Have you been able to come up with any conclusions as to where your ED came from? Why you needed it as a coping mechanism? Not just your ED infact but the SI/depression you suffered from previous to it (i know some background stuff but not much.)
ahh I love this, Formspring is like free therapy! nah kidding but I have actually been asked this many times when I have had therapy. I don't want to go into very personal details on my blog, but yeah basically there were some stressful difficult things going on in my life throughout my childhood and particularly when I was about 12. effectively I just didn't have the support or resources to cope with it, and it was then that I was self harming and sometimes fasting too although my ED wasn't full blown so to speak. it was when I was in hospital after an overdose that my ED became predominant over the self harm and to a point where it was 'diagnosable' I guess...I got out of that hospital stay and basically cut my diet back to virtually nothing overnight, and it was all downhill from there ;)
