Neural rewiring and trusting your body

[@elevenbyfive]

desperately awaiting the neural rewiring book! Also, thank you for never using triggering pictures as thumbnails. For some reason, a lot of recovery channels do, and it's frustrating.

[@tiffanylyman-olszewski7359]

I've noticed the same thing!!

[@survivorswapped7637]

i’ve been in anorexia “recovery” for about 9 months, I say that in quotations because most of the time it’s been my parents trying to force me to recover and me fighting it every step of the way. but after getting out of residential treatment about a month ago, the past two weeks I have eaten unrestricted without any parental guidance and I am so proud of myself and think I am making so much progress mentally as well. i’m recovering for myself and for my own life and am even going to school right now during all this weight gain and I can honestly say I don’t give a shit what other students think about my body changing and am happier then i’ve been in 2 years. fuck you anorexia : )

[@caitlinc4789]

Survivor Swapped I’m kind of in the same situation. If I keep going down this path, my parents are going to send me to residential. It makes me really happy to know that you’re doing so well, and I just wanted to let you know that it really helps me (and probably others) to hear how others are doing. Good for you!

[@AZKflamenco]

Hi Tabitha I have never commented before but I just wanted to say that, as a fully qualified medical doctor (although I quit several years ago in frustration at the lack of humanity and cutting of services in the NHS) I am currently in recovery from anorexia too. As you know, the logic of anorexia is twisted. Knowing physiology and facts doesn’t always help frustratingly. But what is worse, during my struggles to access nhs help during this 3yr battle as the patient not the doctor, I was frequently berated by professionals that I should know better. But that just added to the sense of shame and humiliation I felt. But I have come to realise that obviously it’s an illness and we all have automatic fears that are illogical We can of course try to use logic to counteract the fears but knowledge in itself isn’t enough to stop the illogical reactions. Ps : I really find your approach so refreshing and have been so impressed by what you are doing for hopefully future treatment approaches. I’m trying to spread the word as much as I can because I know how little most doctors and staff actually know and I fully believe more active education about current knowledge is essential for them!

[@TabithaFarrar]

Thank you. We need people like you in positions on the inside with drs to help influence change and educate. So thank you!

[@chrissy_south75]

OMG I can't wait for your new book!!!!!!!!! "Rehabilitate Rewire Recover" is my bible! 👍👏

[@myraparolis7625]

TABITHA THANK YOU 😭 thank you so much for each and every video you post

[@hunterfagan6272]

Im in recovery from anorexia. I cant stand hearing my mom talking about how she wants to fast for a week to “cleans” herself or buy all the low carb foods or only eat if you run 10 miles or intermittent fasting. Now that Im recovery, i can see so many fucked up behaviors that people have around food.

[@allie2342]

How have you been dealing with it? I am noticing the same in my mum’s and friends‘ behaviours. It’s so frustrating and I try to educate them but it’s hard to change someone else’s thoughts next to your own 🙄

[@hunterfagan6272]

@@allie2342 I honestly still have no clue what to do. I mostly just try to ignore it, but sometimes I’ll give little hints about their disordered eating

[@jessicay8928]

This is more like a free consultation session with tabitha...

[@caitlinrebekah2599]

love your videos! can i just say that just because someone may be a medical student and have knowledge of the human body, it doesn't always mean that they cannot do things to harm their body, for example I am a nurse and i know logically how detrimental anorexia can be on the body yet i have struggled with anorexia for 6 years.. I often get health professionals say to me "you should know better than to starve yourself you're a nurse". same goes for about 80% of the doctors and nurses who I work with who smoke cigarettes. I know its not the same thing but I am trying to use this an example. Hope this makes sense :)

[@harmonyhope1709]

Looking forward to the next book! Think it will be really useful for me!!

[@emaanzubair3361]

Thank you for this video.

