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[–]sisterinsomnia 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's really good. I had anorexia, too, so I get what you are saying (and hope you are doing well now).

What helped me to recover (yes, ultimately completely) was exactly what you talk about, though it happened almost by a fluke. I ended up having to do something quite hard and unrelated to being female-bodied, and I ultimately excelled in it. Because it was hard, my thoughts had to be on it and after a while my brain circuits were rebuilt? Or eating a healthy diet (provided by others for a year) together with different thought patterns did that? Not sure.

That's why I think that the online sites pushing people into focusing on their gender identities all the time are extremely harmful. Just as harmful as the pro-ana sites.