Hi there,
I have been struggling with anorexia for about 7 years now. I became ill when I was 15 and now I am 22 years old. I had to wait to seek treatment until I left home for university because my parents refused to get me the help I needed at the time. I have been in therapy for a couple years now and in the past few months I have made great strides, including reaching a goal weight that was negotiated between myself and my therapist.
However, I am home visiting my parents on holidays and won't be seeing my therapist for about a month. She has asked me to keep track of my weight once and a while, and when I weighed myself a couple days ago I was about 5 lbs over the target weight we had agreed on. This extra 5 lbs actually puts me at the ideal weight for my age and height, but I have never weighed this much in my life. This has really set me on edge and I've been upset for days. I feel like I must lose the 5 lbs and I'm terrified that I may be starting to relapse.
I would appreciate some advice or support so that I don't get sucked back into losing weight... I am having a very hard time dealing with this alone.
Thank you so much to anyone who might take the time to read this.