Finding a Light

you dont think it is

you’ve never been underweight

you are weight restored

you are at a ‘normal’ weight

you are overweight/obese

you’ve never had to go to inpatient or residential

you do not have a restrictive ed

you do not use the behaviors most commonly associated with eds

you do not have ‘fear foods’

you don’t like oatmeal or those foods people are always taking pics of

you like food and are fine owning that

you hate working out or dont work out 

you’ve never restricted/binged/purged

you’ve never been through anything that you feel validates your ed 

you dont have any ed horror stories 

you feel like your ed isnt as serious as someone else’s

you dont feel sick enough

your loved ones do not know

your loved ones do not believe you

your loved ones are not helping you get the help you need

your struggle looks different than the ones portrayed by the media

you are triggered by different things than most

you are not triggered by others

your recovery isn’t proving to be as difficult as its portrayed

your recovery is going ‘quickly’ your recovery is going smoothly

you are progressing in your recovery

you dont want to recover

you consciously developed your ed