I Just Finished A 2 Week Impatient ED Rehab Clinic, AMA
Hello everyone,
From the middle of Novemberto the start of DecemberI put my life on hold to get better. There is a program I participated in called Relapse Rehab where it is an impatient service that specifically works with people who have eating disorders who have relapsed back into the old routines. It was a challenging 2 weeks, but it helped put my life back on track.
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Congratulations on getting your life back on track, MusicGal! Recovery is nearly always an uneven process but I'm so glad that you're moving forward and are doing better.What's the best piece of advice you learned during those two weeks?
This sounds so cliche, but honestly it's to be true to yourself. For me I could've stuck to those voices in my head saying that what I was doing was right, but being true to myself, I knew those voices were wrong and if I was serious and wanted to get back to work, get back to being a mother, get back to listening, I needed to be honest with myself and do what I needed to do to help myself get better.
Congrats!! What triggered you back to your old habits? What did you find to be the biggest pros & cons of being in anin-pateintprogram?
I think what was my biggest trigger was stress. I work at a job where I am working with at risk youth, and students who have mental illness, specifically a group of young girls and boys with eating disorders. A young girl in that group shared some dark things with me that effected me, on top of all the dress of other things, it caused me to 'relapse' and as bad as it felt going back to old habits, it felt good, so I kept doing it more and more and more, until I realized I can't do this anymore. What if the school finds out? What kind of a role model am I to my daughter? Those are some of the things that caused me to go back to treatment.
Pros were that everything I did, I knew it was helping me. For example, as much as I hated it, it was good to have my washroom locked. It was good the daily vital checks. It was good to be monitored and when I started doing better, to get that freedom and prove to MYSELF that I can do this
Cons was that it sucked. Especially at the start. Having no freedom and forcing myself to get rid of these horrible behaviours. Looking back I can see the good in it all, but in the moment, I hated it.
Wow. You sound like a strong, amazing woman. Your daughter should be proud to have you as a mom :)
What is one thing you learned that you want to share?
@MusicGal congrats , you did great
