Tonight we had art therapy. Ever since we talked about the wheel of abuse, I haven’t been able to get it out of my head that my eating disorder is abusive toward me. Tonight, I wanted to practice assertiveness toward my eating disorder so I drew the first panel where my eating disorder is being abusive and I am in a defensive position. Then, I drew the second panel where I am being assertive and wrote out all the things I want to say to my eating disorder.
It’s very similar to the Lies Kyle Tells exercise we did, but I am feeling very rebellious toward my eating disorder today and assertiveness is not my forte, so I felt the need to practice it tonight. I also wanted to visually represent Kyle as abusive as a reminder to myself for when I’m not feeling so rebellious.
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Awesome!
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This is so much more powerful than having lengthy sessions with a psychologist. What do they call this approach to challenging your ED?
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Art therapy
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Bloody hell…. this is incredible. You visualise it so perfectly. Kudos! So proud xx
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Thank you
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That’s a really awesome way to visually think about things 🙂
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Well done! Tell that SOB off! He’s just a cowardly little bully. Give it back to him and he backs down!
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Thank you!
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That’s an excellent way of visualising the power that the eating disorder exerts over you and how you can assert yourself. You’ve expressed it so well.
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Oh man how I can so relate to what you wrote on that first poster. The second is things I want to believe about myself but have not yet internalized.
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I haven’t internalized them either. I don’t believe a lot of what I wrote on the second picture, but I want to.
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It’s extremely hard to be assertive. I really like the idea of writing it out on paper. It’s a good physical reminder. 💜
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You’re incredibly courageous for standing up to that internal bully who tries to convince you otherwise. I myself can relate to that struggle. I’ve officially been in recovery from an eating disorder for 1 year 🙂 Your inner strength will always be stronger than your eating disorder. Keep up the fight and never give up! 🙂
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Quite inspiring, I am proud of you for sharing such intimate details.
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Thank you
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