[Dos3512]

Getting ready to face my food and body image issues in therapy. Im scared to death to do it but it is time. How do I even go about starting on this issue? My T specializes in ED's and she knows I have issues with my weight. Ugh! Therapy is SOOOOOO HARD!

[Miswimmy1]

just go in and tell her straight out... no beating around the bush... be honest. i really think nothing is going to catch her of guard, especially since she is a pro at eating disorders... be yourself, and go frome there

[Victoria'smom]

My T treats it like an addiction. We'll address it out right at times but generally it's kind of a back round thing. My chart said "history of anorexia" because I'm okay generally talking about ED. Then one day I typed the personification in my mood chart. That changed my chart to active. Next time I put daily calorie intake in notes. T asked if pdoc knew that I'm still dealing with ED.

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[eskielover]

Ugh! Therapy is SOOOOOO HARD!

If it was so easy, we wouldn't need therapy or we could do it ourselves.

I am sure your T will be able to bring up the issues she things might be standard issues......but the thing that is important is that you personalize your ED to your issues....not just the standard fit the box ones that they try to cram on you. Think that's why I hated the ED treatment center I went to......they tried to make my anorexia what they thought they knew anorexia to be & the causes they knew.......they missed a huge area & I'm not sure if I really understood it at the time either.

ED's usually have a lot more behind them than just body image & those are the issues that really need to be dealt with if the healing from the ED is truly going to happen......& it's definitely NOT easy.....& some are more difficult than others because those reasons are usually so burried that sometimes we don't even realize they are there let alone the initial cause of the ED.