If you're navigating an eating disorder, there's a good chance your body doesn't feel like a particularly safe or comfortable place to be. It might feel like something to manage, control, escape, or fix rather than somewhere you actually live. This is one of the quieter, less-discussed parts of recovery: not just changing behaviours around food, but slowly rebuilding a relationship with the body itself. In psychology, this is often called embodiment. A concept that's become increasingly central to how eating disorder treatment is understood.

If you have started treatment for an eating disorder, you may be surprised by how much early emphasis is placed on when you eat, not only what or how much. For many people, this can feel almost too simple to matter - surely the real work is more psychological than that? In my experience, though, establishing a pattern of regular, adequate eating is one of the most well-supported, foundational parts of effective eating disorder treatment.