Sort of like the frog that jumps into the pot of cold water on the stove & doesn't realize the water's boiling until it's too late.

I also don't think that until you are really fed up with the life you are living & really want it to change will anything even IP be of any use....at least it wasn't for me & that went for all the times I was in IP in the psych hospitals & the time I was in the IP for 6 weeks at the ED Radar Treatment center. Problem for me at the time was that I didn't want to live & it didn't matter, nothing anyone said made any difference....it had to come from within & that didn't happen until I left my husband after 33 years & moved 2100 miles away to a place where I could really realize who I was......then I didn't need any IP treatment. Found a wonderful psychologist & DBT group & it helped my outlook on life....until just last week when major stress hit again & the first thing to go is my eating because of the stress....but at least I'm not around the major source of anger which was my H.

We really have to look at what the causes are for the ED & sometimes that can be painful....but nothing can ever be resolved & have a normal life until it is.....

Which means the frog needs to jump out of the pot when it feels the water getting warm instead of allowing it to make him feel more comfortable & just sit there boiling to death.

Bottom line...it's our choices we have to make but change only happens when we get fed up with where we are & it's more uncomfortable to stay that way than it is to seek help to change.