The Oak House, Melbourne

[never_skinny]

So I'm considering going to The Oak House next year (after I finish year 11). My boyfriend has convinced me to call them because he's worried about me, but I haven't yet.

So I'm curious. Any Melbourners ever been there/considered it?

Do you know anything about it?

How do treatment centres work?

[Vision Thing]

Hmmm, what's this place do? (curious nsw-er :))

[never_skinny]

I think it's live in but I can't be sure. You have to call them, but I haven't had the guts yet.

Google reveals: 196 Union Rd
Surrey Hills VIC 3127
(03) 9888 4737

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[Vision Thing]

Hmmm, we have a Surry Hills too, weird.

Well it definately looks by this you'd have to get family/parental figure involved. So I don't know if that affects you or not?

Did you see this program bit?
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It does look interesting, and they have an email address in case you didn't want to phone. Is your heart really in recovering? Do you think you could push yourself into it?

[sugarsweetmelon]

good for you if you want to recover :) give em a phonecall and see what its all about... a phonecall is anonymous so if you get scared you can just hang up :)
best of luck, hope you can get better xxx

[never_skinny]

I don't know, VT. I'm half and half. Sometimes I think about being healthy and not so sick, at the cost of being a normal weight, and then I see a skinny girl, or I eat too much, or I knock my belly the wrong way, and my stomach just lurches like I'm making the wrong decision.

My boyfriend wants me to recover. I guess I want to for him. But msot of the time I just feel that I want to go into recovery when I fit the criteria for anorexia. When I'm deathly thin and ill :/ I know I'm crazy, but in my head, sometimes I wish I was tiny. Instead of dying fat of all the problems bulimia causes.

I didn't see the program, VT. I'm reading it now :) I'll probably email them.

[Vision Thing]

I think much of that too. Sometimes I don't mind eating some bread and pasta, other times I freak out and feel absolutely disgusted at myself. It's good if you've got someone behind you for support.

I think that we never feel good enough for one another, and I think that's part of the ana elitism and control. It's sort of 'all or nothing'. But in relation to yourself I think you've got to think about what's best for you and the people around you. And that even if you do go into recovery, it's not the worst thing that could happen. There can be other ways of losing weight and maybe you just need someone to remind you of that?

[never_skinny]

I know there are other ways of losing weight.

But I just know that if I eat like a normal person, I'll never be a size 4AU :/

I just recieved an email. Their treatment is thousands of dollars. If you inbox me, I'll forward the .pdfs.

[Vision Thing]

Oh it's all right, I'm not too desperate to start paying out $$ yet!
Isn't our lowest women's size a 6, before you get into girl's sizing?

[never_skinny]

I've seen 4s, but very rarely. Most expensive and designer stores go to a 5.

[Vision Thing]

I've only ever seen sixes. You must be lucky into all the designer stuff then :)

[never_skinny]

Actually, my step mother is obsessed with designer clothes. She likes to party with the rich, pretend she's high class.

I'm very poor lol. Poor student is poor. I just inherit all her clothes when she doesn't want them.

[Vision Thing]

Ah yeah it's funny, I know a lot of stepmums like that....always the mum and not the stepfather. Its weird.

But yeah I'm in the same boat as you with the student poor thing :)

[never_skinny]

What sucks is that once upon a time, I gave her all my fat clothes because I lost weight.

Now that I've put on 26kg and she lost 23kg I'm getting all the clothes back :\