Comments on: Crisis Averted http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/ Helping you find your purpose and navigate your quarter-life crisis in style Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: cuileann http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1544 cuileann Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:57:03 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1544 Helpful? Yes, definitely. :) Helpful? Yes, definitely. :)

]]> By: Pull the Trigger | Semi-Charmed Wife http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1441 Pull the Trigger | Semi-Charmed Wife Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:24:48 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1441 [...] together on a project to explore disordered eating and get it out of the proverbial closet. I posted recently about an instance when I overcame one of my usual triggers by planning ahead. That was a real [...] […] together on a project to explore disordered eating and get it out of the proverbial closet. I posted recently about an instance when I overcame one of my usual triggers by planning ahead. That was a real […]

]]> By: tulips4me http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1255 tulips4me Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:19:31 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1255 this was a great post and very helpful! i've also been noticing my "triggers" lately, and i'm amazed at how much it really does help to take a step back and analyze the situation to come up with a plan. in the past, i may have recognized that something was coming up that would be a problem, but i'd most likely just embrace the emotional aspect of it and give myself an excuse to do whatever the behavior was in the first place - "i know having extra time on my hands this weekend is going to make me feel lonely/sad/bored/whatever, but obviously no one loves me enough to make plans with me so i guess i'll wallow in self pity and cheetos" - and then feel even worse when the whole thing was over! even with a plan, making it through a trigger situation is stressful, but it feels so much better to know that i've made the effort for myself! :) this was a great post and very helpful! i’ve also been noticing my “triggers” lately, and i’m amazed at how much it really does help to take a step back and analyze the situation to come up with a plan. in the past, i may have recognized that something was coming up that would be a problem, but i’d most likely just embrace the emotional aspect of it and give myself an excuse to do whatever the behavior was in the first place - “i know having extra time on my hands this weekend is going to make me feel lonely/sad/bored/whatever, but obviously no one loves me enough to make plans with me so i guess i’ll wallow in self pity and cheetos” - and then feel even worse when the whole thing was over! even with a plan, making it through a trigger situation is stressful, but it feels so much better to know that i’ve made the effort for myself! :)

]]> By: Leah http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1254 Leah Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:15:43 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1254 I agree, this technique could be used across the board. I think that a project like that could be really helpful, both for people with disordered eating issues as well as their friends and loved ones. With your friend who you ate out with, it would have been honest and tension easing to just tell her that you are currently working on making good choices, both fiscally and health-wise. That would not have clued her in to your disorder at all. The only thing that could have triggered may have been her own anxiety that maybe she wasn't making good choices, but that would have been for her to deal with, and possibly a great conversation for the two of you. I agree, this technique could be used across the board.

I think that a project like that could be really helpful, both for people with disordered eating issues as well as their friends and loved ones.

With your friend who you ate out with, it would have been honest and tension easing to just tell her that you are currently working on making good choices, both fiscally and health-wise. That would not have clued her in to your disorder at all. The only thing that could have triggered may have been her own anxiety that maybe she wasn’t making good choices, but that would have been for her to deal with, and possibly a great conversation for the two of you.

]]> By: Zandria http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1253 Zandria Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:54:25 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1253 (That's a very good point by MizFit.) Jen, I applaud you for this post! It was brave of you to go into detail about your triggers, and I thought the way you handled this situation was absolutely fantastic. I'm really looking forward to working with you on this. (That’s a very good point by MizFit.)

Jen, I applaud you for this post! It was brave of you to go into detail about your triggers, and I thought the way you handled this situation was absolutely fantastic. I’m really looking forward to working with you on this.

]]> By: MizFit http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1250 MizFit Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:04:12 +0000 http://semicharmedwife.com/2008/06/12/crisis-averted/#comment-1250 I found this really helpful and it isnt my struggle-----I thin k that triggers can be applicable across the struggle board (if that makes sense :)) and it doesnt have to necessarily be the exact same issue (food) M. I found this really helpful and it isnt my struggle—–I thin k that triggers can be applicable across the struggle board (if that makes sense :)) and it doesnt have to necessarily be the exact same issue (food)

M.

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