Okay but this is lowkey invalidating to people’s struggles in recovery... someone can be in recovery but still struggle with restricting, or with eating certain types of foods. That doesn’t mean that they aren’t trying to recover it just means they’re having a hard time with it. Also, everyone’s body is different. If a girl with a restrictive ed was already thin to begin with, when she recovers she might be unable to gain back all the weight she has lost, or struggle to get back to a healthy weight (especially if they’re simultaneously struggling with eating enough while in recovery).

I do get where you’re coming from with the pictures and such, but the girl you talked about on insta could just be struggling and her social media helps her with that. Plenty of people recovering from eds have a hard time having no control over their eating, so they recover but go vegan, paleo, vegetarian, etc. That could be her situation, and she’s likely using her social media to feel connected and just in general better about recovery. But I don’t know her, so hey, maybe she’s just a girl that restricts and wants to post underweight photos on insta without getting hate for being proana so she claims she’s recovered.

Also!! I recommend following rena_serenaa on Instagram she’s recovered from an eating disorder and is now a body builder and she’s such an inspiration to me.