[@busraseymen5129]

✨ thank you thank you thank you! You are amazing ✨

[@marengray646]

I Love what u do❤❤❤❤

[@clairespinks2953]

I have an eating disorder & will help. I need to rewire ‘normal ‘ ‘deserved’ ‘hospital meals’ (yes, I was inpatient last year), ‘weight train correct ‘ - I have a 14yr old rugby & gym player son, ‘big protein low fat’ - policeofficer husband. So yes, I’ll get involved if you’re interested in all that nonsense!! (Oh yes, I’m anorexic. Last comment came last, didn’t it!!)

[@heatherlewandowski9821]

great episode and it was really helpful for me at this moment I have been dealing with this for awhile now. I did read both of your books and found them to be helpful. I just wish I had the strength and courage to stick to this process and nor fear the unknown and or weight gain.

[@allie2342]

But the fear only vanishes when being after the process, not before :( and you surely have the strength and courage! How have you been doing since your comment?

[@heatherlewandowski9821]

@@allie2342 I have not too well actually not well at all. ugh

[@laurenkatearya]

Hi Tabitha, I often think that question too ‘what if my body keeps gaining and gaining weight’..while I would love to fully accept and embrace and trust your answer of ‘why would your body want to do that?’ I was wondering if you could explain why obesity occurs? My fear is that if I allowed myself to eat without restriction (which I think would be a lot lot lot of food) that I would enter obesity. As how come for those people who have obesity than when they eat without restriction their body doesn’t know what to do and thus they become obese? I would love to fully embrace and trust your reasoning but those such questions always come into my mind and hold me back from ever embracing eating without restriction. Thank you so much, Lauren xx

[@TheDevilWearsRaskol]

I really hope for a response to this as the same questions plague my mind daily... I want to fully embrace the path of recovery and trust others or trust my body but I feel like I'm being lied to.... You can't just magically eat yourself to your natural weight? Because some people are at unhealthily unnatural weights and how is that explained? Im struggling with this

[@ozoz4087]

I've just had my first period since nearly 2 years without it (yeah!:) - I am eating much more than before and have gained a lot of weight but still I can't imagine I could eat, for example, a cake, or a jar of peanut butter every day and not become obese by doing it

[@kaylacarmical8676]

people that are obese and medically over their set point weight aren’t listening to their body. their body doesn’t want to be at that weight, but they aren’t living a balanced life and clearly don’t have a good relationship with food

[@Natalia_85]

I understand the theory of my body not wanting to be obese but obesity does exist. It happens. There is a youtuber called Amberlynn Reed who can't seem to stop eating. How do I know my brain wont just trade one addiction for another? How do you know? Im honestly asking 😅 After all, my brain did traded anorexia for bulimia and then bulimia for orthorexia and bodybuilding. 😅

[@vebzia]

i have the same question

[@Natalia_85]

@@vebzia I think I've learned the answer. On the one hand there is of course a genetic component. But reality is that people that end up having larger bodies than their "original" set point, it's usually because they are trying to restrict (and they have the genetics that lead to obesity, not the genetics to lead to anorexia). So they try to supress their body weight and they restrict and then they feast because they were restricting and it never ends.

[@Natalia_85]

@@vebzia I'm passed the feasting mode. Having the liberty to eat anything you want, whenever you want, does funny things to your body. I don't need feasting and I don't desire food with the desperation I did when I restricted. It feels so good. You just have to trust that you will be fine just like the rest of us who started to cross the bridge to recovery. It can be done. Im not aware of every treat at home because I can eat anything now, whenever. No restrictions ever. No diet in the horizon because I had a bowl of cereal or a cookie. It's complete freedom. But you must feast until you don't feel like feastin anymore. I promise the day will come.

[@hellohellox2]

@@Natalia_85 how are u now?🌞🥰

[@Natalia_85]

@@hellohellox2 Fully recovered!!! Thank you for asking 💕 Never in a million years I thought I would have a healthy relationship with food and I do. I have never felt so free and happy in my life. If I was able to recover after 23 years of suffering... ANYONE can!