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Why eating disorder thoughts resurface even in long-term recovery

I've been in recovery for three years but yesterday I caught myself mentally planning a relapse like it was a vacation I was looking forward to.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The familiar patterns of restriction can feel like coming home, even when home was a place of suffering.

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