Would someone give me guidelines for eating disorder recovery?!


Question: I used to overeat horribly, and, within the span of a week, I fell madly in love with a man (who is now my husband) and stopped eating completely. I quickly developed anorexia with bulemic tendencies, and have been struggling with it for about a year. My husband has been amazing trying to help me with this, but neither of us really knows what to do, and we can't afford professional help, at least not for another month or two. I've gotten bad enough that, honestly, I might die before then. I really want to get better, but I really want to lose more weight, too. I just seem to keep getting worse. Please help.


Answers: I used to overeat horribly, and, within the span of a week, I fell madly in love with a man (who is now my husband) and stopped eating completely. I quickly developed anorexia with bulemic tendencies, and have been struggling with it for about a year. My husband has been amazing trying to help me with this, but neither of us really knows what to do, and we can't afford professional help, at least not for another month or two. I've gotten bad enough that, honestly, I might die before then. I really want to get better, but I really want to lose more weight, too. I just seem to keep getting worse. Please help.

Most people with eating disorders, especially in the beginning, resist treatment and behavior change. They cling to the illusion that if they just lose enough weight, they will feel good about themselves, improve their lives, and enjoy self-confidence and success.

After a while, however, they begin to understand that the supposed benefits of thinness are only an illusion that will never bring them happiness. Starving, stuffing, purging, and other self-destructive behaviors will never lead to peace and a meaningful life. When people get to this point, and when they begin to look for better ways to build meaningful lives, recovery becomes a real possibility.

Unfortunately, even then there are challenges and obstacles to progress. Between 20 and 30 percent of people who enter treatment drop out too soon and relapse. Even those who stick with it usually have slips and lapses, leaving them discouraged, demoralized and feeling like failures. Wanting a quick and easy solution to their problems, they too often give up when they find that recovery can take many months to several years of hard work before they are free of their destructive behaviors and in control of their lives. Recovery requires major commitments to (1) get into treatment, (2) stay in treatment, (3) make necessary lifestyle changes, and (4) resolve the underlying psychological and emotional issues that led to starving, binge eating, and/or purging in the first place.

Well, it really all depends on how much will power you have. I mean, I was quite the anorexic as well. You just have to force yourself to eat. Over time as you dont eat, (when you DO eat,) your stomach gets full quicker, and, forcing yourself to eat a little bit more at a time can definitely make a difference. But also, if its bad enough to where this could be effecting how long you have to live (as in like "near future") You might need to pull out of savings, borrow from family/friends, ect to seek professional help. This isn't saving up for a new house or a new car, this could be saving your life. and i believe that's more important.


(My boyfriend was very supportive of me, and i sacrificed a lot for him. If your husband can be that supportive to you, I suppose you owe him and yourself to do whatever be to get yourself back into shape (health wise).)

you my need to look for online support groups and also look in your local paper in the community section it s sometime have support outlets or you local health department the can direct you in the right direction good luck.....

All I can do is add to Kara's answer: EATING DISORDERS: http://emotionalhealth.ivillage.com/... and http://www.eating-disorder-research.com/ and http://www.webhealth.com/wiki/eating_dis... and http://www.edreferral.com and http://www.something-fishy.org/dangers/d... and
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/eating_d... and
http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles... and
http://www.addictions.net/ Call EDAP on (USA) 1-800-931-2237. Anorexia, and bulimia are addressed in sections 44, and 39, at * http://www.ezy-build.net/. (.net.nz/~shaneris) [Type, and enter the following URL, in the usual manner: h t t p : / / w w w . e z y - b u i l d . n e t . n z / ~ s h a n e r i s ] There are other ways to feel good about yourself, other than by controlling your weight: see section 38.





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