Oct. 1st, 2022

prismaticbleed: (worried)


post-breakfast//

BONUS OMELET! ♥ They're slowly losing the misapplied anxiety, thank God, but they NEED a solid positive reassociation, which they currently lack. Still, we DID do that for two OTHER foods this morning, using yesterday's powerful League-imagining technique:
+ KAETO loves strawberry PopTarts. They're fast, bright, warm, sweet, uncomplicated, fun, & a little childish-- just like she likes to be. Even their colors (Red & SPRINKLES) are 100% her vibe. With all her running about & impatient streak, they're typically the only breakfast she'll get!
+ NIKEISHA enjoys green tea. In contrast to Kaeto's fire, she-- like a plant-- savors it slowly, mindfully, with its slightly bitter-earth undertone and green glow. I think she sips it as she studies, and/or tends to the greenery I always see filling her living space/ environment?
The taste data for BOTH DIDN'T EVEN REGISTER at first-- I personally had NO positive associations known for either, ONLY negative ones, PLUS the "personal dissonance" ACTUALLY HINDERED INPUT, like two "out of sync" soundwaves cancelling each other out!! BUT!! Once we "intuitively found/ tapped into" LEAGUE resonance, the data LOCKED IN, finally being ABLE to VIA the new, powerfully resonant & SOLID foundations-- which were BOTH POSITIVE AND PERSONALLY UNINVASIVE??? THAT is a FASCINATING & KEY aspect to the League resonance ties: even though they are VASTLY different than my own, they STILL have anchors in MY heart & mind, WITHOUT impinging on the integrity of MY personal/ historical identity-- something Nousfoni often CAN DO, because we SHARE a body/ psyche, therefore making confusion/ overlap tragically inevitable (AND potentially traumatic, as the TBAS days proved). It's such an intriguing distinction-- the League & Spectrum BOTH emanate from MY soul, BUT I don't identify with the League, whereas I DO with the Spectrum. Again, it feels like that distinction is born FROM the "self" association (FROM vs OF??), AND explains WHY INSPACERS ALWAYS SEEM TO CORRUPT!! THAT'S what happened with Justice!!! So yeah this is ANOTHER game-changer; thank You God for guiding us, and revealing this!!
+ Back to breakfast-- we don't "like" sugar, BUT do seem to like the molasses still, despite trauma?? It's still unclear, but we KNOW that personally I don't "like" white sugar. See, THAT'S where the League/ Spectrum differentiation becomes most clear: if an "opinion" or "aspect" contrary to MY OWN is encountered BUT NOT ANCHORED INTO THE LEAGUE, it roots into the SYSTEM AS A POTENTIAL SOCIAL, further "denaturing" our core identity BY "PREVENTING" INDIVIDUALITY IN THE BODY-- "switching" TO "MATCH" EXTERNAL VARIATIONS then becomes the instinctive "norm," a form of "toxic coping" that sees LOSS OF "SELF" as the ONLY way to SURVIVE CONFLICT with the outside world??? BECAUSE WE CANNOT HONESTLY ACCEPT OR EVEN PROPERLY UNDERSTAND "DISLIKE," WITHOUT IMPOSING A MORAL "JUDGMENT" ON INHERENTLY "NEUTRAL" THINGS LIKE FOOD!!! To our psyche, "dislike" should & DOES ONLY APPLY TO SIN. To "dislike" something GOD CREATED based on our own stupid "unique vibe" IS A SIN, as it's a form of SELF-IDOLATRY & REJECTION OF "WHAT IS" ACCORDING TO GOD'S PLAN & WILL!!! So, in our mind, we CANNOT dislike ANYTHING... unless it's a sin. We can dislike a violent movie, but NOT the color yellow, OR the taste of chocolate, WITHOUT "LABELING" THEM AS "BAD" in order to "resolve" the debilitating moral confusion & guilt & panic we get FROM that dislike. Which becomes UNBEARABLE & TRAUMATIC when we THEN STILL HAVE TO EAT THEM-- triggering our "CONTAMINATION PANIC" at the perceived horror of therefore LITERALLY "SWALLOWING SIN" and thus BECOMING SIN-- AND expressing implicit APPROVAL of it THROUGH that ingestion-- that demonic mockery of true communion. THAT'S why we are SO DESPERATE to "LIKE" ALL FOODS, NO EXCEPTIONS, because that is the ONLY way to prevent this moral collapse of a process, one that we are doomed to endure EVERY time we eat, until that ultimate goal is achieved. ONLY THROUGH GRACE, KIDDO, so MAKE SURE YOU PRAY and TRUST GOD instead of vainly relying on your own data/ logic/ efforts/ etc. I'm just human. Without God's grace working in & FOR me, I AM DOOMED TO FAIL, simply because I'M NOT GOD and GOD IS LIFE/ LOVE and I can ONLY have those BY HAVING GOD!! That's actually a JUBILANT HOPE, so hold to it & work ACCORDING to it!! God WANTS to help you, so LET HIM IN TO DO SO.
+ Oatmeal, oddly, for the record, IS out vibe?? Well, MY vibe, which I NEED to distinguish. Yes, we're a System, but the Nousfoni that DO eat (ONLY SOCIALS!!) have DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT & DISTINCT VIBES IN ORDER TO FUNCTION/ SURVIVE, so saying "OUR" is actually invalidating & damaging & rejecting the ACTUAL resonances of BOTH them & myself!!! BUT a fascinating note-- they ALL can "sympathize" WITH the CORE'S "vibe" as like-able, NOT passing the moral judgment? Just like I can with THEIR likes. STILL, their EXCLUSIVE INTEGRITY MUST BE MAINTAINED, because ANY & ALL VIBE DISSONANCE TRIGGERS THE MORAL PANIC by forcing a "paradox" in which two "clashing" resonances are futilely being forced into an impossible attempt at harmony? But honestly it hurts my head to even think about. IT'S A BROKEN SYSTEM. There IS no "moral" nature to foods!!! THAT'S why ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO BE REASSIGNED TO THE LEAGUE, NOT THE SPECTRUM!!!! Otherwise I'll NEVER heal from this disordered mindset & thus I'll KEEP "splitting" into hyperspecialized Socials that not only perpetuate that distorted "either/ or" thinking but BY that, also PREVENT ME FROM EVER REALISTICALLY RE-UNIFYING & RESTORING MY TRUE, HISTORICAL, WHOLE SELF!!! The moral panic might still occur, BUT by utilizing the LEAGUE to ELIMINATE CONDEMNATION, then by God's grace I CAN HEAL. That will never happen via dissociation. Shattering my psyche to "BE OTHER PEOPLE" in order to "survive" the "inescapable" moral panic IS ACTUALLY PERPETUAGINT TRAUMA BEHAVIOR, AND DISRESPECTING/ DENYING GOD'S PLAN & INTENTION FOR ME AS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, WHO WAS MADE TO LIVE FOR GOD, NOT IN IMITATING OTHER PEOPLE!!! And for the record, GOD DOESN'T FRACTURE PSYCHES. Ultimately, to be BRUTALLY honest, the ONLY way the SPECTRUM/ SYSTEM ITSELF CAN SURVIVE is if it JOINS THE LEAGUE and DETACHES ENTIRELY FROM MY SENSE OF SELF. Otherwise, I'll forever be pulled in a million different directions, and I'll NEVER be able to LIVE in EITHER the present moment OR in this body-- MY body, GOD'S GIFT TO ME!!!



