Restrictive Eating / Anorexic Pattern

Buried Feelings

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Possible Buried Beliefs
  • “I must deprive myself.”
  • “I do not deserve nourishment.”
  • “Control makes me safe.”
  • “If I have needs, I am weak.”
  • “If I am smaller, I am safer.”
  • “Taking up space is unsafe.”
Healing Notes

Fear softens when the body learns, slowly, that this present moment is safe. Breath, ground, and small acts of trust each loosen its grip.

Shame loosens in the presence of being seen and not rejected. Naming it out loud is often the first crack of light.

Control softens as trust is rebuilt — first in your own body, then in life itself.

Hard to Go Places

The places the body has been avoiding — the feelings, truths, or moments it has been organised to keep at a distance.

  • Restrictive Eating / Anorexic Pattern

    Receiving nourishment, care, rest, love, and body acceptance without punishment or control. Restriction may provide control, punishment, disappearance, avoidance of adulthood, avoidance of sexuality, avoidance of appetite, or a way not to take up space.

  • Fear

    Letting the body feel safe without needing to control what comes next.

  • Shame

    Allowing yourself to be witnessed in the parts you've spent a lifetime hiding.

  • Control

    Letting something go and discovering it doesn't collapse.

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