I don't think you are ever CURED. You may be in recovery but the ED is always with you. I wish I could tell you how you would know you are in recovery but I'm not there yet. HUGS.

sometimes i have 2 or 3 days when i think i am normal,

like i will eat normally, i wont binge and wont purge, but then the day after, i freak out and misbehave.

but i think bren3 is right.
im scared i will never be 'cured'
its scary to think it may hang over my head for ever. hum...

I agree that ED will always be with you. But I would say when you are recovered you can eat healthy without thinking about it or obsessing about it. You can even eat junk everyonce in a while without feeling guilty. ED might want to talk to you seldomly but you will be able to tell him to shut up and eat anyway.

That's kind of like the question "How long will I have an ex-husband?" I don't think it's about having the ED, but the relationship you have with it. I also believe it will always be somewhere in my wiring, but I don't have to let it drive the bus.

My ED therapist told me that I will never be cured, she said I will always have issues with food, but her aim is to help me tackle the things that have caused and that perpetuate the issues in the hope that it won't be quite as much of a struggle on a daily basis.

I cried when she told me, cos I thought I could be "cured", but at the same time I was relieved to have something that seemed more believable and potentially attainable, as I could never imagine being cured.

Sharon xx

I think when food is not everything...you don't have to arrange your daily life around food or routines,,,

when you can see food as nourishment only, eat when you are hungry, stop when you are satisfied (and know what hungry and satisfied feel like)....not be underweight or obese...be able to overeat occasionally and not feel guilty or purge, undereat when you are busy or not hungry and not feel "high" or go into a starvation cycle.
when you do not obsess about food, weight etc.

when you can do ALL of these things i would say you are safe and far into recovery. BUT i'm not sure if you can ever be cured like many other people here.

I agree with the majority. I think it is always a struggle. For me, there are def times I feel in control, but other days I feel just like I did at my sickest. You have to take it one day at a time.