Eating disorder recovery?

Have you ever had an eating disorder? How are you working towards recovery? How long have you been in recovery? Did you ever deal with really rapid and seemingly uncontroable weight gain after having been under weight? please helppp!!!

I had anorexia. It was actually just another manifestation of my borderline personality disorder and associated problems. I've been doing well for about 6 years (from the anorexia part). I actually gained a lot of weight after I started recovering because I went on an antipsychotic. It was horrible!!!!! I do not recommend that.
I stayed away from scales for a long time, and mirrors as well, until I could look at myself realistically. That took a long long time.
My biggest piece of advise would be to focus on eating healthy foods, and learning that you are worthwhile enough to give your body the food it needs. And you are not perfect. I am totally a perfectionist, and I am still trying to learn that I am only human, that I can't be expected to do everything perfectly all the time. Instead of taking pride in losing weight, take pride in feeding your body healthy foods and doing the correct amount of exercise. Take pride in your school work or your job. Take pride in being a good family member, a good friend. You are more than that number on the scale.

working towards recovery starts with the sufferers knowledge that what they're doing is not right and they have to want to change. i'm currently recovering from an eating disorder, and yes i have gained some weight but it's necessary. my body was so deprived that it needed all the nourishment it could get. i'm alright with the weight gain and am working towards losing it through exercise and a healthy diet.
recovery time depends on the individual. i personally am recovering through my own admission because i know i needed to change. other people are only told and forced to put on some weight but are not mentally aware of the issues they have. so in turn after putting on some weight, they usually freak out and slip back into old patterns to quickly get rid of the weight. this happened to me MANY times, even though the weight i gained was often non-existant...
i've tried to stop thinking short-term and looked at the bigger picture. i don't want to deal with these problems forever, so if i can lead a normal life again (even if it means putting on a bit of weight) then lose it the healthy way, i can stay at the weight i want while still enjoying life. even if it means being a bit heavier for a few weeks or however long. it's all worth it. i've started rebuilding broken friendships, got my social life back and can enjoy good food.
it's most definitely alot off my back not having to worry about what i eat as much as i used to. we all need food to survive so why not enjoy it!
Hello, I have had an eating disorder for the last year of my life and trying to overcome it was so hard to do. I see a dietician once a week and I can say I am very proud of myself when I set goals and accomplish them, my eating is actually very good lately I still have my days I just don't want to eat but I do it any way. I didn't have a lot of weight gain tho I do feel fat every day but thats part of the process. good luck to you i hope everything works for you and congrats on helping your self get better :)