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Expert: Jeanne Rust, PhD - 10/28/2009
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Hi,
I'm currently waiting to start contemplation work with a local ED clinic. I feel like i'm making a lot of progress emotionally but there's one thing which i feel i really need clarifying.
I know that i started to get quite depressed when i was 13, not helped by my mothers own depression and anxiety. At 13 i was 5 foot 2 and weighed 116lbs, which i think is healthy??
I maintained 116lbs up until 6 months ago, i'm now 6 foot tall and 107lbs. I'm finding it hard to accept that not gaining in that time is as harmful as gaining then losing it. I'm finding it very hard to imagine ever letting myself get past 116lbs. Is there a sort of expected weight gain you're meant to achieve through these years and does not meeting that suggest an eating disorder? i feel like this is last thing i need to sort out before i face up to this head on. (that and how i'm still getting my periods so i must be healthy, flawed logic i know.)
thank you so much for your time, i really really really appreciate it.
Answer
Dear Katie,
You are very anorexic at your current height and weight! I am thrilled that you're going to a local eating disorder clinic!!
It is not surprising at all that you were depressed when your mother was depressed and suffered from anxiety. The depression, etc. probably is at the root of the eating disorder (I'm guessing) but it makes sense to me that as long as you could focus on not gaining weight, you didn't have to think about what was going on in your life -- At the website, www.mirasol.net, go to the Learning Center and click on the causes of eating disorders -- you'll be amazed!
How long do you think it will be until you get into treatment??
Please keep in touch and let me know how you do!!
Warmly,
Jeannie Rust, PhD
CEO/Founder
Mirasol Eating Disorder Centers
www.mirasol.net
www.edrecovery.com
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