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Susan Earlam's avatar

Currently reading (audiobook) Metabolism Repair for Women by Dr Lara Briden. It's really good. There's a whole chapter on shame, she also talks about UPFs.

I relate to the All or Nothing thing. I'm currently in a Nothing phase, other than trying to get out for walks most days and away from my desk.

I've done the All phase once too often and always end up with an injury of some kind!

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Ebony L's avatar

It’s really strange reading something that I can feel your frustration glaring through, but smiling my face off cause I relate so much. I am either autistic Wonder Woman or do not participate in the world; there’s very little in-between. Thank you for writing this.

I’m currently doing the same thing with running. As a former chain-smoking boozer, I used to hate it and now have bizarrely signed up for a half marathon. Mainly using it as an exercise to exercise restraint around err… exercise. I didn’t run yesterday when I was supposed to (socialised too close to the sun over the weekend 😴), and my brain now thinks “now you’ll never run again!!” - but tomorrow, I will. Hopefully…

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