Love the sentiment “I have to be very in my own face about recovery" and relate to it so much. My therapist once told me, "You can't afford to be private about your eating disorder." It can be at times, both hard and natural to share really vulnerable things about bodies/food/recovery, but above all, I find that it keeps me accountable. Sharing where I am throughout recovery is a way of being honest and transparent with other people, but also with myself. It's so easy to delude myself into thinking I'm more recovered than I am and to stop working so hard at it--I imagine "being in your own face about it" helps remind us why it's important.
Love the sentiment “I have to be very in my own face about recovery" and relate to it so much. My therapist once told me, "You can't afford to be private about your eating disorder." It can be at times, both hard and natural to share really vulnerable things about bodies/food/recovery, but above all, I find that it keeps me accountable. Sharing where I am throughout recovery is a way of being honest and transparent with other people, but also with myself. It's so easy to delude myself into thinking I'm more recovered than I am and to stop working so hard at it--I imagine "being in your own face about it" helps remind us why it's important.
Two of my faves!!