It\'s important to always be as honest as you can be. It is the only way that it will truely help you....

hi i start therapy again tomorrow for 1st time in yrs. agree w/ let it shine. if i am not honest then i truly cannot get better. i vouch this time to myself and loved ones to rid myself of this disease. good luck everyone and thank you for this site!

Psychotherapy has really not helped me with the eating. It has been helpful in other areas of my life but definitely not in the overeating. I've been told that I need to "replace" that behavior with something else that offers the same "reward" or comfort but what else would THAT be? Reading? Cross-stitch? um, not so much. I'm very frustrated that my overeating can't get under control until I get everything else in line. I'll be a million pounds by then.

Bringing you whole self into that room, trusting the therapist with everything, no matter how ugly and embarassing or painful is what will truly help you face all of your different feelings and experiences and heal totally. Working with a nutirional counselor at the same time helps the actual eating issues. Doing both therapies together with professinals who you can really trust can do WONDERS!!
I is working for me and I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with an eating disorder. I will gladly give anyone names and numebrs of those who helped me!

It helped me overcome bulimia. I still have daily feelings of being too fat, wanting to binge, wanting to purge but I now know how to deal with them. I'm currently in therapy for anxiety. I guess sometimes we trade one thing for another. That's how I feel anyway. But I think therapy is useful. At the least you get all your feelings out and that is comforting

I've had a therapist (the best!) for four plus years now. I have a team, actually, consisting of my doctor, nutritionist, surgeon for related digestive problems,and my therapist. I could not have even accepted the ed if not for my therapist. Even after my nutritionist kept trying to tell me that I am anorexic. My therapist showed me how to accept the truth. I don't think I would be alive now without her. Psychotherapy does work!!!

it helped me tremendously! learned tools from actually two different people i saw. (at different intervals) i really appreciate it now. issues do pop up due to stress,depression,and i have to overcome them with something healthy. once in awhile i slip,i just have to learn WHY and learn from it.