Eating Disorders Support Group

Eating disorders are marked by an obsessive need to control the intake and/or purging of food. This community is dedicated to those struggling on the road to recovery. Join to discuss your experience with others and find support. Get advice, ask questions, and meet others who are going through similar struggles.

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Best and Worst Experiences

ebrady87
ebrady87
Both with ED and with treatment (can be anything from exp with therapists to exp in centers).
deleted_user
deleted_user
being committed to the psyche ward against my will was pretty bad....
KayBeth
KayBeth
It taking so long to get treatment - BAD

Meeting new friends - GOOD
deleted_user
deleted_user
BEST - Complete recovery. Got it, and I'm never letting it go :)

WORST - Believing I'd have to be locked up.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Best: learning how to ride a horse at Remuda
Worst: Being caught purging by my dietician
deleted_user
deleted_user
best for IP: enjoying food because I had to eat it anyway

worst in IP: looked bathrooms
deleted_user
deleted_user
BEST: Sadly enough having 'thin' comments from random people... Even if they meant it in an offensive way!

WORST: So far ED driving me to drink and self injury
deleted_user
deleted_user
Best- meeting people who are supportive and truly understand and aren't judgmental!
Worst- comparing myself to everyone else in treatment, feeling like I can't stop the B/P cycle
deleted_user
deleted_user
Worst: All control being taken off me and at the time genuinally believing my live was not worth living if i had to gain weight.
Best:Feeling in control but not to an OCD standard and confortable in body.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Worst - being stopped from dancing cos i was considered a health risk

Best - ?????
deleted_user
deleted_user
BEST: Realising how wonderful and supportive my husband is (although I did know it!)
WORST: Putting my husband through this rollercoaster ride....
deleted_user
deleted_user
BEST: While i was losing weight, Looking good, being told I looked good and I was an inspiration... I felt wonderful...

WORST: Realizing I was still messed up and still needed help, even tho' I looked better....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Best: learning how to open up and be honest about my ED in IP... and the clarity and self reflection that followed treatment. Mentally, I don't think I could ever be that far gone again.

Worst: Continuing to struggle. Wanting to die rather than continue to struggle.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Best: Getting out of there..

Worst: Leaving my family behind(mainly my children)

I will never forgive myself..........

Peace..
ebrady87
ebrady87
Best: (I'm going to wait to fill this in until after I get well, because nothing about the hell I live in is good)
Worst: Being alienated/alienating my friends and family to be completely consumed by ed.
deleted_user
deleted_user
best- meeting people who really understand me and learning to ride at remuda :)
worst- the guilt i feel for hurting everyone i love and for being such a burden
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