Re-bumping this 2 month old thread to say things are pretty much the same. However my eating disorder is getting worse bc of the anxiety/trauma not being addressed. Given no coping skills. Therapist said I was killing myself through food restriction/exercise. Give me better coping skills I say so I do not have to reply on a eating disorder to basically distract from all the anxiety I am feeling. Do they not teach coping skills? Years back when the anxiety 1st started and I was having issues with agoraphobia the T I worked with was good he worked through all the thoughts of why I didnt want to leave the house we challenged them. Then he suggested I just open my door stand there for a minute - next time walk down the stairs until I was out of my house and had walked around the block. Therapist now wants to throw me in the deep end by saying go to a AA meeting. Setting me up to fail and then feel bad bc i am not at that point i can do that due to ineffective coping skills - they say take my xanax. that doesnt teach me ****. What is the AA meeting really supporting? Nothing...I do not drink and need to be around people who are going through the same stuff I am.

Like I said same **** from 2 months ago.