"Your husband's weight loss and improved health is cause for celebration, but not at the expense of your own mental health. It also seems quite unrelenting in your home with the focus on calories, weight loss, etc. Putting on a brave face is exhausting. In trying to keep the peace you are not getting any yourself, and you deserve support."
A person with lifelong anorexia and bulimia experiences flare-ups when daily life centers on calories, workouts, and shrinking clothes. Their partner’s weight-loss success includes tapering medication and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, which the person feels proud of while still feeling overwhelmed and drowning internally. Avoiding conflict leads to pretending everything is fine, but constant comparison and fear of aging and being replaced intensify triggers. The person lacks consistent therapy support and needs a way to request reduced emphasis on weight-related talk without undermining their partner’s achievements. Support should be provided so recovery is not made harder by unintentional focus on weight loss.
#eating-disorders #mental-health-boundaries #relationship-support #body-image #recovery-and-triggers
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