Journaling for Eating Disorders – Prompts

1. Talk to your eating disorder as if it is a person. What would you say?
2. Describe a time when you succumbed to your eating disorder, and what you might have done differently.
3. Imagine being recovered from your eating disorder. What is a typical day like?
4. Create a journal entry about times you enjoyed eating before and after you got your eating disorder. How has it changed? Do you know why?
5. Make a drawing in your journal of what you think your eating disorder looks like.
6. Write down 5 mantras you can say the next time you feel your eating disorder urges coming up again.
7. Binge eating disorder sufferers – Before you have your next binge, when you start to feel those feelings leading toward following the urge, write down at least 10 thoughts going through your mind. See how you feel afterward.
8. Anorexia sufferers – Make a list of reasons you want to recover from anorexia nervosa. 
9. Bulimia sufferers – Write a detailed note to an imaginary person, explaining what you are feeling shortly after a binge and purge.
10. Orthorexia sufferers – List the 3 things you believe are keeping you from recovery.
11. Emotional eaters – Write a journal entry about other activities you enjoy aside from eating.
12. Body dysmorphia suffers -  Talk about your favorite/best physical feature in great detail.
13. If you had a close friend with the same eating disorder as you, what would you say to them?
14. Make a list of 3 things you can do instead or following the urges of your eating disorder.
15. If you have gone through recovery before, what do you believe was the biggest help to you?
16. What helped you the least during recovery that you think you should avoid?
17. Do you remember when your eating disorder started and what caused it? Describe it.
18. Write a letter to your eating disorder, saying goodbye for good.
19. Write to your younger self about your eating disorder.
20. Express gratitude for good things in your life not related to your eating disorder.

