Your emotions are valid. No caveats. One thing that I’ve experienced in ed recovery is an increase in the strength of my emotions. All of them—good, bad, inbetween, etc—I have felt so much more strongly in the last couple years. I’ve struggled to feel valid in my emotions, and constantly found myself trying to talk my way out of feeling a certain way. I believed my emotions were “wrong” just because I hadn’t felt them before. I thought I was weak for letting them overwhelm me. I wanted to gain control over and “fix” them. What I’ve slowly realized is that feeling my emotions is a privilege. It allows me to live life more fully, and helps me to understand myself. So whatever you feel, it’s valid. No caveats. #edrecovery #emotions