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2ndOf7
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How can I have the motivation to recover?
Eating Disorder Support / by 2ndOf7
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 March 3rd
...See more I feel like I'm failing my treatment team because I'm engaging in ED behaviors, but like, that's because I have an ED? If I didn't engage in behaviors I wouldn't be in treatment. How does anyone whose ED surround body image find the motivation to recover?
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Personifying my Anorexia
Eating Disorder Support / by 2ndOf7
Last post
 May 23rd, 2020
...See more So I do this thing with my eating disorder of treating it like a person. I don't know if this is abnormal but I turn to her for comfort, I fight with her, she insults me when I eat and praises me when I don't, I turn to her for approval, she doesn't love me, but I'm stuck in essentially an abusive situation. And it's all in my head which makes it so much worse because I can't run away from her. It's not like I physically hear or respond to her but I can feel it. She always points out to me all the people better than me, all the things I could be doing, and that I'm doing this to be happy so she's helping me. Anyways it makes recovering harder because with every phase that I complete in recovery she constantly tells me what a failure I am. I don't want to be her victim but I also feel terrible letting her down. How should I dehumanize Anorexia help control the thoughts I have?
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