Treatment is such a strange time after utilizing behaviors for so long. I'm so glad we have those who write about it and normalize the experience! After reading your writing for years, I always get caught on you calling treatment "rehab." Rehab does sound edgier, and socially, we accept this term for alcohol or drug use rather than EDs (as you know). Yet, no providers, centers, etc. in the ED world calls it this that I have heard — I'm more than happy to be wrong here. It sounds as though some of your friends have gone to alcohol or drug rehab, so I wondered if at some point you wanted to pick up that language throughout the years as a badge of honor of being "sick enough" to need this level of help similar to them? (Not a critique, just a perception.) It is more attention grabbing, which as an influencer is maybe the point, for more eyes and clicks. You frequently say eating disorders are boring, but using "rehab" makes it seem, well, not. Interested in your and others' lines of thoughts on this.
I remember where I was when I first read your blog. It's weird to think there was a time when no one really talked about eating disorders. I see stories about them everywhere now. But, I do truly remember reading your account of treatment and feeling, for the first time, like someone else out there "got it." Thank you.
I remember reading this all of those years ago and connecting with these words and realizing out there was someone else struggling just like I was and getting help. I finally went to IOP in 2015. One of the few things I am grateful for after all of the years of tears and heartache are the relationships and friendships from the people who understand. Sending love we made it to the other side ❤️
Treatment is such a strange time after utilizing behaviors for so long. I'm so glad we have those who write about it and normalize the experience! After reading your writing for years, I always get caught on you calling treatment "rehab." Rehab does sound edgier, and socially, we accept this term for alcohol or drug use rather than EDs (as you know). Yet, no providers, centers, etc. in the ED world calls it this that I have heard — I'm more than happy to be wrong here. It sounds as though some of your friends have gone to alcohol or drug rehab, so I wondered if at some point you wanted to pick up that language throughout the years as a badge of honor of being "sick enough" to need this level of help similar to them? (Not a critique, just a perception.) It is more attention grabbing, which as an influencer is maybe the point, for more eyes and clicks. You frequently say eating disorders are boring, but using "rehab" makes it seem, well, not. Interested in your and others' lines of thoughts on this.
I remember where I was when I first read your blog. It's weird to think there was a time when no one really talked about eating disorders. I see stories about them everywhere now. But, I do truly remember reading your account of treatment and feeling, for the first time, like someone else out there "got it." Thank you.
I remember reading this all of those years ago and connecting with these words and realizing out there was someone else struggling just like I was and getting help. I finally went to IOP in 2015. One of the few things I am grateful for after all of the years of tears and heartache are the relationships and friendships from the people who understand. Sending love we made it to the other side ❤️