It’s the Thanksgiving season, and I was just thinking about you. Perhaps it isn’t a happy holiday for you. Maybe holidays are difficult for you. Maybe this holiday is a fresh reminder of what you’ve lost or never had but have always wanted.
Thanksgiving is difficult for people with eating disorders
If you are struggling with an eating disorder or with your relationship with food, the strong focus on food is difficult. Food might feel complicated to you and being with family might be filled with dread and anxiety. Maybe due to the pandemic, you can’t be with those that you are dying to be with after months of isolation. Those are big feels to grapple with.
I just wanted you to know I’m thinking about you. I’m thinking about how eating around other people feels self-conscious to you and how food is full of guilt and embarrassment to you. I thought about giving you a list of a game plan of things to help you cope and get through it but for me at this moment that didn’t feel right. I want to just be with you, where you are at, and honor the feelings you have. However, complicated and tangled up they may feel. If you are dealing with fresh loss, or if it has been simmering for a while, I want you to recognize you don’t have to be grateful for that on Thanksgiving or any day. You can hate this holiday and want it to be over as fast as possible and maybe even like it moments later.
Grief and loss might feel stronger on Thanksgiving
Loss is complicated. Grief is complex. There are no good or right or pretty answers. I will not be here to be the gratitude police. Please don’t be the gratitude police for yourself or anyone else either. You can appreciate and have gratitude for what you’ve got in your life without being thankful for trials and adversity. Where you are at with things is right where you are supposed to be in that moment. Maybe the next moment it will feel differently. Maybe not. Ride the wave and know you're ok right where you are. Just know I’m thinking of you.
Be good to yourself.
Start eating disorder treatment near Provo, Utah
I know the holidays can bring on a lot of triggers and make your eating disorder spiral. You don’t have to keep living that way. Eating disorder treatment can help. This Utah County Counseling Clinic has an eating disorder therapist that can help you manage eating disorder recovery. To begin counseling, follow the steps below:
Meet with a mental health professional
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Online Eating Disorder Therapy in Utah
I know how important it is when you are struggling with an eating disorder that you get help from a professional that understands how to help you in eating disorder recovery. I have helped many women recover from their eating disorders and want to help you no matter where you are in Utah. This is why I provide online therapy in Utah. Online counseling is safe, effective, and convenient. I assure you it’s just as effective as in-person therapy.
Online therapy allows me to work with you if you are located in Logan, St. George, Salt Lake City, Cedar City, and more.
Other mental health services provided near Provo, Utah
Eating disorder treatment isn’t the only counseling service provided at this Northern Utah Counseling Practice. Other mental health services provided by Maple Canyon Therapy include binge eating disorder treatment, anxiety therapy, birth trauma therapy, body image therapy, and trauma therapy in Utah.