Show Notes

Episode’s Key Points:

• Recovery is NEVER linear! It’s messy and complicated, and super personal.
• This experience is so common the experiencing symptoms even after recovery is the rule, more than the exception.
• Self-compassion is key for dealing with relapse.
• Sumner Brooks joins to chat about recovery some more!
• Disappointment and shame can make us feel so stuck in eating disorder behaviors and relapse.
• It’s so important to NORMALIZE this struggle! You are not alone, and there are a number of reasons we can experience a return of behaviors.
• Try to react with compassion when you notice the shame and disappointment bubbling up. Recovery will come much quicker with self-compassion!
• If you’re trying to examine the return of a behavior, think about whether or not there are physiological needs not being met (such as hunger), or if there are emotional needs triggering these behaviors meant to soothe and cope.
• Be aware if medications (such as birth control, SSRIs) or other environmental changes are potentially impacting your mood and contributing to the return of these behaviors!
• Nothing about recovery or relapse is black or white… figuring out where to go next is a journey!!
• What are your needs?? Are they being met?? Explore this!
• Be CURIOUS about this experience! It’s an important part of finding what you need to change.
• Even the slip ups are a part of moving forward. Acknowledge that you may feel like you’ve screwed it all up, but believe that it isn’t true!
• Spiral UP rather than out!!

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