Hi--new to the site, haven't figured out how to introduce myself, but i was watching the show. i suffer from the other spectrum, the lack of control (i am bulimic) but i think that same lost place inside of all of us, is what unites us in solidarity. i understand the pain. i always feel so lost and alone inside myself, like no one can understand, and no one can help me...but...i need to believe that she can be okay. That I can be okay.

See, most people with eating disorders ALL suffer from lack of control. The point the show made about Emily was that she lacked control over her life (her mom was a control freak, and sisters always shadowed her) so she turned to her eating disorder which she nurtured like her own child, as she put it.

It made me cry uncontrollably when I read that she lost weight, then was transferred to get medical help, and then went into Remuda Ranch and was tube-fed. It was so tragic.

I REALLY don't want to go down that road again...this kind of stuff isn't a trigger for me anymore...if anything, it makes me want to get better EVEN MORE!

I could feel Emily's pain like it was my own, and I even think I may now have some understanding of how my own family must've felt in their futile interactions with me during MY periods of anorexia.

What I worry about is the viewers who WILL no doubt be triggered by the sight of Emily, and who will probably require their OWN interventions in time.

Yes, this would be a most shocking documentary for the average person to watch, but I believe if viewed by a vulnerable set of eyes, it COULD prove to be quite a dangerous & powerful trigger.

Yes, I think for folks who haven't quite gotten to that hideous point of near-death, this show would be a trigger. But honestly, I'm with you Slim- I couldn't stop bawling my eyes out because I saw myself in her. Ugh, how horrific. I also saw just how horrible she was affecting her parents and sisters. Oh god.

At the end there, it said her scheduled discharge date from Remuda will be Dec 6th. I just hope she really invested her WHOLE SELF in the program and won't come out and return to the old, familiar behaviors right away. It really is SO hard, and Candy was right in saying that EDs are the hardest illnesses to overcome. Let's just hope Emily can take what she's learned in treatment and build on it, and LIVE it in her day to day life!

I pray she will come out on Thursday with a new look at life. I was also observant that they didn't say she was in recovery, waiting for discharge. Instead it was just "she has gained weight..." I pray that she wasn't just tube-fed and will be discharged and relapse once again.

Have not seen it...hmm...what all was it about?

I havent seen it! When did it play>?

I missed it!!! I watch it all the time and missed it b/c I was at work. Grrr.

To those of you who did watch the program, can you please answer me this: How in the world can a girl IN A TREATMENT CENTER for Anorexia Nervosa LOSE 7 lbs in 2 months? Wasn't there any interventionists THERE to assist her, or is this just how American facilities operate? (I have a friend in KS who was severely emaciated and SHE TOO came out thinner -and more unhealthy- than when she went in.)

If she went to a treatment centre like mine, the staff was lax and treated me more like a job and not a person. You could get away with sneaking away and vomiting, etc.

Every treatment facility is not for everyone! Plus, there is a possiblity that she denied food or would not eat! It's not always the mental health professionals at fault! We dont need to forget about the ed patient and their role in their recovery. They would not force her to eat, she is an adult! If you want to die from you eating disorder, then it is your decision. I think sometimes we put all the fault on the treatment facility, when they are not miracle workers or God! As it said at the end, she transfered to Remuda and was getting tube feeding. So she obviously cant eat on her own. I really felt for her and really hope she can make it through!

Honestly, you're right Sera. But treatment centres DO have to be a little firm and dole out tough love. Otherwise, patients will "change their minds" after seeing what they're up against. But yes, it IS up to the person whether they want to die or not.

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A top eating disorder specialist here in the UK said to me, inpatient treatment is not a solution to this disease, its like when an alcoholic is incarcerated he/she stops drinking, back in the real world he/she relapses, here in UK clinical treatment is only given when essential and life threatening, and it is also recognised that those who receive inpatient treatment struggle.