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Why core eating disorder fears resist therapeutic expression

I can discuss my eating disorder clinically with my treatment team but I cannot say out loud that I am afraid of becoming fat.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The deepest fears often carry such shame that they remain hidden even within supposedly safe therapeutic relationships.

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