Weight-Loss Apocalypse

SUCH A GOOD SESSION! In this session we discuss her urge to diet because of shame and embarrassment about her weight. The first half of this session is a discussion of how food restrictions, while living surrounded by food, increases cravings and desire for food. Feelings of deprivation and loss of food that is available, but NOT allowed, increases one's sensitivity to pleasure seeking behavior and the narcotic response to that particular food. This is a great discussion about "addiction" to food. RECORDED FEBRUARY 2018  #thinsupremacy #weightlossapocalypse #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #bodyimage #bodydietsupremacysyndrome #bdss #bingedietbingecycle #dietbingedietcycle #foodaddiction #emotionaleating #eatingdisorders #ed #ana #ednos

She's suffered from anorexia/bulimia for most of her adult life. She struggles to surrender her victim perceptions that stem from seeing her life as being harder than others. Eating/bingeing is how she's been validating and rewarding herself, but only because she's relied on purging/dieting/over-exercising to keep her from gaining weight. #thinsupremacy #weightlossapocalypse #emotionaleating #bed #ana #bulimia #ed #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #bodydietsupremacysyndrome #bdss #bulimarexia #survivalmode #fightorflight

She has been in "fight or flight" most of her life, working on her family farm and taking it over as an adult. Her father was super critical and narcissistic and raised her to be his narcissistic supply. In that position, many people end up with a complex form of PTSD. She has clear physical symptoms, such as autoimmune issues. As she's been addressing the underlying beliefs that support and promote her anxiety and fear, her symptoms have started to diminish. #survivalmode #thinsupremacy #weightlossapocalypse #stress #anxiety #ocd #complexptsd #traumabonding #eatingdisorders #emotionaleating #copingmechanisms #narcissism #vulnerablenarcissism

This is a 90 minute consult with a woman who has suffered with an eating disorder most of her adult life. She's been to inpatient and outpatient treatment, therapy, group help, etc... she found Robin on youtube and decided to reach out for help. The first half of this consult they discuss her childhood trauma and the importance of grace in getting separation from perceiving life as a victim. The second half of this consult we discuss the freedom in accepting the body unconditionally. Lots of good content in this consult... RECORDED FEBRUARY 2018

She has suffered with emotional eating issues most of her adult life and reached out for Robin's help a couple years prior. After talking a few times over course of those years, she is realizing the idea of being "healthy" has kept her mind trapped and in fear. She is starting to see the link between her judgment of "bad" food and unhealthy food to the shame she experiences when she eats. She has been caught in a spiral of obsession over preventing illness and unhealth, and despite her fears, she is miserable. We discuss the willingness to be "unhealthy" in order to free herself from the cognitive distortions and inflammatory ideas of "health." RECORDED FEBRUARY 2018 #thinsupremacy #healthsupremacy #narcissisticsupremacy #bodydietsupremacysyndrome #ednos #ed #orthorexia #fear #survivalmode #anxiety #ocd #bodyimage #health #escape #dietimage #weightlossapocalypse #recovery

After a few weeks of relief, she starts bingeing again. She is trying to NOT gain weight with the hunger scale, not realizing her focus on her weight and her body is what promotes anxiety. That anxiety makes it very very difficult to recognize hunger and fullness. In this session, we get to the underlying stress and thought process that occurs that promotes the desire and wanting to binge. This is a tough conversation around victim position and feeling sorry for yourself. RECORDED FEBRUARY 2018 #thinsupremacy #weightlossapocalypse #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #bodydietsupremacysyndrome #fightorflight #survivalmode #bodyimage #selfworth #recovery #bingeeating #bulimia #ednos

She suffered with anorexia and bulimia (ednos) for years... after finishing outpatient recovery, she reached out to work with Robin. For the first time she is addressing the terror of letting go of body image, instead of focusing her energy on how to manage and control food. The pain she's been avoiding feels so big that she's not sure she candle handle it. In this session, thy discuss the emotions that arise when pain is felt and looked at. RECORDED FEBRUARY 2018 #bodyimage #ed #bulimia #ednos #bed #ana #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #survivalmode #fightorflight #weightlossapocalypse #shame #forgiveness #grace #acceptance #narcissism

This client has worked through the hardest part of escaping the abusive relationship with thin supremacy and the cult belief that her body is inadequate and inferior to live in because of its size and weight. This grief and pain must be felt and ACCEPTED in order to get relief and to transition into recovery. SHE IS ALMOST THERE!!! RECORDED FEBRUARY 2018 #thinsupremacy #ed #bed #emotionaleating #weightlossapocalypse #bodyimage #suffering #pain #escapeandrecovery #syndrome #bodydietsupremacysyndrome