CG.....I can relate to what you are saying.....I was 43 when I was in an ED treatment care facility for 8 weeks & there were mostly young girls that I didn't relate to & unfortunately the T there didn't know how to relate to my anorexia issues either....they lumped me into what they determined was their view of people with anorexia.....& they didn't bother to even listen to what I had to say......it was a waste....but at least I didn't have to pay for it because my pdoc got me in there on funding that was available for people who were in a really bad place (my weight was dangerously low)......but there was so much that was going on in my life that was triggering it & not the body image crap they were trying to shove on me.

I think when we are older.....we have a whole pile of things that contribute to the anorexia we end up dealing with & there is a lot of treatment necessary. That whole next year, every time I ended up in the medical hospital for the IV nutrition.....they would make sure I went to the groups in the mental health wing of the hospital.....& there was another group at the hospital that was all young kids. Only other thing they offered in the area was EA (emotions anonomous)........when I was at the ED treatment center they had all of us to do Overeater's A suggesting that the theory would help.

Life was a disaster during those years.....things swang the other way for a short while & then back again to anorexia when a trauma hit my life & I have been dealing with trying to stay healthy every since I finally left my H because I have to take care of ME now & I live alone 2100 miles away from where I lived all my life......but I'm in a much better place & it really helps with the eating mostly....I just don't always feel like cooking & forget to eat at times because I don't have the hunger that normal people would have......think I did mess up things to a certain extent.