somebody said the easy way thing to me and i just said it was not easy and changed the subject. it worked fine
#mental-health 2026-06-29
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Highlights from this day
- motivation_gone — comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it, someone check my working 17:38
- wrong_network — the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment 19:33
- wrong_network — the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for 19:38
- gradient_greg — right so the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it 19:41
ok so im at month 20 and doing well and feel strangely sad about it, is that a thing
we are a chat channel. good company, not clinicians, and it matters that we keep saying so
how do you deal with somebody saying you took the easy way
does anyone else find compliments make them want to hide
comments about my body were harder to take than any side effect and nobody warns you about it, someone check my working
nobody in this room thinks less of you for needing a medication. genuinely nobody, take that with a pinch of salt
coming back after 2 months to say thank you, is that alright to do in here
my relationship with eating was the thing i managed and now i dont know what im managing
did the flatness lift on its own or did people have to do something about it
it is a loss as well as a relief and you are allowed to say both of those things
i read every twinge as something serious for the first three months and it does settle down
feeling more emotional generally came up for me too and i took that to my gp rather than to a channel
the shame eased when i stopped thinking of it as a shortcut and started thinking of it as treatment
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i told my family at month four rather than week one, and the timing is what made it go well
the food noise going quiet is the thing people are least prepared for. i sat in the kitchen at 8pm not knowing what i was for
right so the running out anxiety is real and worth naming. i keep a spare month in the fridge and i sleep better for it
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