A goal that I did not succesfully accomplish: "I wish I overcame the eating disorder someday."
BUT I did NOT overcome the eating disorder for a week, a month, few month, several months, a year, few year..... Before I knew it, five years has passed.
The reason why I could not succesfully accomplish, to overcome eating disorder someday is the following possible causes. First, the goal is ambiguous. I always thought that my symptoms would heal up "sometime" and "naturally". Therefore, I had made any specific plan for overcoming. Moreover, I took eating disorder overcoming lighly and did not consider the time to actually overcome. According to Davies, Bacon, & Buckroyd (2016), "The title, which identifies ‘long-term recovery’ as the goal for readers, draws on their own experience that however much you might like a quick fix, recovery from an eating disorder takes time, sometimes a long time."(p. foreword) I thought that I could overcome without taking too much time. …show more content…
If I accept the reality, I must be aware that this is no time to work long hours. I thought that I should not quit work at that time. I worked long hours without embarking on overcoming and time's just passing by. Third, I was a perfectionist. When I overate once, I often gave up overcoming.