How I talked to my treatment team about wanting to try this

The support resources page is linked on every page of this site, and I have used it, and it was the right thing at the right moment.

Something I have learned here is that saying I am struggling does not require me to explain why. That has been a relief.

My experience is that this circle moves slowly and carefully and that is exactly what I needed from it.

Coming back to say that I am doing well, that my team say the same, and that this circle has been part of how I got here without ever pretending to be more than it is.

I would have written the same thing a year ago, word for word.

Nothing here is treatment and nothing here is advice. If you are in difficulty, the people who know your history are the ones to speak to, and our support resources page lists the kinds of service worth finding.

My treatment team were involved from before I started, which I would say is the single most important thing in my whole account.

I would encourage anybody unsure to read the agreements first. They are clear, they are enforced, and they told me whether this was somewhere I could be.

What helped was being asked how I was doing rather than how it was going. Two different questions and only one of them was about me.

I have found it useful to write about how I am rather than what I have done. The distinction is small and it changes what I notice.

I came here because everywhere else assumed a relationship with eating that I do not have, and the assumptions themselves were difficult.

What I needed was people who understood why certain kinds of conversation are hard, without me having to explain it every time.

No advice, just company. Here if it helps.

I have found the structure of this circle protective. The agreements are not decoration and I have watched them being held.

I have been challenged here once, gently, in a way I did not enjoy and needed. Nobody piled on. One person said one thing and then supported me.