--- title: Symptoms description: Internationally acclaimed recovery site focused on eating disorders, moving from fragility to power, developing confidence at work and in relationships, and narcissistic abuse recovery. Created by Joanna Poppink, MFT canonical_url: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/page-10 language: en-GB date: 2012-08-30T02:06:01Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/page-10. markdown-tokens: 1011 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/page-10. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Here you will find articles that address various emotional, physical, behavioral and spiritual symptoms that are often part of the eating disorder experience. To contact Joanna, to make a psychotherapy appointment or to arrange a video consultation through Doxy.me, write: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Details Category: [Symptoms](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/) [![make a wish 1554991](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/make-a-wish-1554991.jpg)](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/make-a-wish-1554991.jpg)*Naive innocence is dangerous.* Watching a bright woman confidently search for a non-existent method that will make her bulimia vanish is the saddest part of my work as an eating disorder recovery psychotherapist. Today, in Los Angeles, I received yet another request for help that I cannot provide. The woman asked for tips and a simple plan that would end her bulimia in a week or two. When I said recovery requires deep psychological work, she responded with anger and disdain, saying, "You have got to be kidding. I don't have time for years of treatment. I want something that will work now." [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/symptoms/bulimia-false-beliefs) Details Category: [Symptoms](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/) When you have an eating disorder, you can feel "stuck" in repetitive behaviors and thought processes. Self-doubt and merciless self-criticism build along with your frustration and growing despair. You might even feel a sense of doom as you continue to be bogged down and limited despite your attempts to get past your blocks. Sound familiar? [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/symptoms/getting-unstuck) Details Category: [Symptoms](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/) [![Eating breakfast can subdue night time binge eating](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/swan_eating-362747_640.jpg)](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/swan_eating-362747_640.jpg)*Nighttime binge eating is not an issue for this swan, who is eating a lovely breakfast.* ## The Nighttime Binge Pattern Goes Like This: You got caught in a nightly binge again last night. Yesterday you ate too much. Last night, you binged. Maybe you threw up. You went to bed exhausted. You criticized yourself for failing to end your eating disorder. You vowed that tomorrow, you would start fresh and not binge. You can escape this pattern. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/symptoms/beware-feelings-of-power-in-the-morning) Details Category: [Symptoms](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/symptoms/) **New question: "I'm out of inpatient treatment for anorexia. My team says I'm at a healthy weight. I never thought I'd be over 120, but now I'm over 130! Can I get down to 120 and still be healthy?"** You are doing great! Hang in there with what your recovery team is telling you. You are definitely on your healing path. You title your question "Eating Disorder Recovery and its Aftermath." Your title is an example of what I find to be so confusing for many people beginning their path to healing. Once you stop your eating disorder behaviors and establish a healthy body weight, even deeper recovery work is required. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/symptoms/aftermath-of-eating-disorder-recovery-and-body-weight)