Dear Felix,

I am sorry you’re suffering so much. But also – and I am saying this without my pride being offended or anything like that – you didn’t respond to anything I or other members suggested. You keep repeating that you’re trying, you’re doing everything you can, but you’re stuck. Now you say you aren’t punishing yourself for missteps (“I don’t punish myself if I eat more over a few days or if a I skip a day of looking for a new job or studying.“) But in previous posts, you did say you’re punishing yourself, perhaps not if you eat too much but about other things.

I offered a possible explanation of what might be going on, but you haven’t commented on it whatsoever. What do you think  about it? Does it resonate? Or is it off the mark and you don’t feel like that at all? I won’t be offended if you think it doesn’t apply to you, I didn’t write it for myself, but to try to help you. But you completely ignored it. How come? It seems as if you’re desperate looking for help but at the same time rejecting it.