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I didn't mean to invalidate your experience, sorry. Only you have the power to do that, really. Sorry you took my post so personally, I truly apologize. I was speaking of my own experience helping my young daughter recover from a devastating eating disorder. During her illness she thought she was fat when she was grossly underweight. She thought she was hated by her friends, when she was loved dearly by them. She thought her parents were trying to kill her by making her eat more than 200 calories a day. Now? If you ask her, she will tell you herself that the illness, the eating disordered voice in her head, made her believe these things. She truly believed them. Now she is healthy, happy and vivacious.

I don't want you dismissed, but I do want you to get the best, evidence based care available. I would want you (if I was your mom) to get the best care, from people who were up on the current research and who would treat you with compassion and care. I would want them to take you seriously as a patient, but to also let you know that you could recover and how the illness controlled your mind. I would want only the best for you. I would want full and authentic recovery for you.
Erica

June 13, 2009 - 4:34pm

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