Extremely unsupportive family situation

Hi. I wonder if anyone else has this kind of situation (I guess it would be probable..) - I used to have on-the-verge-of-anorexia -eating disorder a couple years back, but now I am recovered from it....and developed binge eating/emotional eating/overeating instead.

The problem is, I still live at home, and my family is highly unsupportive towards my weight loss/control attempts, since they're afraid I'll get anorexic again. They just don't seem to see that it really isn't very healthy to for example just eat two hours in a row. Or gain a lot of weight in quite a short period of time (I don't recognize my face anymore, I think....)

I don't mean they should lose my weight for me, but it's  frustrating, when they push me to eat, and when I have a night without a binge they get worried.

Help?

I can definitely relate, my family was like that for a long time. Eating disorders don't just go away because you gain a ton of weight. They get worst. My binging became really bad and my mom eventually became supportive of me loosing the extra weight in a healthy way so I don't relapse. I've been doing a lot of cleansing when I start to feel myself getting pulled into a vicious cycle again. That gives me a few days to mellow out and start eating healthy again. Are you open with your family about what it is like having an ED?

I’ve gained a load of weight, I’m far higher than my pre-ED weight and over double my anorexic weight.  However, similar to you, weight loss (even the healthy way) is certainly not viable, as the parents would instantly pounce and perceive it as endeavours to rekindle anorexic tendencies...

In fact, I’ve often wondered whether the lack of support from family contributes to my bingeing (not that I’m attempting to shun the personal responsibility that is rightly mine)...  but more in the sense that I’m so keen to appease them, thus bingeing and swinging towards the opposite disorder... ironically. 

Gah and now they get infuriated if we binge.  Indeed, it is quite restrictive and unhelpful, though I suppose I can understand that from their perspective, they were extremely concerned about us previously, so that legacy is kind of persisting.

Ok, I don’t mean to turn this into a complaints session.  I just wanted to emphasise that I can totally relate, anyways.  Are you currently working with a treatment team (therapist, nutritionist, paediatrician) or did you recover independently? 

I can relate to the whole gaining so fast you barely recognise yourself thing too.  :/

Take care of yourself, and feel free to message me or chat.