You may have struggled with bulimia for many years and ask “how do I overcome bulimia after all these years?” The fact is that bulimia stories often span many years, sometimes decades. I personally overcame bulimia after 20 years of battling the disease and I’m not alone.
I am here to tell you that it is possible to get bulimia treatments and put an end to the binging and purging no matter how long you’ve lived with your addiction. You can put an end to the problems of your eating disorder once and for all. Mine and so many other successful bulimia recovery stories are a testament to exactly what I’m saying.
Bulimia is not stronger than you
You may think bulimia is stronger than your own will and it may even seem like it since your obsession with food and your body tends to consume every aspect of your life. If you are like me, you feel powerless when the urge to binge strikes and give in.
But it can be another way. Stay with me here…
You’re the one who is allowing the urge to binge to take over your life. Your food obsession and thoughts about binging are a part of you, just as all of your thoughts are a part of you. However, they’re just thoughts. You, the observer of your thoughts, ultimately give them meaning and act or don’t act upon them. You might have an urge to do something really bad, but you don’t act on all of your urges do you? No, of course not. You’d be locked up by now if you did.
If you’re reading this, then I know you have what it takes to regain control your thoughts and, ultimately, your life. I know bulimia is not stronger than you because if it were, you’d be dead by now and wouldn’t be reading this article. So, believe me you still have the ability to take action to change your life. No matter how uncontrollable the urges may seem, you can get your life back on track.
You can retrain your mind
The fact is each change that ever took place in someone’s life started as a tiny seed in the mind. This is where the bulimia recovery stories of others can be so inspiring.
No matter how long you’ve lived this way, if you are wiling and commit to it – you can overcome bulimia. It won’t necessarily be easy and you shouldn’t expect it to be. But it can be done. Nothing is hopeless. And the happiness of a life in recovery is so sweet it makes the journey all the more worthwhile.
If you want to start your bulimia recovery, then start by believing in your mind that you can be a non-bulimic. If you read bulimia stories you may be amazed at how bad a situation can get before the amazing power of the mind comes to the rescue. The journey of recovery begins when you decide you’re truly ready for a change. Retraining your mind comes next. Daily sub-conscious retraining through hypnosis, affirmations and powerful declarations can reinforce your decision to be a non-bulimic. After 20 years with bulimia, I wasn’t so sure I could do it. But I did and you can, too.