Gradually, you'll learn to love and accept yourself. You'll discover new ways of nourishing yourself other than with food. But your body needs to heal just as much as your soul. You'll learn to eat normally again, without guilt. You'll start to learn that food and love are not the same thing.
Successful treatment is always a team effort.
It involves friends, family, support groups, a physician, and a nutritional therapist. Sometimes a psychotherapist, a psychiatrist, or a social worker is also needed. What Recovery May Feel Like Habits of starving and vomiting are terrifying to break. The anorexic inwardly dies with every pound that starts padding her featherweight frame. Her body image is so distorted that learning to feel beautiful is an enormous task.