Reply To: Living with guilt

[Anonymous]

Hi Rosiebeth,

I think, as others have mentioned, purging is a part of the process that most of us go through. I think the end goal of the process in question is to fully accept that this is part of you. Denying it and keeping it buried is likely hurting you. Not that bringing it all to the surface will be easy either…

I stopped purging 20+ years ago but full acceptance didn’t come until this year. The intervening years had their ups and downs but denial was a big part of the down times. BTW, I stopped purging when I partially accepted that this was a part of me and told my SO some of what I needed. The whole story and accepting the ‘why’ part came more recently.

So, give yourself a hug and permission to be “complete”. There is nothing wrong with what you’re doing even though wider acceptance may be hard to find just yet.

You’re already on the right path by being here.

— Abbie 🥰