I just wanted to comment to say a few things. A couple of years ago I sent you some pretty rude messages after seeing your tiktok posts. I was frustrated by the content in ways in which you explain here. I can't tell you how needed and important this video is. You should be so proud of yourself and I apologize for my past self. I could have tried to explain my frustration instead of taking out my emotions in an unhelpful way (my messages were never agressive or so offside btw, but they were calling you out in a blunt and rude way).
Wow this is the first time I've seen someone apologize for potentially hurtful comments on social media. It shows a lot of wisdom and humility that you were able to do this. I'm sure millie has no hard feelings. 🫶🫶🫶
What is even scarier is certain people becoming ‘recovery coaches’ mere months/weeks after beginning recovery, with little to no training. This could turn out to be seriously detrimental!
unicorn syndrome is sooooo real. It's talked about somewhat often but its incredibly hard to get over, but you (general) do not need to get over it to start recovery. Thanks so much for another great video! Lemme tell you, your content is what helped me find the courage to recover, even when I felt like a unicorn at the beginning.
thank you so much!!! i’m really glad it helped and that you’ve been able to choose recovery 🫶🏻 interesting how we all feel like the unicorn and none of us are 🫣
Omg that nature valley bar and black coffee gave me a mega flashback ahaha. I had that exact thing for "breakfast" and it barely touched the sides but tasted like the most heavenly thing on the planet because I was starving 🙄
I am so pleased that I decided to focus on recovery while doing my level two counselling course this past year. I start level three in September and I don’t know if I would be able to do it if I still had fear foods and still restricted and exercised compulsively. I’m not quite recovered yet, but it is a big improvement on last year. I think one big lesson I’ve learned in recovery is that the comments and social media that you expose yourself to, needs to be as wholesome as the food you consume when listening to your cues and your cravings. I didn’t go all in in my recovery and don’t plan to start doing so now that I’m almost recovered because it seemed like too big a jump from where I started. I love that I can now detect when the toddler, the teenager or the adult in me is talking.
MILLY!!!!! Thank you so much for this video. Your honesty, humility and willingness to discuss your regret at posting quasi-recovery videos is truly couragous. What you said about creators transitioning from Anorexia to orthorexia needs to be called out and I imagine some people will send hate for this, but you are speaking the truth. Thank you for your bravery and willingness to call it as it is. You are such an inspiration.
Hi milly I’ve recently started recovery and I love love love your videos on RUclips it’s helped me so much watching what you’ve learned through out recovery it’s truly inspirational and so are you I hope you don’t take this in any way other than that you deserve kindness and love even in the beginning in your recovery.. I watched your reaction videos and knowing how difficult it is to find some self mercy with ed especially it breaks my heart when the commentary you have for your past self is so critical because when I watch what you see when you watch your past video is pure strength and true recovery. You have come so far and aspire me to keep going and challenge myself I just truly feel genuine empathy towards your past and current self because you’ve accomplished so much growth and even have inspired me to try harder and you deserve praise from day one even on bad days or on the days you feel you didn’t eat enough food or not trying hard enough and talk down on yourself. You have come so far and without those days of baby steps you wouldn’t be able to appreciate your incredible process I just want to you to know I personally find every step of your recovery as strength every step of the way. I hope you hear me out and not misinterpret my intentions I really do appreciate your help your content you are an incredible person and I hope you are doing well happy and healthier every single day because you deserve it❤️🩹
I think it's wonderful you pushed through and embraced the opportunity to be a therapist and that it has benefited you and you're helping others too if anything I think you going through your struggles makes it great you help others as you have experienced a range of feelings and emotions they probably have too 💖
I’m training to be a therapist at the moment (start level three counselling theory in September), and on the course description it states that you have to be in a mentally stable place to do the course. Starting level two last year, I said to myself that I’m going to put my all into recovery this year so that I’m more recovered by September 2023. I’m not there yet, but I don’t restrict or do compulsive exercise anymore and I don’t have any fear foods. I’ve never gone all-in in recovery. I also think that part of recovery is learning how to consume things that are pro recovery and pro life, yes food is important but you won’t help yourself to rewire your brain if you’re purposefully triggering yourself.
