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How to distinguish authentic hunger from disorder patterns

My therapist wants me to eat three meals a day but my body genuinely does not feel hungry and I cannot tell if this is real or my eating disorder lying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Long-term restriction creates confusion between genuine body signals and learned survival responses.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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