Recovery?

[xxhealing]

Recovery is difficult...especially when you don't know how to go about it.  Is it  possible to recover without being in some kind of treatment center?  Can people recover from an eating disorder from will power alone?  What do you do if you can't stop yourself?  Does anyone know?  I don't know what I'm doing right now; I don't know if I can recover

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[threesqueezes]

i know people that have recovered without hospital. but not alone.
it'd be fucking hard.
if i hadn't have been sat down and stripped of my rights and told i couldn't move until i'd eatne, i wouldn't have done it.
depends on determination really.
it's hard to be determined when it's so comfortable though.
i don't know.
♥

[brassdaughter]

I hope this can get easier for you, that you gain some clarity. If I have any to share, I'm not sure what it is...
I have never dealt honestly with counselors or other doctors about my eating disorder/s. At this moment, I don't expect to ever be quite right about food because I've done this on my own. Or somewhat. What the anti-depressants have done, the watching eyes of parents (I had to move home for so many reasons last year)--I was crippled and needed crutches. They've gotten me somewhere, wherever that is.
And the common wisdom says we can't do this on our own. That's surely true, but I wonder what they mean by "on our own".

[xxhealing]

I've never quite figured that one out. Maybe it means without professional help (?).

[freespirit729]

Hey,
It is definately easier to recover with help. I was in outpatient for about four years (until I turned 18) and back then I think I was doing a lot better.. because I had someone with a healthy mind telling me what was wrong with everything I was doing. I'm struggling right now mainly because I tend to surround myself with people who either a) have issues themselves or b) dont understand my problems so do not really knwo what normal is...