OMG! its the reason why i left therapy! i had nightmares of this very thing. i told the shrinkster about this and all she said was that weighing me was important because she wanted to keep track of my health. grrr ODE TO IRONY BITCH! YOURE SUPPOSED TO TRACK MY MENTAL HEALTH!....*sigh...sorry. i had to let that out. my mouth is usually clean i swear.

im dreading being weighed so with you on that one

tell them you do not want to know ANYTHING about your weight, not if it's up or down, healthy or unhealthy, NOTHING.

Sophie is so smart.

I agree with the above..When I have to go see my Doctor, I finally asked not to be weighed as it really doesn't help me when I see the number the ED likes to see it but its not healthy. I would just say what you feel...all they can say is we have too, but they should be able to do a blind weigh in.. I hope it goes better!

I hate being weighed too! I get all worked up over it and then my blood pressure goes up because my heart rate goes up because I'm so embarassed... you're not alone!

You should never be weighed by your therapist. That's not his job. His job is what's going on inside of you.
If you need to weighed it should be a medical doctor and then you can stand on the scale backwards and tell him you don't want to know.
If I were you I would look for a different therapist.

I am still afraid of scales they make me nervous..everytime I went to my psychiatrist I got weighed..even if I knew I wasn't under anymore I was still a little freaked..

I hate being weighed backwards

You make the decisions when it comes to treatment- if they feel it is ABSOLUTELY necessary, then you should perhaps move on to different therapists.

Getting well from an ED has nothing really to do with weight- a real psychotherapist can tell you this. Ask that you not be weighed for awhile while you work on your mental stability. I know that my doctor's understand my true motivation behind not being weighed, and they will generally trust me to this.

This may come out snarkier than I mean it...

You're 20. There is no making you.

They can write a nasty note about it in your file. Which you can later oppose and say, "These are the following reasons I felt it was not in my best interest to be weighed."

But there is no making you.

If you are in a locked mental health facility, then maybe they can forcibly weigh you. Other than that... not a chance. It is about what is within your rights as a patient.

Be aware, however, that should you start refusing to be weighed, some therapists/doctors might start refusing to treat you. That's what is within their rights as treatment providers.

i do not like being weighed either.

i do not think it's anyone's business (unless i am really sick, which i'm not now).

i'm supposed to go to a dr. once a month, or something..as a part of the ED program i'm in now, but i told them i'm keeping track of my weight, myself.

i have no reason to lie about my weight, and i've come to a point where it doesn't freak me out to see it..

i think the only reason they would weigh you, is to make sure you aren't losing a large amount of weight.

if nothing else, they should only weigh you once a month, or once every few months.

I am an older anorexic - thought I was recovered for the last few years! And, I have always hated the scales! But, now, my doctor & his nurses all congratulate me every month since my weight started dropping again! So, it actually makes me slip back into the old anorexic feelings worse! My parents/brothers part of my own family is thrilled that I am losing weight! Geez - I wonder if they even have a brain? Duh! I don't mean that ugly! How can they forget the times my doctor rushed me to the emergency room or treatment centerss for help??? My own grown kids are very upset because the lived through the hell of this disease for so many years that they are afraid & totally angry at me for losing again. I wish I had an answer!

thanks guys for all the replies.
one of the things that bothers me is that id rather no one know my weight but if sumone has to know id rather me thenthe therapist i couldnt bear it if he knew and i didnt!!!!antone else feel like that?x

Yeah, I feel like that. Mostly because I end up projecting thoughts into their heads, what they must be thinking about me.