As an overeater, shame erodes our true identity. We identify as fat, unappealing, and a failure. Our attempts to diet have failed over and over enforcing the belief that we aren't strong enough.
Our inner critic reminds us how inadequate we are, we self-criticize resulting in more shame and self-hatred. We attempt to take matters into our own hands and diet. We label certain foods "bad" and begin our restriction as a punishment for who we've become.
The intense pain caused by dealing with our addition in this manner, after a time, causes us to break our diet and binge with our favorite forbidden foods. We binge in a daze of peacefulness that is temporarily created. When we emerge we are ashamed and horrified at our actions, further enforcing our addition and further eroding our true identity.
In Step 7 & Key 4 https://forwardreset.com/steps.html : We eliminate our shame and begin to rebuild our identity to emerge other than an overeater. By step 7 we have reviewed our true intentions, sought to eliminate bad behaviors and characteristics, sought the help and guidance of those who have recovered before us, and Key 4 we took action.
We find a new way of living, happier and healthier for today. Like the butterfly we transform from an identity of shame and overeating into our true selves, we are becoming.
Wherever you identify on the spectrum of food addictions, you are welcome, please join us at FORWARD RESET.
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