In a way, i wish that an eating disorder is like an addiction in terms of recovery and rehab. How nice would it be to just abstain from the drug (food) entirely, go cold turkey. Unfortunately... Why, oh why, must food be a necessity of life???
I'm not saying that drug rehab or stuff would be any easier or harder than recovery from an eating disorder. It's just quite frustrating sometimes when i think about it. If you're an alcoholic or substance abuser, you don't touch it for the rest of your life. But with an eating disorder... you'd have to take the demon out of the cage for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Oh, and snacks too.
Things get way simpler in the ward. Because you just have to have your meals, whether you like it or not. Or whether you are hungry or not. And it may seem crude and barbaric, but just having the decision to eat taken out of your hands (don't worry, there's a dietician on the treatment team) and taken care of by somebody else is such a great relief (and a great torture for the eating disorder). Yes, the demon still have to be petted, but at least there's people who know how to deal with it on hand to keep it docile.
I'm still taking my demon out for walks. And getting better at it with each time i succeed in keeping it reined in.
I'm not saying that drug rehab or stuff would be any easier or harder than recovery from an eating disorder. It's just quite frustrating sometimes when i think about it. If you're an alcoholic or substance abuser, you don't touch it for the rest of your life. But with an eating disorder... you'd have to take the demon out of the cage for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Oh, and snacks too.
Things get way simpler in the ward. Because you just have to have your meals, whether you like it or not. Or whether you are hungry or not. And it may seem crude and barbaric, but just having the decision to eat taken out of your hands (don't worry, there's a dietician on the treatment team) and taken care of by somebody else is such a great relief (and a great torture for the eating disorder). Yes, the demon still have to be petted, but at least there's people who know how to deal with it on hand to keep it docile.
I'm still taking my demon out for walks. And getting better at it with each time i succeed in keeping it reined in.
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