My eating disorder recovery means I am gaining weight and I do not know who I am in a bigger body after being thin defined me for so long.
More people experience this than they realize.
Healing requires inhabiting a physical form that contradicts years of self-definition, making recovery feel like a kind of death of the self you knew.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost identity — who you were before?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.