What a depressing doctor you have! Yes its hard to challenge the mind-set, the beliefs and the fears behind the disorder. It would be good to get guidance and support for that. During recovery relapses are pretty normal. But yes, people do recover. Youll obviously need to look elsewhere than your doctor for referral to therapy or counselling though.

What a depressing doctor. I have had bulimia for almost 7 years (I'm 18) and while I am not fully recovered, I have not binged/purged in 4 months. People do recover. I have met many people who have recovered from anorexia and bulimia, or both. Do you have a counselor or therapist you can go to for help?

4 months - thats awesome- I cant go 4 days - like they say one day at a time - i purge less now.

I was wanting to go see a therapist but i am so old to have this that i am totally ashamed.

Its totally understandable to be ashamed of an eating disorder. Some might say you dont need to be ashamed of an illness but I was ashamed of mine and there are a lot of people Id prefer not to know about it. Its a therapists job however to help people with problems theyre ashamed of. It doest matter what age you are. You cant be too old to deserve support and treatment.

You have no reason to be ashamed, ED's affect people of all ages. Once you're in recovery and you have control of it, it may still be there in the back of your mind at some point in the day, and maybe somedays it will be there more, but you'll have the tools to deal with it.

Keep trying, if you dont want to concede to it then dont.

Hi,

Saying that no one really recovers it's a harsh thing to say, I've been to therapy in the past and some doctors say that you will "always" have the temptation of falling back to a ED, from my personal experience, I say YES you can completely recover if you want to, it took me a while to stop for good, but I did, I eat consciously (when I started recovering I ate mostly vegetarian and some fish), I exercise, and I must say it NEVER crosses my mind to do it again; at times I felt like I would never get out of the binging - purging cycle, and the last thing you need to hear from others is that "you never really recover", I hope you the best, ask for help whenever you need it!