An eating disorder is a disease, not a choice. Like all diseases, it can’t simply be willed or wished away. You wouldn’t expect someone to overcome diabetes without professional medical help. The same is true of eating disorders. If you or someone you care about is a victim, eating disorder treatment is the last best hope you have to get better. For your own sake, don’t force yourself to learn that lesson the hard way.
The good news is that eating disorder treatment really does work…but only for those patients who are willing to seek it out. No one can heal you against your will. No one can help you beat an eating disorder if you won’t first enroll in an eating disorder treatment program. If you’ve made it this far, you already know that anorexia and bulimia strip victims of their dignity, and their hope. Now you know what you can do about it. Given the stakes, you can’t afford not to make the right choice.
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