A young woman with very little money ranted about wasting her last therapy appointment complaining about how her support group was ending. She spoke in broken sentences. She tried to overwhelm her fear and grief with rage. * Psychotherapy and eating disorder recovery work take many forms. In this extensive grouping you'll find articles, links and discussions that include stories of individuals working through their healing process and descriptions of different treatment approaches. Issues include trust, bingeing, starving, sexuality, fear, anxiety, triumphs, abuse, shame, dream work, journal keeping and more. Discussions regarding insurance and finances are here as well. Reading these articles and participating in discussions will give you deep and varied windows into eating disorder recovery treatment.
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A young woman with very little money ranted about wasting her last therapy appointment complaining about how her support group was ending. She spoke in broken sentences. She tried to overwhelm her fear and grief with rage. * - Details
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"Why do I feel ashamed of myself because I was abused? I know it was not my fault. Why do I feel the need to hide it, even from my trusted therapist?" asks a reader.*
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What would you like your mental health clinician to know about helping you understand and resolve your troublesome sex life?
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*Frightened child image in recurring nightmares can hold recovery gifts
A frightened child image is particularly disturbing to a woman with an eating disorder. Yet the psyche is communicating to us with these images. Unfortunately, our tendency is to be glad we woke up and then want to get as far away from that nightmare as possible.Here’s an example of a nightmare with a recurring frightened child image.
If only I could rid my mind of the image of me as a little girl. It’s constant in my dreams, my nightmares. I am alone. I am scared, and I am silent. I sometimes feel like I’m drowning when I see this image. It is so profound to me. I think if that image would go away I would be fine. But it keeps coming back. It’s so powerful.
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