Your Eating Disorder & Obesity Story

JUST FOR TODAY:  Reflect upon when your struggles with food and weight began, and how they changed over time.  What would you like the "next chapter of your story" to be?

We all have a story.  What it was like growing up, when your struggles with food and weight began, and what triggered these.  How your food and weight issues changed over time, what you did to deal with your issues, and where you are now.  Sometimes, you keep your story a secret – as if you are an ostrich with your head buried in the sand, pretending like none of the past ever happened, and that you don't have any problems now at all.  But you can't hide from yourself, and you keep the pain of your story buried in your eating disorder.  Or, you might be at the opposite extreme, where you can't stop telling your story to others.  Maybe you're stuck in your story, and you're looking for people who can validate you for your struggles.  Perhaps you're hoping that someone will help you make sense of your past and move onto a healthier future.  No matter what your past story is, you are the author of the future chapters.  What would you like the "next chapter of your story" to be?  Weigh your options, and start telling your NEW story!

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado