Are you exhausted from constantly thinking about food and your body? Maybe you spend the day planning what, when, or how much you’ll eat, feel anxious if plans change, or notice guilt or shame after eating. You might seem “fine” on the outside while privately feeling exhausted, preoccupied, or ‘out of control’ around food.
Some teens and adults in Montgomery County live with rigid food rules, constant body checking, cycles of restriction and/or bingeing, or an ongoing fear of weight gain all while continuing to go to school, work, parent, and show up for others. Over time, this can lead to anxiety, low mood, isolation, and a shrinking sense of freedom.
If this sounds familiar, you’re not vain and you’re not alone. Eating disorders and disordered eating are not choices. They are a treatable mental illness.
Full recovery from an eating disorder is possible. You deserve to be free from this. Eating disorder therapy provides compassionate, specialized support to help make that freedom possible. Support is available for teens and adults in Montgomery County.