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Wreck This Eating Disorder

A self-help journal for eating disorders based on elements of mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy and other general activities designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.

A self-help journal for eating disorders based on elements of mindfulness, cognitive behavioural therapy and other general activities designed to promote a healthy lifestyle.

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Face your fears!<br />

The best way to get over what scares you is to deal with it head<br />

on - otherwise you just try to avoid it and you find it ruins your life.<br />

Remember your fears are often much worse than things really<br />

are – often build up to something scary feels much worse than<br />

actually doing it.<br />

Start off slow, with something that you can manage, then do it<br />

again but this time push yourself a little bit further. Before you do<br />

it, try to calm yourself down – look at the breathing exercises<br />

earlier in the journal. Accept things may not go perfectly (there’s a<br />

section on setbacks as well in the journal.)<br />

Make a list of what you are scared of, then make a fear ladder<br />

here. Put the least scary thing at the bottom, and the most scary<br />

thing at the top. An example here is eating in around other people.<br />

<strong>Eating</strong> a meal in a<br />

restaurant<br />

Having a snack in a café<br />

Having a drink in a café<br />

<strong>Eating</strong> in front of a<br />

friend<br />

Having a drink with a<br />

friend<br />

Talking to someone while<br />

they are eating

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