If You Think You’re Struggling With Disordered Eating, Here’s How to Get Help

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If You Think You’re Struggling With Disordered Eating, Here’s How to Get Help
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Whether or not you have a diagnosable condition, you deserve to feel better.

know that others will actually treat them worse if they give up their destructive behaviors and gain weight.

That’s where “harm reduction”—trying to reduce symptoms without necessarily aiming for full recovery—can help. “If letting go of restrictive eating or excessive exercise feels impossible for someone because they’re afraid of weight gain, but they’re able to reduce these behaviors enough to hold onto some semblance of physical and mental health, then we can work on harm reduction,” Dr. Rugless explains.

Harm reduction is still a hot-button issue in the eating disorder field, but it’s becoming more mainstream, as many providers believe it honors a person’s autonomy. “If you’re an adult, these things are all your choice,” Dr. Rugless says. “There’s no such thing as involuntary commitment for an eating disorder.”Even if you’re not interested in recovery right now, it’s possible that will change in the future.

And even once you do commit to recovery, the process is slow. “One of the first good things that might happen is realizing, ‘Oh, I’m not obsessed with food anymore, I’m not thinking about it all the time,’” Burnell says. It’s hard to believe when you’re in the thick of things, but thoughts about food diminish significantly once your body is nourished and you’reUltimately, recovery means working toward feeling comfortable enough with food and your body that you’re able to live the life you want.

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