<p>You Recovered From Your Eating Disorder, So Why Are You Still Anxious?</p><p><br></p><p>This is a solo episode that hits different.</p><p><br></p><p>I&#39;m addressing something I&#39;m hearing from clients constantly: &quot;I&#39;ve stopped restricting. I&#39;m eating freely. I haven&#39;t binged or purged in months. I&#39;m doing all the work, Victoria, but I&#39;m still having panic attacks. I&#39;m still depressed. Sometimes I&#39;m more anxious now than when I had the eating disorder. Have I done something wrong?&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>The answer is no. You&#39;ve actually uncovered what was there all along.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>This episode is for you if:</strong></p><p>• You&#39;re recovered (or nearly recovered) but still struggling with anxiety, depression, panic, or shutdown</p><p>• You feel like recovery was supposed to fix everything, but you&#39;re still a mess</p><p>• You&#39;re wondering if you failed at recovery or if something&#39;s wrong with you</p><p>• The eating disorder was actually numbing what&#39;s underneath</p><p>• You&#39;re grieving the loss of your coping mechanism</p><p>• You want to know what the fuck to do about it</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode, we cover:</strong></p><p>✨ Why recovery can actually make anxiety and depression feel worse</p><p>✨ The eating disorder as a coping mechanism — what it was really managing</p><p>✨ The window of tolerance and nervous system dysregulation explained</p><p>✨ Why your nervous system is swinging between panic and shutdown</p><p>✨ Hyper arousal vs hypo arousal — and which bank you&#39;re hitting</p><p>✨ How trauma and childhood overwhelm shaped your window of tolerance</p><p>✨ Why the eating disorder communicated what you couldn&#39;t say</p><p>✨ You are NOT a victim to your nervous system — you can manage it</p><p>✨ Up-regulation tools for when you&#39;re flat, numb, and depressed</p><p>✨ Down-regulation tools for when you&#39;re panicking, anxious, and overwhelmed</p><p>✨ The STOP skill from DBT — interrupt the automatic response</p><p>✨ Natural reframes to stop the shame spiral</p><p>✨ How to widen your window of tolerance intentionally and slowly</p><p>✨ It&#39;s not about avoiding the banks — it&#39;s about your relationship to them</p><p>✨ Practicing at your edge consistently until it expands</p><p>✨ Using fear foods as nervous system expansion work</p><p>✨ Why this is the real recovery work nobody talks about</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Powerful quotes from the episode:</strong></p><p>💬 &quot;You didn&#39;t do anything wrong. You&#39;ve just uncovered what was there all along.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;Your eating disorder was never the problem. It was your solution to a problem. Now the solution is gone.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;Recovery makes this worse because now you&#39;re feeling the full force of your nervous system dysregulation without the coping mechanism.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;You are not a victim to your nervous system. You can actually manage it.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;It&#39;s not about making the river wider so you never touch the banks. It&#39;s about your relationship to the banks when you do hit them.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;re recovered but still struggling, if you&#39;re wondering what&#39;s wrong with you, if you&#39;re grieving the loss of your eating disorder because at least it managed something — this episode will reframe everything.</p><p><br></p><p>You&#39;re not broken. You&#39;re not failing at recovery. You&#39;re just finally feeling what was always there, and now you get to learn how to actually manage it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The song I recommended:</strong></p><p><strong>QUIET (Acoustic) Hillside Recording &amp; Diana Trout</strong></p><p><br></p><p>💙 Join my FREE support group: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/free-support-group/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/free-support-group/</a></p><p>💙 Free trial group coaching: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/coaching/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/coaching/</a></p><p>💙 Work with me 1:1: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/1-1-coaching/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/1-1-coaching/</a></p><p>💙 Follow me on Instagram @victoriakleinsmanofficial</p><p>💙 Become a coach: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/become-a-coach/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/become-a-coach/</a></p>

The Body Love Binge - Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Victoria Kleinsman

I recovered from my eating disorder so why am I not happy?

JAN 15, 202659 MIN
The Body Love Binge - Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

I recovered from my eating disorder so why am I not happy?

