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Anorexia relapsesWomen's health & fitness guideRelapses can and will happen on the road to recovery from anorexia relapses are common in any illness and anorexia is no exception. To the anorexic this can be devastating for they already have a deep sense of failure and worthlessness, this has been a part of there illness for so long it is now second nature and a relapse is often devastating to the anorexic. Relapses can happen anywhere from a day to a month but the most important thing to remember is that it is a common occurrence; it also doesn't mean that you are right back where you started. It doesn't mean you are a failure, you didn't do anything wrong it is just a minor set back on the long road to total recovery. In fact relapses are a common part of the recovery process from any eating disorder. During the process of recovery what you are actually doing is learning and training your self to be yourself again, you may have suffered from anorexia for a number of years and just as anything that has been repeated over and over again for any length of time the habit is a hard one to break. Your illness is no exception, you have to totally change thoughts and feelings that have lingered deep inside you for a long time, these thoughts and feelings are not going to change over night. Just because you made the decision and admitted to your illness it won't just leave you, admission and realization of your illness is a huge step on the road to a full recovery but it isn't a miracle over night cure. It is quite possible you have had anorexia for such a long time that you have actually forgotten the person you were or thought you were, the process then is almost like re birth, learning to become a new person. Think of it as a child growing and learning, the toddler will learn to walk at first this will be slowly and haltingly but in time he gets steadier on his feet, more confident he is finding himself. Occasionally he will stumble and even fall, when this happens there may be a few tears but these are quickly forgotten and he picks himself up and walks again. The anorexic who stumbles upon a relapse is like this toddler and should try and just let the relapse pass, pick them selves back up without too much thought and worry and carry on down the road to recovery. |
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