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TRAP= "People see me AS the E.D. and they EXPECT it; despite this I have my ONLY self-differentiation THROUGH the E.D."


DYNAMIC: CONTROL

MUST:
- eat with chopsticks
- eat small bites
- eat at certain times
- eat in a certain order
etc.

Control WHEN I eat;
Control WHAT I eat;
& HOW MUCH--
"ensure I get ENOUGH to eat?" felt UNLOVED?
+ REJECT if too much/ wrong/ sick/ forced; "NO"

PROSS of continuing:

- "Security"
- Comfortable, predictable
- ORGANIZED; categorized; methodical
- "Know what's next"
- RULES to follow
- "I have enough" feeling
- Childhood power trip
- Don't "have to" suffer from poor food choices/ consequences
- "No one can force me to do/ not to do this"

CONS of continuing:

- SOCIAL ALIENATION; esp. from family
- Inflexibility, rigidity
- Inability to adapt to change & variables
- LACK OF FREE CHOICE
- Ironically NO SELF-CONTROL, give in to all hunger & fear
- E.D. DOES "force me" to be rigid & obsessive
- Food becomes a WEAPON
- Never truly "enough"

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- Set HEALTHY rules
- Use exchange system!
- Learn to TRUST safe people & trust THEIR gentle control
- COOPERATE; never "all or nothing" on either side
- Be more flexible w/ food, but still set schedule & limit options prudently? Portions; NO FORCING!
- Define "enough" NUTRITIONALLY
- MEET PSYCHIC NEEDS W/ CREATIVITY & BEAUTY
- Disarm discomfort; sick ≠ death
- Remember: GOD IS IN CONTROL, so I don't have to be!!
- I CAN control exchanges?


