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Understand your bulimia symptoms when others don't E-mail
Blog - Psychotherapy and Recovery Work
Written by Joanna Poppink   
Wednesday, 11 August 2010 19:47
A young woman wrote saying she was binging and purging every day and didn't know why.  When I suggested she get professional help she said she saw a psychotherapist twice.  This man kept telling her to eat “good” food so she won't want to purge. He added that the solution to her problem was “that easy.” He told her she was stupid to purge everything she ate.

Now she's not only terrified about her inability to stop bingeing and purging.  She also feels stupid, incompetent, lost and confused.  Since she is financially dependent on her parents, she is afraid and ashamed to tell them about her eating disorder. If you can identify with her this post is for you. Please login or register to see the full article
 
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