Struggling with Self-Hatred and an Eating Disorder

For me, I recovered with the help of a friend, whod remind me that food is fuel, and that it's important to fuel my body. Finding self worth again can be really difficult, and ironically one thing that helped me was cooking. I'd try a new recipe, I'd look for smth easy to make, eat it, and maybe share it with a friend or parent, and enjoying smth that I made and seeing others enjoy it, really make me feel more confident. Now it doesn't have to be food, it could be anything that lets you do or make something that will help boost your self worth. I know a lot of libraries have free classes or little clubs for art, or book clubs, and sometimes there's classes on different topics, and it also might help to go do something like that. Trying new things and exploring will really help you get out of a negative thought pattern. And if you have a friend you can confide in, or someone who's recovered here on this app to talk to, the little encouragement from someone who believes in you really helps. My dms are open if you need a friend to help you recover. You deserve health and strength and happiness

Sometimes the best thing you can do is try to compare yourself. Would you think these things about a homeless person you saw on the street, or a little girl you saw on a playground? No, because they are people and you recognize that regardless of whatever they say or do they are still human beings. You are a person. That much we can at least agree on. I know it can be hard to feel like you deserve anything. But the first step is recognizing that you don't have to be a good person, an attractive person, etc to deserve basic needs.