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I think i may have an ED...

I think i may have an ED...


I am 26 years old. I have struggled with my body image since high school I started skipping meals and would only eat dinner, I got into college and did fine for awhile I actually ate fairly normal though I started weighing myself very frequently like 5 times a day. I got really depressed and stopped eating again I went from 118 to 92 pounds in no time at al. I am 5' tall. I do realize the problem and so I make myself eat.... until the fat thoughts get back in and I start over with the restricting and exercising (is 1 to 1.5 hours a day over exercising?) each time I start the restricting it lasts longer and longer. and I am beginning to not care that I am hurting my body. I hate it so very much. I've started restricting again and now down to 90 pounds and now I have a new problem..... this time I am not just restricting am chewing my food and spitting so I know this has gotten worse and I don't know what I should do about it. I have been doing this to my body for years and was able to control what I ate, when i ate it, how much etc. I could realize whati was doing and knock it off for a bit and now it seems to be consuming me.

what do i do?
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You've already taken the first step towards Recovery from your Eating Disorder by posting here. Eating Disorders, unfortunately tend to get worse as well as harder to treat as the years go on, but getting better is absolutely possible. I didn't get into recovery until my 40s (so many years to be miserable!) but now have 16 years recovery. What you need to do is now ask for help in the real world. Ask your doctor  for a referral to a therapist experienced with eating disorders or look for one by doing a search for your area. Eating disorders are more than just physical, about more than just food and weight and the therapist can help you explore that. You might also want to consider going to a meeting of Overeater's Anonymous. Despite the name you will meet people with all types of eating disorders and it is a great source of support. You can have a life free from this obsession! Best of luck to you and let us know how it goes.
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