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So a bit of a long post, sorry!!! I just got out of a session with my dietitian and we seemed to make some progress to try to work on my getting back to a recovery mindset. I went down to talk to my mom about some treatment stuff and a little bit before that she had let me know that her best friend’s mother had past away. And I have this bad habit of shoving all of information like that out (and I’ve gotten very good at it, so I didn’t think about it when I went down to talk to her) after the conversation about my treatment stuff was over my mom started saying that I have “no empathy” and that I didn’t care about her feelings because I didn’t ask about how she was doing. And when I explained why I didn’t (which is because I had shoved that out of my mind) she was like “well you still should have asked” and now I feel like a sh*t daughter and want to punish myself by engaging in SH and ED behaviors. I feel like I can’t do this anymore!!
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i’m really sorry this happened. this sounds so similar to mine and my moms relationship. we both struggle with vulnerability and sometimes it comes out at the wrong time. my best advice would be to come back to her at another time and tell her exactly how it is. you were feeling hopeful and motivated and wanted to share. you weren’t expecting that news. and you wished you had reacted differently but sometimes it can be hard to be vulnerable so you were focusing on being open and being empathetic was not a priority. you can apologize but you also don’t need to. you can say you are sorry to hear about the news and that you’d like to hear more about her feelings and that you are here for her. i’m sure you’d also like some feedback/support from her about what you and your dietitian talked about! good luck ❤️
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