't even follow the plot of a 1 hour police drama like CSI. Work was out of the question & conversations were difficult. If you still have the nerve pain, do you know about this? http://www.cefaly.com/
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I think stimulating the trigeminal nerve would be unwise, as it's misfirings cause the problem in the first place. Some people even go so far as SEVERING it to stop the pain. From what the expert told me, the sheathe of it is damaged progressively.
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Hmmm. Yes, definitely get advice before considering it then. I have a cyst on my brain damaging nerves to my eye & ear & the trigeminal nerve as well as epilepsy but it comes in episodes and I find cefaly makes them pass off and if used regularly, reduces incidences generally.
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