JAN 15, 202659 MIN

Description

<p>You Recovered From Your Eating Disorder, So Why Are You Still Anxious?</p><p><br></p><p>This is a solo episode that hits different.</p><p><br></p><p>I&#39;m addressing something I&#39;m hearing from clients constantly: &quot;I&#39;ve stopped restricting. I&#39;m eating freely. I haven&#39;t binged or purged in months. I&#39;m doing all the work, Victoria, but I&#39;m still having panic attacks. I&#39;m still depressed. Sometimes I&#39;m more anxious now than when I had the eating disorder. Have I done something wrong?&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>The answer is no. You&#39;ve actually uncovered what was there all along.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>This episode is for you if:</strong></p><p>• You&#39;re recovered (or nearly recovered) but still struggling with anxiety, depression, panic, or shutdown</p><p>• You feel like recovery was supposed to fix everything, but you&#39;re still a mess</p><p>• You&#39;re wondering if you failed at recovery or if something&#39;s wrong with you</p><p>• The eating disorder was actually numbing what&#39;s underneath</p><p>• You&#39;re grieving the loss of your coping mechanism</p><p>• You want to know what the fuck to do about it</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode, we cover:</strong></p><p>✨ Why recovery can actually make anxiety and depression feel worse</p><p>✨ The eating disorder as a coping mechanism — what it was really managing</p><p>✨ The window of tolerance and nervous system dysregulation explained</p><p>✨ Why your nervous system is swinging between panic and shutdown</p><p>✨ Hyper arousal vs hypo arousal — and which bank you&#39;re hitting</p><p>✨ How trauma and childhood overwhelm shaped your window of tolerance</p><p>✨ Why the eating disorder communicated what you couldn&#39;t say</p><p>✨ You are NOT a victim to your nervous system — you can manage it</p><p>✨ Up-regulation tools for when you&#39;re flat, numb, and depressed</p><p>✨ Down-regulation tools for when you&#39;re panicking, anxious, and overwhelmed</p><p>✨ The STOP skill from DBT — interrupt the automatic response</p><p>✨ Natural reframes to stop the shame spiral</p><p>✨ How to widen your window of tolerance intentionally and slowly</p><p>✨ It&#39;s not about avoiding the banks — it&#39;s about your relationship to them</p><p>✨ Practicing at your edge consistently until it expands</p><p>✨ Using fear foods as nervous system expansion work</p><p>✨ Why this is the real recovery work nobody talks about</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Powerful quotes from the episode:</strong></p><p>💬 &quot;You didn&#39;t do anything wrong. You&#39;ve just uncovered what was there all along.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;Your eating disorder was never the problem. It was your solution to a problem. Now the solution is gone.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;Recovery makes this worse because now you&#39;re feeling the full force of your nervous system dysregulation without the coping mechanism.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;You are not a victim to your nervous system. You can actually manage it.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>💬 &quot;It&#39;s not about making the river wider so you never touch the banks. It&#39;s about your relationship to the banks when you do hit them.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>If you&#39;re recovered but still struggling, if you&#39;re wondering what&#39;s wrong with you, if you&#39;re grieving the loss of your eating disorder because at least it managed something — this episode will reframe everything.</p><p><br></p><p>You&#39;re not broken. You&#39;re not failing at recovery. You&#39;re just finally feeling what was always there, and now you get to learn how to actually manage it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The song I recommended:</strong></p><p><strong>QUIET (Acoustic) Hillside Recording &amp; Diana Trout</strong></p><p><br></p><p>💙 Join my FREE support group: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/free-support-group/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/free-support-group/</a></p><p>💙 Free trial group coaching: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/coaching/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/coaching/</a></p><p>💙 Work with me 1:1: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/1-1-coaching/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/1-1-coaching/</a></p><p>💙 Follow me on Instagram @victoriakleinsmanofficial</p><p>💙 Become a coach: <a href="https://victoriakleinsman.com/become-a-coach/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://victoriakleinsman.com/become-a-coach/</a></p>