Doors can open for you if you knock or simply turn the handle.Guided imagery and other methods that reach under the conscious thinking mind can be useful in your eating disorder recovery. People with eating disorders often have secrets from themselves. These are secrets about which they have little or no awareness.
Guilt, shame and severe self-criticism accompany most eating disorders. People believe they are doing something weak and wrong by abusing themselves with too much or not enough food, or by taking laxatives or vomiting, or by compulsively exercising to work off calories. They can be merciless in their self-punishing thoughts.
If you've been a compulsive overeater most of your life you know your health gets increasingly worse and you battle with depression.