Your eating disorder may feel like a cage from which you can never escape.
You want to change your thinking about food and eating, but it just seems like climbing a mountain in slippers and an evening gown - impossible.
There is hope, and it is absolutely possible to recover from an eating disorder, or at the very least improve it.
The first step is to admit that you have a problem. This may seem obvious to you and you may be thinking, ‘I’ve already done that - that’s why I’m reading this article!’ But admitting to yourself and being willing to admit the problem to someone who can help you are two parts of the same step. Both are needed for you to move forward towards recovery.
The behavior surrounding eating disorders is learned: we aren’t born with it. And just as this behavior and thought patterns were learned, new ones can be learned to replace them. This is not easy and will take effort from you, but with the right guidance and support, it is absolutely possible to achieve.
To truly recover from an eating disorder, you must learn to:
Listen to your body
Listen to your feelings
Listen to your thoughts that create those feelings
Understand yourself
Accept yourself
Love yourself
Some of these steps may sound easier than others, and that is absolutely true. However, this is a process that has been proven over and over to improve eating disorders and your quality of life.
The best, quickest way to see improvement is to enlist the help of a licensed therapist who specializes in eating disorders. They have the training, experience, and tools available to you to help you get where you want to be.
If you’re thinking, ‘Of course, you would say that - you’re a practice specializing in eating disorders!’, you’re right, of course. However, the reason each of the therapists in our practice chose to specialize in helping individuals with eating disorders is because it is something they feel extremely passionate about, for various reasons. We each know that this process works and we’ve seen it work with countless clients who start out feeling just like you, and go on to achieve great results.
You need support, the right support, expert support, to help guide you back to health.
That second person (outside of yourself) you admit you need help to? Let it be a trained therapist who will walk alongside you every step of the way, guide you when you feel afraid or hopeless, and support you back to health.
Every therapist at Inside Wellness Utah wants to be that person for you. Schedule a call today with our warm Care Coordinator, who will help you find the right therapist for you.