Girl, this is so so so inspiring to all those going through recovery who are at the early stages, its so nice to see someone who ahs come out the other side and can look back and laugh, well, kind of laugh lol. Love you Milly
Not me happy, because I'm first hahah. Anyways, I love your content Milly, you are an amazing person and I'm so happy that you feel recovered. You deserve to be happy, take care love u 💗💗
I find you a bit harsh on yourself, i mean, i understand how these tiktoks can be harmful but i'm sure you were doing your best at the time even if it was far from a 100% commitment to recovery :( But it's nice to see your evolution and how your mindset changed :)
thank you 🫶🏻 i’m absolutely not this harsh on myself outside of these videos, i am really proud of what i’ve achieved and all those baby steps definitely added up to get me to where i am 🥰
I'm also going to start working as a therapist in September, were you ever worried that one of your patients would find out you were also struggling nd sharing it publically online? and did you receive any rules around social media and sharing your private life online from the service you worked for? thank you for sharing you really inspire me!
ahh best of luck! is this in the uk? 🫶🏻 i do 99% of my work online and over the phone so i don’t worry too much, and milly isn’t my legal name (🤫). i have very clear boundaries between work and social media and whilst ofc my accounts are about mental health, i try to keep it separate from the advice i give in my actual work (and ofc i don’t work with Eds) 🫶🏻 i’m gonna talk more about my job in the future and how i got into it 🥰
Sort of unrelated but as someone who is looking into becoming a therapist, how many years of school did you take to get your job, and was it stressful? I am too recovering from an ed, and one thing motivating me to is my dream of becoming a therapist, and helping others. Also, I love your videos, especially these ones where you react to your older self. They are so helpful, thank you🩷
it was stressful i won’t lie! i would definitely get to a place of mental wellness and have a good support system around you before applying 🤍 if you are uk based i have a video about this planned but look for assistant psychologist roles or do a psychology degree with a placement year for experience 🫶🏻 once you’re in with a bit of experience, lots of doors open! i have my masters in clinical psychology which is how i got to my job 🥰
my PROBLEM is that i'm here to say "haha, i win." this is pathetic!! this is my problem. i don't think i'm adequate at all unless i'm better than anyone else, at EVERYTHING. if i fail at anything, i break down, i feel like a loser. i don't know why, i'm trying to figure it out, but i CAN'T while there's a butter sandwich staring at me across the room!!!!
i didn’t have a mic before and fixing the audio was taking so long for each video 😭 the mic audio is better, but it was my first time using it so i didn’t know how sensitive it was to “p” sounds and also when i swapped it between my hands. now i know, i will try and get it better moving forward 🫣 i used it a bit when i was travelling too but haven’t listened back to any of those clips so fingers crossed they are ok!
Thank you so much, this is honestly so helpful!! I love these videos🫶🏼 I watched all three parts🙈 if you are going to make a part four I am definitely watching this🫶🏼 It is just so helpful because I do make the same mistakes sometimes and this is just a correct and kind correction of your past mistakes. At first I watched it to be triggered😅 but then I came out and was very motivated to do my best in recovery❤️🩹and it was not triggering at ALL, instead it was giving me hope and motivation for recovery💗
I just wanted to comment to say a few things. A couple of years ago I sent you some pretty rude messages after seeing your tiktok posts. I was frustrated by the content in ways in which you explain here. I can't tell you how needed and important this video is. You should be so proud of yourself and I apologize for my past self. I could have tried to explain my frustration instead of taking out my emotions in an unhelpful way (my messages were never agressive or so offside btw, but they were calling you out in a blunt and rude way).
Wow this is the first time I've seen someone apologize for potentially hurtful comments on social media. It shows a lot of wisdom and humility that you were able to do this. I'm sure millie has no hard feelings. 🫶🫶🫶
Wow, you should also be proud of yourself.
Thank you for the apology
no apology needed, honestly i probably needed a call out 🫶🏻 sending love
What is even scarier is certain people becoming ‘recovery coaches’ mere months/weeks after beginning recovery, with little to no training. This could turn out to be seriously detrimental!
