13. Yo bitches. It’s me –
Molly Mushroom. How the bloody hell are you? I have a new strategy in life that
I have only just started and it is this. I have three things that I ask myself
in the morning and by the end of the day I answer them. I call it Molly’s Power of Three. They consist of:
1.What I found funny?
2.What I found
inspirational?
3.What I learnt?
I then write them down in a
queer little book my Great Aunt Brenda gave me and keep it tucked away in my
knicker drawer as I know that is the only place my tramp of a sister, Morag,
daren’t go. One day I think I will publish them as some of the things I get to
see and hear would make a whore blush.
I only received one email
this week from a wonderful and brave young man so without further a poo…
Dear Molly Mushroom, please
help. I am a young heterosexual man. I have noticed that over the past year I
have developed a problem with eating. I am obsessed with my weight and
constantly weighing myself worrying whether I have put any on. I have found
myself purging at least twice a day getting rid of food that I have gorged
myself on. I am aware that I have some kind of problem but find it difficult to
accept it. I am writing this in a somewhat numb state of mind because I do not
want to acknowledge it but know something needs to be done. I am obsessed with
being able to get my fist under my ribs and feeling my collar bone to see how
bony it is. Please help, Anon 19 years old.
What you are telling me is
that you consider yourself to have an eating disorder and from what you have
said it sounds like bulimia. By contacting me and opening up about your fears
you have begun the process of working through it, so well done.
Bulimia nervosa can be life-threatening
disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating followed by
self-induced vomiting or other purging methods. These include laxatives,
excessive exercise and fasting to prevent weight gain. It sounds to me that you
are intensely afraid of gaining weight and dissatisfied with your body and
appearance. This is a very delicate matter and I do not want to say that you do
have bulimia, however I may suggest that you need to be very careful becoming
so obsessed with losing weight and purging. The behaviour you are displaying to
me suggests that you should contact your GP and explain the situation.
You may find that CBT
(Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is beneficial and is the most widely used model
of practice for people with eating disorders. This can also support you with your
obsessional behaviour and how to deal with situations you find difficult.
Above I stated that bulimia
is a life threatening condition. People who suffer with bulimia find that they
suffer with these side-effects from purging/making themselves sick. They
include teeth becoming soft and crumbly due to the stomach acid wearing away
the enamel, problems with the esophagus
(the tube which connects the mouth to the stomach) bad breath, hair loss, irregular
heartbeat, constipation, fatigue and osteoporosis amongst many other problems
associated with bulimia. What you are doing is denying your body of essential nutrients. It is easy for someone to say to
the abuser the harm they are doing to their body but very different for the
self-harmer to
Bulimia can be a way of control when other things in your life are going
wayward. Is this happening to you? Can you find a pattern to your purging. Are
there specific times or occasions when you are sick? Is there a feeling of
power you get after doing it? If this is so then it could be a way for you to
take control over your life where other parts of you feel powerless? Do you suffer
with low self-esteem or have comments been made to you by important persons in
your life when you were younger influencing your mental state of mind?
I do recommend you find someone to talk to about this issue as it can
become incredibly dangerous even ending in death.
Here are some websites below who you can contact. I wish you all the best
and hope that you seek help. Love Molly X
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