I tried one for eating disorders in college, but it was very triggering for me. I instantly put myself into competition with all the others there, wanting to be skinnier than Suzy, eat less than Jane, be threatened with hospitalization like Mary, etc. And though numbers, sizes, times that trigger were not allowed while in group, it's not like we didn't talk about them going to group or leaving (oftentimes several of us on the same campus shuttle bus).

I don't think I'd ever do an ED group again. There is a church not too far from where I live that has bipolar/depression group support, not NAMI, some other organization, but it's national, I think, can't remember the name. I need to bite the bullet and go to a meeting, and it is free I believe.