8 Things I Wish I Knew When I Went to an Eating Disorder Treatment Center [HuffingtonPost.com]

Samantha Sangenito 6/7/164:00 AM

1. You are not a bad sister. Or a bad daughter. Or a bad friend. Or a bad anything.

You are sick. You are suffering from a disease that has to do with genetics and brain chemistry and environmental factors and probably something much deeper than what our human minds can comprehend.

Try to bring curiosity, rather than blame, into this moment.

2. The point is not to look like you are changing so that the people you love are happy.

It is to actually change within yourself. And sometimes that requires dropping the act of “perfect patient” and letting your frightened, tender self be seen. Healing does not happen in comfortable places.

3. The night conversations with the other patients will stay with you longer than the therapy sessions.

Cherish the wisdom of your sisters, and pray for their recovery in addition to your own. You’re a family now.

[For more of this story, written by Shannon Kopp, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...nter_b_10078778.html]

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