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The Recovery Process Women recover through increased awareness of feelings and perspectives, the ability to differentiate their own needs while in relationships with others, and the capacity to regulate and manage uncomfortable emotions. Women strive to overcome not knowing myself (being controlled, feeling uneasy, and constantly comparing self to others) and losing myself to the obsession (being lured by the eating disorder, letting the eating disorder take over ones life, and hiding the eating disorder from others). At a turning point called finding me, women begin to see the eating disorder as a problem and to accept responsibility for initiating recovery. They learn to take care of themselves by working through both eating and non-eating issues, developing positive self worth, and gaining support from others. In celebrating myself, women overcome the underlying vulnerabilities that fostered the development of the eating disorder in the first place. Women invest in relationships that meet their needs and detach from those that do not, adopting a more compassionate informed acceptance toward self and the world. In this way, women are considered to have fully recovered from the eating disorder. SOURCE: Weaver, K. (2001). Women’s Journey of Recovering from Anorexia Nervosa: From Perilous Self-Soothing to Informed Self Care. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. University of New Brunswick. |
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