Yes, therapy isn't there to make us feel good it's there to help us get better. If we don't hear the challenges, they are definitely things we will NEVER tell ourselves because we want to avoid the truth because the truth so often hurts...... & unfortunately, it's the only way we ARE going to get better.......you might not like what she said.....but she said it to try & wake you up & get you out of the ED RUT you are stuck in.

I struggle with not eating.....but at times it's because I am so busy having fun in life & going & doing things on top of working hard around my farm.....having a life really is a fun & good thing......geeze, I would be so boared if the only thing I thought about was restricting.....my problem is that I don't think about food but there are times when I'm out & having fun, I totally enjoy because I know now that I am in control of being healthy & eating enough so that I don't pass out all the time or whenever I want to have fun...nothing worse than destroying a fun time because I haven't eaten & pass out & end up in the hospital.

Get involved with things that you find interesting or start trying different things to see what you like to do & go from there....there is plenty of time to deal with food issues inbetween having fun. I NEVER eat 3 meals a day....if I did, I would be preparing food, eating & cleaning up all day & I don't have time for that.....but I usually try to eat one real meal a day & go from there.....I have messed up my body enough that most of the time it never tells me that it's hungry so I have to remember to eat which is very difficult for me....but one can keep eating under control without having to think about it constantly. Food is the last thing on my mind, but I enjoy gathering wild persimmons & making cookies & jam or find a recipe that I'm interested in & try it when I find the time......you don't have to be obsessed with food to have anorexia either as I have been hospitalized with it & have never had an obcession with calories or figuring the best way to restrict.....it happens when stress hits to trigger it but then really liking to see the weight go down can sometimes take over but I still thinking about loosing weight doesnt take over my thoughts.....it's just the way I live at that time....& I definitely have decided to get a life because when I was living in my bad marriage the last 13 years of the 33....I had no life other than my horses & my dogs.

Hmmmmm maybe you need a pet because they FORCE you to think about someone other than yourself & your ED or you end up with an anorexic pet because you don't feed them & they end up in forced food restriction.....NOT GOOD.