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I was on a psychiatric ward for a month. I have hardly and memory of it. It was helpful in that I just needed some time out and that's what I got. Recovery takes a long time and you need to put the effort in

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Yes i totally agree recovery is bloody difficult but definitely worth it.

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Quote: from zigily at 1:46 pm on Mar. 3, 2008

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I was on a psychiatric ward for a month. I have hardly and memory of it. It was helpful in that I just needed some time out and that's what I got. Recovery takes a long time and you need to put the effort in

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Yes i totally agree recovery is bloody difficult but definitely worth it.

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I was quite lucky that my ana/mia never got to out of hand. I was mainly in for depression

Shadowcry, your point about wasting so much time and losing out on so much of life happening while you were counting calories was brought up a few times by patients in the documentary. It was heartbreaking to realise how difficult it was for some of the girls and women to stop their self destruction even after treatment. But it was also wonderful to see some of them get back control of their lives instead of their food intake.

I think you have a wonderful depth of courage.

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