Please help! I'm seeing a therapist and 1 hour session is not enough, I always leave feeling worst because we touch on something I haven't thought about and then times up... I've been reflecting over some of the things we've talked about and some of the things I want to tell him now that I'm feeling more comfortable and one of the things I've realised is that I think I've had an eating disorder for the past 12 years. I'm so obsessed and didn't even realise. When I'm feeling really down, I binge eat even more often than normal (for me) and I vomit it up (I've started doing it again for the past week). When I'm feeling a bit better when I do binge eat, I generally fast. I'm constantly dieting, trying to have healthy lifestyles, exercise and constantly obsessing over every inch of my body and whether I've put on weight. It's only just occurred to me how much I obsess over it all. What do I do?
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You speak to your therapist as a starting point. You've made it this far, your therapist can help refer you to other services. Usually working on your mental health in the long run will improve your eating disorder because it's all related.
It's important to talk to your therapist about this because any other sevices will need to communicate with each other co-ordinate interventions.
Yes after you leave your appointments you can feel worse sometimes, but over time after appointments you won't feel worse.
I know you just want to feel better now, but you've been feeling bad for a long time so it's going to take awhile to get better. For some people it takes longer than others.
If you feel you might be in crisis Google your mental health crisis team in your state, if you feel you are at risk for suicide present to your local emergency department. Otherwise if you need to chat to someone and need help calming down phone lifeline.