I’m 1 year out of hospitalization and in recovery for an Eating Disorder. I’m 16. There’s a big family gathering in two days and one of my older cousins is a huge dieter who says a lot of inappropriate/triggering things. I asked my mom to maybe ask her to not talk about those types of things, or at least not when I’m there because family gathering are difficult for me. The last time a lot of these people saw me I was significantly smaller (underweight) and them seeing that change is hard for me to process. My mom said no she’s not telling people what they can and can’t say and I need to enter the real world when it comes to stuff like that. is it wrong of me to ask that being so young and so new to recovery? do I really need to learn to grin and bear it? Or does she just not understand the sensitivity completely?

advice would help too

xoxo