These videos actually help me because they help me realize just how sad and miserable i was when i was restricting. Keep going, you lovely human!💛
thank you lovely!! sending you love as always
unicorn syndrome is sooooo real. It's talked about somewhat often but its incredibly hard to get over, but you (general) do not need to get over it to start recovery. Thanks so much for another great video! Lemme tell you, your content is what helped me find the courage to recover, even when I felt like a unicorn at the beginning.
thank you so much!!! i’m really glad it helped and that you’ve been able to choose recovery 🫶🏻 interesting how we all feel like the unicorn and none of us are 🫣
Omg that nature valley bar and black coffee gave me a mega flashback ahaha. I had that exact thing for "breakfast" and it barely touched the sides but tasted like the most heavenly thing on the planet because I was starving 🙄
I am so pleased that I decided to focus on recovery while doing my level two counselling course this past year. I start level three in September and I don’t know if I would be able to do it if I still had fear foods and still restricted and exercised compulsively. I’m not quite recovered yet, but it is a big improvement on last year. I think one big lesson I’ve learned in recovery is that the comments and social media that you expose yourself to, needs to be as wholesome as the food you consume when listening to your cues and your cravings. I didn’t go all in in my recovery and don’t plan to start doing so now that I’m almost recovered because it seemed like too big a jump from where I started. I love that I can now detect when the toddler, the teenager or the adult in me is talking.
I love the looks you give your old videos. I love that you are recovered and can give your old self looks. 😊❤
MILLY!!!!! Thank you so much for this video. Your honesty, humility and willingness to discuss your regret at posting quasi-recovery videos is truly couragous. What you said about creators transitioning from Anorexia to orthorexia needs to be called out and I imagine some people will send hate for this, but you are speaking the truth. Thank you for your bravery and willingness to call it as it is. You are such an inspiration.
Hi milly I’ve recently started recovery and I love love love your videos on RUclips it’s helped me so much watching what you’ve learned through out recovery it’s truly inspirational and so are you I hope you don’t take this in any way other than that you deserve kindness and love even in the beginning in your recovery.. I watched your reaction videos and knowing how difficult it is to find some self mercy with ed especially it breaks my heart when the commentary you have for your past self is so critical because when I watch what you see when you watch your past video is pure strength and true recovery. You have come so far and aspire me to keep going and challenge myself I just truly feel genuine empathy towards your past and current self because you’ve accomplished so much growth and even have inspired me to try harder and you deserve praise from day one even on bad days or on the days you feel you didn’t eat enough food or not trying hard enough and talk down on yourself. You have come so far and without those days of baby steps you wouldn’t be able to appreciate your incredible process I just want to you to know I personally find every step of your recovery as strength every step of the way. I hope you hear me out and not misinterpret my intentions I really do appreciate your help your content you are an incredible person and I hope you are doing well happy and healthier every single day because you deserve it❤️🩹
I think it's wonderful you pushed through and embraced the opportunity to be a therapist and that it has benefited you and you're helping others too if anything I think you going through your struggles makes it great you help others as you have experienced a range of feelings and emotions they probably have too 💖
i think it’s great how you’re able to look back and reflect on yourself now that you’re in such a healthier place. so happy for you
I’m training to be a therapist at the moment (start level three counselling theory in September), and on the course description it states that you have to be in a mentally stable place to do the course. Starting level two last year, I said to myself that I’m going to put my all into recovery this year so that I’m more recovered by September 2023. I’m not there yet, but I don’t restrict or do compulsive exercise anymore and I don’t have any fear foods. I’ve never gone all-in in recovery. I also think that part of recovery is learning how to consume things that are pro recovery and pro life, yes food is important but you won’t help yourself to rewire your brain if you’re purposefully triggering yourself.
Girl, this is so so so inspiring to all those going through recovery who are at the early stages, its so nice to see someone who ahs come out the other side and can look back and laugh, well, kind of laugh lol. Love you Milly
The word is “regressing.” ❤Thank you for this content.
