Wow. There’s a lot of judgement on this thread and none of it is helpful at all!
An ED is not just physically harmful, it’s not ever fussy eating. It is actually a mental illness. I think you all that want to have a go and make @SirMoose feel guilty or whatever your thinking is, need to wind your necks in and move along to somewhere else!
When someone with disordered eating is not allowed to chose their own food, that one element that they feel that they can control is taken away!
It sounds to me like OP may well have a very old school GP who is unable to grasp what is going on with her. Or, like many others with this kind of illness, she may be avoiding the GP for fear of judgement.
So all you people judging her have just reinforced her worst fears! Well done 👍!
You know, the older I get, the more I see sisterhood and the concept of encouraging and understanding other women break down.
You all being unhelpful and judging her is perpetuating the cycle of her mental illness.
OP, I worked in MH services for adults as a nurse when I lived over there. There is help for you, no one will force feed you, but you have to take that first step, which is so very scary. It seems like your DH doesn’t really understand about the control aspects of ED and about cognitive and functional decline with ED.
If you would like, I can tap into my old colleagues and friends to see what’s available under the NHS now, as I’ve been away for quite a few years and things change!
The other consideration of course, is change. That in and of itself can be frightening to think about! The thoughts just buzzing around, what will happen, will I be hospitalised, will I be laughed at, how does getting referred work, do I have to tell people. All thoughts which can be framed as positive or negative and are usually framed as negative, with negative thought answers.
Please do take care of yourself and forget the posters who don’t understand because the things they may say are because they don’t understand 🌹