Around 2 weeks ago I decided to actually properly recover from my eating disorder.
And I am hoping that some people here with relevant medical knowledge or personal experience might be able to give me some advice on how to proceed and information on what I can physically expect, as the information given online is often very contradictory. I live in a rural area (UK) and have had very negative experiences with the local medical professionals/counselling services (I also get the impression that most GPs will not be very well informed anyway) so I am attempting to do this very much on my own.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 12, 2013 -
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How to help a trans teenager feel like he has more control over his life?
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posted by lover
on Aug 16, 2012 -
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My girlfriend confided in me that old thoughts from her days of having an active eating disorder are cropping up again. Help me help her.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 19, 2012 -
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Please help me find resources and support for my transgendered, eating-disordered, underage cousin, whose family is somewhat unsupportive and doesn't know how to help.
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posted by rachaelfaith
on Mar 3, 2012 -
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Body dysmorphic disorder with no insurance, self diagnose before investing in a shrink?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 16, 2011 -
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What can/should I do to help a friend on the other side of the world who seems to be starving herself?
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posted by anonymous
on May 31, 2011 -
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What to expect in a PHP(intensive outpatient) program for eating disorders?
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posted by lettuchi
on May 18, 2011 -
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I have a reasonable suspicion that a friend is abusing her two-year-old son. This same friend is also pregnant with her second child. I have been observing her behavior for several months now and I am as sure as I can be without direct proof that she is harming both of her children. I know that calling Child Protective Services is a HUGE deal, but I am generally very concerned about the health and safety of these kids. Please help me make the most difficult decision of my life thus far. Should I call Child Protective Services? Yes, I am a parent myself and so yes, I know that if I am wrong, that it would be life shattering.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 8, 2010 -
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I don't want to see myself through my ex's eyes anymore. I don't want to compare myself to how I was then, because how I am now is healthy. I don't want to be afraid of my ex seeing what I look like now. Help! (Long)
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 6, 2010 -
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A few weeks ago while I was clicking around a bunch of size acceptance/health at every size blogs, I came across a comment from someone claiming that most if not all recovering/recovered anorexics require more food/calories than someone else of their relative same size who hadn't been anorexic (or maybe it was that they are
hungrier? I do not remember exactly). I can't find this comment again, and my Google searches for any kind of study or explanation have not been fruitful.
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posted by shamash
on Jul 1, 2010 -
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I went to high school with a girl who I came across on facebook. She's clearly got an eating disorder. What on earth do I do?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 14, 2010 -
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My flatmate doesn't eat much, subsisting on yogurt and croissants. Advice on dealing with a anorexic roommate as a chef who cooks food all the time at home and how to get my mind around this.
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posted by camerasforeyes
on Feb 9, 2010 -
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My sister has been anorexic for two years, and has just recently confided in me about it over the holidays. She says she's the worst she's ever been, and has stopped menstruating and rarely eats anything. I've talked to her about it, and our parent made her go see a doctor, and while she's open and honest about it (I think) she is adamant that she doesn't want help and doesn't want to see a therapist.
She's moving out on her own with a friend, and I live in a different province, and I'm scared that it's just going to get worse and worse until one day I get a phone call saying that she's had a heart attack.
I feel helpless and worried and angry and frustrated. She'll talk to me about it but I feel like I'm alienating her whenever I bring it up.
I need help.
Oh and our parents are useless to help. And wouldn't go to family therapy. What can I do?
posted by whalebreath
on Jan 3, 2010 -
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“The Case of Ellen West” was published by the Swiss psychiatrist, Ludwig Binswanger, in 1944–1945 and (as far as I can tell) appeared in English translation in 1958. Anyone know where I can get a copy? Usual search suspects are turning up only the Carl Rogers article, "Ellen West and Loneliness", in the Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry (which I've requested via interlibrary loan) and some other scholarly pubs on Rogers (behind the usual pay walls).
posted by crush-onastick
on Nov 20, 2009 -
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I am trying to recall a book that was published for twelve-year-old girls in the mid-1980s or earlier; a YA book, I suppose. It was about gymnasts who were anorexic and pushed too hard by their coach. On the cover was a painting or drawing of girls in leotards on a chessboard. It was a wonderful book and I cannot remember its title.
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posted by adamfaux
on Jun 21, 2009 -
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My father died from lung cancer a couple of years ago. But did he actually starve to death? And if so, why?
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posted by LastOfHisKind
on Apr 5, 2009 -
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I ran a google search on "anorexia" before posting this and the paucity of discussion amazes me. So, here's my question: how do I help my boyfriend?
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posted by kavasa
on Jul 7, 2007 -
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on Nov 20, 2004 -
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