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[untreatable]

hi, just wanted to introduce myself. I have depression and Anxiety. I self harm and purge several times daily. I desperately want to get better but no one understands me or can help. Dont know what else to say:confused:

[ASchwartz]

Hi Untreatable,

Welcome to our community. I hope you become a regular contributer and find lots of support here.

You do not know what else to say. OK, let's help you there. Can you tell us about yourself? Are you male, female, married or single, have children or not, your age range, why do you think of yourself as untreatable, and so on.

It certainly appears that you have a lot of problems.

Allan :)

[untreatable]

Thanks for your reply Allan.
Well- I am female, 18, single, no children... pretty boring I suppose. I call myself untreatable because I (like many others) have not had great success with medication, counseling, CBT etc.. and dont think I ever will

[mscat]

Hi untreatable ,
Welcome to our community. I'd like to let you know that I been through all the things you have listed as well. Some of them, still. I can understand fully.
it is not a surprise to me at all. You are not untreatable. Please do not feel that way. When you are ready to start getting the professional help again in order to feel better and deal with all these things, your going to need to meet them half way. The reason why it is not working for you is that you have to do your part too. No amount to therapy is going to do any good until it is applied to your life.
Have you ever been into a ED program? To help you relearn new eating habits? your 18yrs old and have your whole life ahead of you! There is so much you can do. It will take a lot of work, however, it can be done, but it is up to you. If you want to change for the better. No one can do it for you. That is what I believe is what is happening. I remembering getting stuck there before. Losing all the weight shortly after treatment. I was not ready either. I spent a good 10 years of a severe ED , and did a lot of self harming, was in a mental hospital at the age of 16 for 2 years, So really, it does suck. I am now much older, and do have other stuff to work out.
However, at the age you are now, 18, the ED was bad for me too. You do need to make the choice to stop it from controlling your life once and for all and let others help you. Because nobody will be able to help you until you decide to let go with the eating disorder.... I am glad you want to get better .

[boomergal47]

Hello, untreatable. Have you ever tried support groups? The 12 step program has an Emotions Anonymous group, and an Overeaters Anonymous group. There are also self help books, to help with anxiety and depression. I hope this helps somewhat, and I hope you feel better.:)