Hi Marykeat,
I have started to simply share my experience and essentially my battle with mental health in the form of my eating disorder via my blog, I have also approached local colleges and universities to go and share my experience in the hope it will help others. As a women in her mid thirties, I have found it hard to find someone else of my age to relate to and most of the treatment I have found very much geared towards teenagers, which is great but not much use to me. I have used meditation and compassion for myself as a way of trying to battle against the self loathing I seem to have for myself.
I also started therapy a few weeks ago and I can honestly say it has helped me hugely and I can feel a difference in how I am starting to see myself. I would love to say I have been eating more or prepared to put on weight, but that would not be truthful at this point in time. I look forward to the day when I wake up and know today is the day I will change.
Until then, I will try and beat this with all of the strength I can muster. Eating disorders are destructive, but can be beaten.
Best Wishes – more HUGS.
Katie x