Many have asked me to share my experiences with an eating disorder clinic/institution/hospital. Here’s what it was like to spend 4 months there, which things were helpful and which weren’t, the pro‘s and con‘s of going inpatient and what alternatives there are.

Time stamps:

00:23 - the time before the clinic
01:03 - recovery pages on instagram
01:40 - the urge to be inpatient
02:45 - starving myself before the clinic
05:20 - program and therapy
05:40 - meal times
06:00 - comparison with other patients
07:15 - eating with others
07:30 - weight curve and weight gain
09:15 - friendships
10:40 - group therapy
11:50 - meal plans and meal plan adjustments
13:50 - the fear of being judged
14:20 - movement prohibition
15:40 - overexercising
16:55 - the time after the clinic (clinic bubble)
20:30 - recovery begins after the clinic
21:00 - alternatives to treatment centers
21:15 - recovering on your own
21:25 - recovery coaching
24:15 - day clinics/outpatient programs
25:30 - spiritual and Christian approaches