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Ok this might be trigger since it involves overeating but I noticed my creativity only is there when I eat hence I overeat, any advice on this? To not have to eat when I’m not hungry to be creative?
Creativity Linked to Eating
Here are a few things you can try...
1 - Write during mealtime. If you feel like you're creativity is only there while you're eating, try scheduling your daily writing session to coincide with a meal. That way, you're not eating anything extra. You're just writing when you're eating a meal anyway.
2 - Write with a healthy snack. See if there are any healthy snacks you can munch on while you write. Apple wedges, mixed nuts, celery sticks with cream cheese or peanut butter, kale chips, cucumber slices with hummus, cherry tomatoes with mozzarella and balsamic vinegar, baby carrots, popcorn (without butter and without a lot of salt), a smoothie, edamame, roasted chickpeas, roasted broccoli, dry Cheerios, etc.
3 - Take a walk instead. Exercise is a huge creativity trigger for most people, so try taking a walk around the block before you sit down to write. Even a few minutes worth of jumping jacks and running in place can help. Sit down afterward with a glass of water, and you may find you no longer feel the need to eat to fire up your creativity.
4 - Try a tasty beverage. There's a reason so many of us drink coffee, tea, or other beverages while we write. If you feel like eating and your creativity are tied together, try drinking something instead. My go-to is coffee, but hot or cold tea, sparkling water, water with lemon, sports drinks, and smoothies are other good options.
5 - Try other creativity boosting exercises. The following posts have some suggestions:
Guide: Filling Your Creative Well
Guide: How to Rekindle Your Motivation to Write
Getting Excited About Your Story Again
Getting Unstuck: Motivation Beyond Mood Boards & Playlists
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It’s been a while
I don’t know what I weigh but it doesn’t matter, I still see the same thing in the mirror. I feel so fat.
I wish you could see them standing up, I know they’re there… I can be thinner, I will be thinner, I will be pretty and my body will be beautiful
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So I gave myself shin splints 🙃
I'm currently stressed out about how I'm going to be able to exercise without worsening the injury. My calorie intake is already 200-500 so I'm nervous about lowering it without drawing attention from my family.
Does anyone have upper body exercise/ general recommendations?
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Does anyone know of any ED space Discords I can join that aren’t mostly just minors,? I want to be able to talk to other 18+ people abt this stuff rather than surrounded by 15 year olds, no offense. Pls lmk I need ppl to talk to bad :(
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Some of my friends that I’ve been seeing more often have been noticing that I haven’t been eating much. They don’t know my eating disorder history, they just know I have ADD and get depression/anxiety/stomachaches. Christina is basically my best friend rn and she kept saying that I need to remember to eat and throughout the last week, she was texting/telling me to, “EAT!” But that just made me want to not eat more. Christina and I were hanging out with our other good friend, Haley, and they had ordered a ton of food and when I refused to eat anything, Christina said, “I haven’t seen you eat anything this whole time and we’ve been together all day…” and I just said my stomachs feeling weird and then my other good friend said, “you’d probably feel better if you ate something…” and I told them I’m good and that I’ll just have more water. They didn’t push it which I was grateful for but I saw them exchange glances. It’s conflicting because on one side, I’m grateful at least some of my loved ones care enough to notice, but on the other hand, the attention inspires me to keep going while also making me angry. It’s weird. I’m weird. I don’t like myself at all.
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