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Why recovery feels like losing yourself

I want to recover but I am terrified that without my eating disorder I will have no identity or purpose or way to cope with anything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

When disorder becomes identity, healing threatens the constructed self that has provided meaning and control.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Eating disorders — all presentations?”

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