Anyone who is fighting their eating disorder can fall into a slump. Negative emotions, feelings and subconscious voices to binge, purge or starve yourself can become so strong that the person can succumb to them again and again. It often seems like there is nowhere to turn for help; but there is and that is where the use of motivational triggers comes in handy. Motivational triggers inspire mentally and spiritually. They also push away the past and help you focus on the present.
There are many motivational triggers that can be used every day. You may already use your own personal motivational triggers but here is a list of the most common ones that work on most of us.
1. Listening to particular songs or music.
This is a really strong trigger to lift up your spirit and keep your desire to stop your bulimia or binge eating alive. Although you have to be careful in choosing the right songs though, because some songs may bring on feelings that make you perform your eating disorder behaviour. Some song can be associated with something negative in your life or just switch on negative senses.
But with the variety of music that is around I am sure you will find music that motivates you to act your best. Please refrain from music that has negative language, or bad language, or that is demeaning to others, this kind of music will only make you worse.
2. Looking at art (pictures, sculptures etc.) that inspires you t is a great motivational trigger for art lovers. When you look at art and get inspirational feelings from it you actually divert your attention away from food, weight and body image worries towards the divine. It can be very powerful for many people and can even make them create a piece of art. When you free your attention and focus from the eating disorder influence you will start to create things easier and faster.
3. Going to a special room (or place) in your house to think, meditate or connect with inner self.
Connection with your internal self is a powerful tool to motivate yourself to becoming free from your eating disorder. Knowing your internal self can be difficult for eating disorder sufferers because their internal self is affected by the eating disorder. The ability to separate yourself from your eating disorder and the ability to separate thoughts (those that come from you and those which come from your eating disorder) is important for your full recovery. Until sufferers learn to do this properly they can't recover because the subconscious eating disorder voices will always overpower your logical reasoning.
Specialised eating disorder meditation can be an incredible tool to help you to control the voices and overpower them.
4. Going to a scenic area in your city or town to get away from the eating disorder distractions. This trigger can also be related to meditation and relaxation but using nature to help. A connection to nature can be one of the ways of connecting to the divine. Meditating on your health and freedom from your disorder can be helpful while out in a natural setting.
5. Going for a walk/ jog outside. This can be just a quick fixer when you need urgently to change your mental state and stop those overwhelming subconscious voices that tell you to binge. Don't keep yourself hungry though because hunger will definitely make you binge sooner or later. Eat often (6-7 times a day) but small amounts. This way of eating stimulates your metabolism and stops the feelings of hunger. But do not use exercise as a way to feed your obsession, do not use it as a substitute for controlling your weight or body image problem. Going for a walk or jog is only to break the moment and stop the feelings that make you binge.
6. Do any other activity that helps you clear your mind from negativity and to remain motivated.
Doing an activity which is pleasurable is important for breaking bulimia/binge eating cycle. Finding this kind of activity can be difficult for people with eating disorders because their negative food thoughts over-ride all the positivity in them. To stop it you need to clear your mind first with meditation. Than in a meditative state ask your inner self what you really love to do. The answer will follow if your mind is clear from eating disorder thoughts.
7. Write a diary. Writing a diary helps thousands of people to feel better. Initially you should just record your thoughts; any thoughts that come into your mind. Then when you get a hang of it, try to direct your thoughts in the direction you need. That means diverting your attention away from food and weight, towards other activities which are positive and constructive. Who knows - some people have become writers that way. Just keep trying!
If you use these triggers to stay motivated there is no way that you can continue with the bad behaviours that you want to eliminate from your life. If you learn to change focus you will be definitely on the way to a full recovery.
Dr Irina Webster MD is an expert in eating disorders, author and public speaker. To read more about specialized meditation for eating disorders go to http://www.meditation-sensation.com
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