I hope you’ve had a wonderful day!!! You’re an inspiration and I feel so at peace when I watch you ❤
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Not me happy, because I'm first hahah. Anyways, I love your content Milly, you are an amazing person and I'm so happy that you feel recovered. You deserve to be happy, take care love u 💗💗
thank you 🥰🫶🏻
I love ur videos !!! You are such an inspiration to me
thank you!
TikTok is rife with this content right now you’re s breath of fresh air
Hey Mills, I love your content it is sooooo helpful. You’re my biggest inspiration in recovery thx xxx
Your dead pan "you're calling yourself a recovery account" 😂😂😂❤
I find you a bit harsh on yourself, i mean, i understand how these tiktoks can be harmful but i'm sure you were doing your best at the time even if it was far from a 100% commitment to recovery :( But it's nice to see your evolution and how your mindset changed :)
thank you 🫶🏻 i’m absolutely not this harsh on myself outside of these videos, i am really proud of what i’ve achieved and all those baby steps definitely added up to get me to where i am 🥰
I'm also going to start working as a therapist in September,
were you ever worried that one of your patients would find out you were also struggling nd sharing it publically online?
and did you receive any rules around social media and sharing your private life online from the service you worked for?
thank you for sharing you really inspire me!
ahh best of luck! is this in the uk? 🫶🏻 i do 99% of my work online and over the phone so i don’t worry too much, and milly isn’t my legal name (🤫). i have very clear boundaries between work and social media and whilst ofc my accounts are about mental health, i try to keep it separate from the advice i give in my actual work (and ofc i don’t work with Eds) 🫶🏻 i’m gonna talk more about my job in the future and how i got into it 🥰
Go sis! Love you and miss you ❤
Sort of unrelated but as someone who is looking into becoming a therapist, how many years of school did you take to get your job, and was it stressful? I am too recovering from an ed, and one thing motivating me to is my dream of becoming a therapist, and helping others.
Also, I love your videos, especially these ones where you react to your older self. They are so helpful, thank you🩷
it was stressful i won’t lie! i would definitely get to a place of mental wellness and have a good support system around you before applying 🤍 if you are uk based i have a video about this planned but look for assistant psychologist roles or do a psychology degree with a placement year for experience 🫶🏻 once you’re in with a bit of experience, lots of doors open! i have my masters in clinical psychology which is how i got to my job 🥰
@@millyisliving wow that's awesome, thank you so much! :)
I really am disgusting. I’m disgusting disgusting disgusting. Thank you for sharing this. /gen
"they sometimes just develop orthorexic tendencies" me pacing around my basement: 😟
my PROBLEM is that i'm here to say "haha, i win." this is pathetic!! this is my problem. i don't think i'm adequate at all unless i'm better than anyone else, at EVERYTHING. if i fail at anything, i break down, i feel like a loser. i don't know why, i'm trying to figure it out, but i CAN'T while there's a butter sandwich staring at me across the room!!!!
at the time what did you think of the people calling you out? did you realize it was an issue?
Tbh, I didn't get much call out at the time
This video is great as all your others. Your honesty is so helpful. But why are you using this mini microphone? The tone is strange from time to time.
i didn’t have a mic before and fixing the audio was taking so long for each video 😭 the mic audio is better, but it was my first time using it so i didn’t know how sensitive it was to “p” sounds and also when i swapped it between my hands. now i know, i will try and get it better moving forward 🫣 i used it a bit when i was travelling too but haven’t listened back to any of those clips so fingers crossed they are ok!
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Thank you so much, this is honestly so helpful!! I love these videos🫶🏼 I watched all three parts🙈 if you are going to make a part four I am definitely watching this🫶🏼 It is just so helpful because I do make the same mistakes sometimes and this is just a correct and kind correction of your past mistakes. At first I watched it to be triggered😅 but then I came out and was very motivated to do my best in recovery❤️🩹and it was not triggering at ALL, instead it was giving me hope and motivation for recovery💗
„5 weeks off exercise“ I guess we‘re all thinking the same rn🫣
(This is no hate)
Definitely haha