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DYNAMIC: SELF-CONTROL, SELF-CRITICISMS, EXPECTATIONS, ACHIEVEMENT

- FASTING, "CLEAN"
- 100% meal completion despite painful fullness, PUSHING portions, meals presented as PASS/FAIL
- RESTRICTION/ STARVING; "don't deserve to live/ eat"; perfectionistic expectations: clean, pure, proper

PROS of continuing:

- No longer a "wild animal"
- Moral "reassurance"
- Helps alleviate/ ignore feelings of inadequacy, failure, etc. by setting my own (toxic) goals OPPOSING past ones
- "Spare the rod, spoil the child" = "deserving of punishment" for bad deeds/ sins
- "FASTING = HOLY & PURE" but "FOOD= SIN & LUST"; "SAINTS DON'T HAVE TO EAT"; feel closer to God?
- "Can't control" eating so DON'T EAT!! There's NO "SIN" that way!

CONSof continuing:

- Critical focus = sees NO redeeming qualities; causes hopelessness, "UNABLE" to change
- Meals are WAR, not sustenance
- Ignore/ invalidate/ deny intuitive body needs (just like trauma)
- "NEVER GOOD ENOUGH" = will always try to eat LESS; passive suicide; idealized death = "holiness" becomes a matter of VIOLENCE TO SELF, instead of LOVE & MERCY; seeing God's GIFT of food as "BAD"

HEALTHY WAYSto meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- Practice "external" portion control: utilize containers, plate/bowl sizes, store food IN smaller cases
- "Baby step" expectations FOR meeting healthy goals?
- NON-FOOD ACHIEVEMENTS = I can achieve goals UNRELATED to food!
- Accept human frailty; MERCY
- HUMILITY! "I'm human"
- REALISTIC expectations; again, MERCY to self for struggle
- Control VIOLENCE; be KIND
- Criticize GENTLY, to GROW
- Holiness ≠ body shape
- Note little victories of virtue


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DYNAMIC: AUTONOMY & DIFFERENTIATION

- Seeing food/ eating as FUSION/ INVASION; hyperidentifying with associations & contexts
- "I AM NOT LIKE THEM"
- "I CHOOSE what goes into my body"
- "I WILL NOT eat what YOU eat" (trauma)

PROS of continuing:

- Sense of "self"
- Eating behaviors are MARKEDLY different from others, esp. abusers
- "Superhuman?" Hyperseparation; total rejection of similarity = no connection to abuser OR "risk of becoming them"

CONS of continuing:

- "Self" defined by FOOD and/ or BEHAVIORS
- Actual LACK of autonomy; slave to the E.D.
- Ironically FURTHER splitting into E.D. socials & food-anchor nousfoni (lotophagoi)
- "Dehumanized"; rejection of common behavior; so desperate to avoid trauma "bleedover" I end up pushing away more & more of life in fear

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- Learn BOUNDARIES?
- "Me time"; KNOW self (AND LIST QUALITIES OF)
- DISCERN & list differences between me & those we love
- FORGIVE!!! (MERCY)
- Re-associate trigger foods with HEALTHY, NICE people & events
- List all the ways we ARE different from abusers? HONEST FACTS; admit your flaws too and then WORK TO CHANGE
- They are one person; they do NOT have the power to change reality!!

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DYNAMIC: ATTACHMENT & SECURITY

- LACK of it in people; seeking it in FOOD
- "I WILL eat what you eat" (fawning/ codependence); Obsessively overeating "child foods" & "family favorites" / memory associations

PROS of continuing:

- E.D. "always there" to fall back on/ turn to as "reliable"
- Control & predictability gives "security" of routine and prevents "change"
- "Relive" precious, sparse memories of family; feel "connected to" their personalities; "get to know them"

CONS of continuing:

- Unable to change/ flow
- FEAR of the unknown; resistance to recovery
- Food replaces family; perpetual grieving; unwilling/ unable to move on from past; "this is all I have left"

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- RELIGION; GOD LOVES YOU. HE CANNOT CHANGE. THAT'S ULTIMATE SECURITY!
- Accepting that ALL earthly things CAN, DO, & MUST change; practice flow
- Watch old family movies?
- Look at old photos
- MOURN LOSS and TREASURE MEMORY but move forwards!!!
- CONNECT with other family!!!
- Remember: "the world is your ship, not your home"

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DYNAMIC: ISOLATION

- Behaviors could ONLY be totally performed in private
- Shame made me hide AND people withdrew in disgust or distress
- Avoid social eating= avoid social terror & overwhelm

PROS of continuing:

- Controlled environment
- "NON-INVASIVE" opportunity to eat
- Quiet, peace, SAFE
- Don't have to talk or perform

