I shouldn't have to censor myself at group therapy, its not all about you Karen So, I’m in eating disorder recovery right now. The actual kind, at a hospital and diagnosed/assessed by my physiatrist. He made me go to a group to talk about my eating habits and vent. Of course the support group is FILLED with hams. It must have been a binge eating support group. I do binge, in the sense of I wouldn’t eat all day and then go home and have a personal pizza for dinner and a small pack of chips. That’s a binge in my eyes. The therapist asked to discuss our binging experiences and I told her about the scariest one I had- it was 1500ish cal in 1 sitting.  Cue one of the hams in the group laughing, saying “pshhh that’s not a binge. A BINGE is eating a whole tub of ice cream, sleeve of cookies, chocolate bars, family size bag of chips and a whole pizza! I would eat that until my stomach explodes and I’m so ashamed to do it!” Like sorry Karen, I honestly feel like a failure when I binge. Just because I don’t eat enough for a family of 4 doesn’t mean it doesn’t feel like a binge to me. Hate it when fatties invalidate me because I don’t eat same ungodly amounts they do.  Pretty much everyone in that room agreed with hammy and went on to talk about and laugh about their binges. Going on about how “relatable we are to the average person!” 😑 I just shut up for the rest of the group. Hear about how their lives with binge eating is so hard because they’re tired all the time, can’t get in a relationship and that no clothes ever fit them. Cry me a river. I’m asking my dr for a new support group. All this support group makes me want to do is restrict more.