Signs of Relapse Eating Disorders Continuing Care Group Session 4
Dec 31, 2015
WELCOME
Welcome to the CRC Continuing Care Group.
We want to thank you for joining us today and for taking time for your recovery.
Your health and well-being are important to us.
Group Check-In
How have you met your eating recovery goal this week?
How have you met them today?
How are you doing, in general?
Remember: Thoughts Become Action
The more often you think about your body in positive, healthy ways, the more likely you are to feel good about who you are and the body you naturally have.
And the Unhealthy Cycle Begins… Again
Behavioral Relapse…
… return to patterns of oldthinking and behaviors
… isolation, resentment,and hopelessness
THE RELAPSE PROCESS
Recovery Relapse____/_______/_______/__________/________/________/_____ Increased Stress Isolation Obsessing Unhealthy Thoughts….
Signs of Eating Disorder Relapse
Obsessive thinking about food or weight
Need to be in control at all
times
Competitive with peers “Who’s the thinnest?”
Feeling hopeless: Relationship, work,
eating disorder
Denying StressFeeling a need
to escape
Feeling guiltyabout eating
disorder symptoms
Engaging in fantasies of perfection
Believing that you can purge just this once
Signs of Eating Disorder
Relapse
More Signs of Eating Disorder Relapse
Success =Low Weight orLow Calories
Denying relationship of stress, anxiety &
eating disorder
Believing you are fat, even when otherssay you are thin.
Unable to relyon a support
system
Isolated orshowing little
sociability
Inaccurate reportingabout symptoms
being experienced
Drinking excessiveamounts of water
Lookingcontinually at
oneself in mirrors
More Signs of Eating Disorder
Relapse