CONS of continuing:

- Derealization
- Increased feelings of "danger/ unsafe" when NOT isolated
- Feel "less than human" as it worsens; "unwanted; rejected"

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- SCHEDULE alone time!
- BALANCE alone time w/ social life
- Regularly spend OUTSIDE time in quiet places?
- Bring earplugs/ earmuffs?
- EXPRESS NEEDS to people

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DYNAMIC: CONFLICT AVOIDANCE

- Sought through isolation/ control
- "Can't decide the RIGHT food" = eat ALL OF IT or EAT NOTHING
- Also applies to "they said I MUST/ MUST NOT eat this"

PROS of continuing:

- Don't have to make divisive/ exclusive choices
- "Unobtrusive"; willing to do "whatever"; "preventing offense"

CONS of continuing:

- "FORCED" feeling AT ALL TIMES
- Perpetual dissonance
- Never able to make OWN choices OR have OWN opinions
- Always afraid of "offending" regardless

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- learn to WALK AWAY
- Be diplomatic
- Avoid combative people?

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DYNAMIC: OPPOSITION & ARGUMENT

- "Rejecting" others w/ food choices? = food decisions WEAPONIZED; starving is ULTIMATE opposition?? UNWILLING to argue verbally

PROS of continuing:

- Restricting/ purging as a way of "rejecting" bad feelings & frustration w/ argumentative situation
- Express drive to "oppose" without fighting or risking verbal altercations

CONS of continuing:

- Unhealthy in general
- Proud & stubborn
- SPITEFUL
- Doesn't accomplish anything

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- LEARN RESPECTFUL ASSERTIVENESS!
- Trauma therapy?
- XANGA SESSIONS??

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DYNAMIC: INDIVIDUALITY, IDENTITY, & SELF-WORTH

- E.D. fueled by LACK OF THESE
- Trying to either FIGURE OUT "own" food likes AS "identity" IN THE LACK OF OTHER MEANS??
- Reject food= invasion to "preserve identity"? / "I'm worthy of food" vs "UNWORTHY to live"

PROS of continuing:

- Form some sense of "identity" based on chosen hyperavoidance of food?
- "I deserve to enjoy things" despite empty life?
- "Discover" preferences?

CONS of continuing:

- E.D. NOTABLY developed to SMOTHER "self" when existence was intolerable
- Perpetuates feelings of unworthiness
- "Self" defined by food

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- "FIND/ REDISCOVER" self by OTHER MEANS: creative works ALLOWED!!!
- LET YOURSELF BE WEIRD
- EXPRESS your uniqueness

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DYNAMIC: MATURATION (BOTH DESIRE AND FEAR)

- Starving/ purging= NEVER GET BIG/ ROUND/ FAT "LIKE A WOMAN"
- Total rejection of sexuality; SAFE FROM SEXUAL ABUSE?

PROS of continuing:

- NO CYCLES
- NO CURVES
- HORMONAL SHUTDOWN
- "Stay prepubescent" in shape
- "Preserve innocence"; "food" = "violation"!!!

CONS of continuing:

- Doesn't erase trauma
- Literally impossible to ACTUALLY reverse puberty
- Constantly terrified of food and ALL weight gain

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- HRT?
- Find NONSEXUAL "female" role models? (EVEN "FICTIONAL")

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DYNAMIC: CAREGIVING (AND AVOIDING CARING FOR SELF)

- "Food = love" social problem
- I MISS COOKING FOR OTHERS and feel like "cooking only for me" is WRONG; avoid OR make TOO much

PROS of continuing:

- Allows for "going through the motions" of "caregiving" behaviors
- Focus on "eating to make other people happy"

CONS of continuing:

- Prevents me from ACTUALLY caring for other people
- "Limiting" definition of "care" to FOOD

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- Find someone TO care for??
- Practice REAL self-care; ACKNOWLEDGE NEEDS

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DYNAMIC: BEING CARED FOR

- Family used food as reward? Celebrations/ holidays/ esp. Also used BOTH food and lack thereof as PUNISHMENT; deeply confusing

PROS of continuing:

- "I won't burden anyone"
- Feel like I am a "good girl"
- Sense of "I must have done something TO deserve food"
- "Fills void" in the absence of caregivers

CONS of continuing:

- Neglects or "usurps" ACTUAL self-care needs
- "I can do this alone" perpetuation
- Unmet needs STILL LOUD
- denies loneliness

HEALTHY WAYS to meet this need, NOT DENY IT:

- SELFCARE!!
- Go OUT to eat??
- Spend time w/ church "family"
- Spend time w/ mom?? 

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