Coping At this point in your life, you may be reluctant to attempt recovery. Having an eating disorder is something you are used to. It permeates every aspect of your life. You will never lose your eating disorder, which can be both reassuring and frightening, but you can control it and learn to live without acting upon it. Well, look at it this way.
Recovery is painful and difficult.
Once you have made it through recovery, there is hope of a life without having to constantly worry and constantly having to feel alone and constantly being obsessed with food. If you do not try to recover, the pain will last much longer. Either way, your life is going to be difficult. But learning to live without it means that eventually things will get easier. Recovery from an eating disorder is not easy.