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Why eating disorder recovery creates double-bind thinking

I made it through Thanksgiving dinner without restricting but now I feel like I failed at having an eating disorder and also failed at recovery.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind caught between disorder and health can experience both states as failure when neither feels authentic.

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