I'm 29 years old, and just recently developed an eating disorder. It's been going on for a little over a month now. The irrational part of me wants to keep starving; the rational part is wondering if I should tell my parents so they can make me eat meals with them. I know that what I have going on now isn't sustainable, but I'm not sure if involving other people is the right thing to do.
This has been building for the last couple of months now, and I'm finally today realizing that what I'm going through is the beginnings of full-blown anorexia. I know I need help, even if I don't want actually want it, and I know I should tell someone. I'm just worried my therapist will have me sent somewhere involuntarily. Is that something he might actually do considering how little I'm eating, so they can force calories into me? Or will he just help me try to manage it on my own? I see him virtually if that makes any difference, so it's not like there's an office he can keep me from leaving, but I don't know if he can call the authorities and have them bring me in. Being sent somewhere absolutely cannot happen and is not an option, so I won't do anything that risks that.