Forgive me if you all know this already, but there's a more active recovery community at ed_recovery. You may want to join up there as well.

The thing is that the ED is not about size, not about food, not about being skinny enough. It's about hating yourself. How can you feed the thing that you hate so much. But things are changing for me. You know I don't hate myself so much anymore. Why should I be perfect when nobody else in the world is. I am terrific. I have people that care about ( Read more... )

Just joined. I have anorexia. Have had it since I was 13. I am now 39. Docs said I should be dead by now. I am coming up on an anniversary. March 23 1998 I went to the hospital. Docs said I would have been dead within 2 weeks had I not gone in. My ed had taken over to the point that I could no longer fight anymore. I was physically, emotionally, ( Read more... )

I was apprehensive the first time when I posted in eatingdisorders. I only wanted to help, but some people did not trust me. I understand that. I want to say from the get go that I only want to help ( Read more... )

Welcome to edrecovery_city ( Read more... )