Yes, I've had quite a bit of therapy in the past, and it has helped. I'm pleased to say that I was able to recover from anorexia, and I'd been suffering from it for many years, so that's a good thing to remember, I suppose.

But it's difficult in my part of the UK (I'm the one who started the thread called 'Back to Begging my GP for Help... Oh, Joy').

Basically, people seem to be on a waiting-list for a year, just to get a short course of CBT. That's an awfully long time when you can't face the next day...

Charities are hard work and slow and you have to compete so hard and I'm already exhausted.

The last time, out of desperation, I paid for a short private course, and it took the last of my savings.

I realise how negative I sound...

It's already helping, reading other people's stories in various places here. Today I thought (for the first time I can remember) that it's just not worth it, being in such agony all the time. I imagined what it would be like to just quit.

To a person who felt so totally trapped and stuck and frozen, even having that thought is something...

Thank you. I really appreciate you stopping by.