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How to handle setbacks in eating disorder recovery

I binge ate tonight after two weeks of being 'good' and I feel like I've destroyed all my progress and have to start over from zero.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're applying all-or-nothing thinking to recovery, where any deviation becomes evidence of complete failure rather than part of a non-linear healing process.

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