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It's back, what do I do?

Thebluecafe Casual Contributor

It's back, what do I do?

soi had a eating disorder about 2 /3 years ago i got put into recovery and i cant say it fixed me completely i js got sent to a hospital and put on a lot of pills which made me gain so much weight . i got off the pills around october or august of last year and my weight starting dropping back to normal ( my avarege weight from before my eating disorder ) but now eveyones noticing the weight loss and making me feel better about the weight loss again rather than when i gained the weight. i noticed im starting to go days without food . im becoming weaker again and every bad fat thought is back . the main scary part is last time i had my disorder i started cutting . im js scared my depression is back all tg tbh any tips of 2nd time recover ?

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Thebluecafe Casual Contributor

Re: It's back, what do I do?

it is a choice controlled by your eating disorder for sure. ed's are so interesting because it's like there are two sides of your brain constantly fighting with each other.

i dont agree that relapsing post therapy is a negligent choice or a route chosen by your healthy brain. it is absolutely still your eating disorder brain, but you have the choice to use what you have learned in therapy to fight through it since you are aware of it.

please please let someone know that you are struggling again. it will make it so much easier to not have to constantly fight when someone else is also helping you hold yourself accountable and make decisions through insight from a non ed perspective.

the choice healthy you can make is to fight against a relapse, you did not make the decision TO relapse

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