Bulimic? Options

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

i just dont see why ppl wanna be so skinny ..... maby i dont no cuz i have nothing to worry about cuz i have a fast motabolism ...... but personally i think its very ugly to actually see your bones ... but thats just me ... what do u think??

[ghjgfkgfk]

that picture's fake.

[sunissed14127]

that picture's fake.

i agree lol. but ne ways, many people do it because they arent happy with themselves, and after a while, it becomes an obsession.

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

how is it fake??
what ever its still ugly!!

[runforfun529]

people do it to fit in, I have a friend that used to be anorexic. Her life was trama, she was raped at the age of 11 and then he told her wow, you are too fat before he left her alone in the alley. It just makes people want to fit in

[my world]

i wouldnt know because i,too, have a fast motabolism. and i also love to eat. but my friend, she said her doctor says in a couple of years she will be belimic. i dont think that her doctor is really bad. i mean what kind of doctor would put that image into someone's head! i wouldnt think she would be. but ever since, she has been throwing up every time she eats. all that doctor is doing is putting images into her head. i should have known that thats why shes always saying.. i wanna look like people like britney spears, beyonce. thats probably another reason why. they are influenced by their idols.

[aaaaaaaaaa]

hgfhghdf

[lilJdawg]

EW. that is DISGUSTING. yeah i agree with you. people who want to be anorexic & belimic are like crazy. if they want to be THAT skinny, no boys will want to date them.

[ghjgfkgfk]

how is it fake??

uh, comman sense? look at the neck and face.

people who want to be anorexic & belimic are like crazy

tell me when people WANT to have anerexic becuase they don't, it's not a choice.

if they want to be THAT skinny, no boys will want to date them.

and please, getting a date is the LAST thing on their minds with their organs are failing.

if you think people do it to to "look nice and attractive" well you're f**king wrong. full-blown cases are not for that. they have mental problems they unable them for dealing with things in an "average" way. it's based on feelings and emotions, to make peoplr happy, to be the best, to excel, to be in control.

and i really don't think posting pictures here are going to STOP people from doing this. shock tactics are much more different than INFORMING people. kaythanks.

you are all are SO ignorant.

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

your the ingornant one you dont have anorexic and yea you do have a choice! click this blogring >>click<<

[SantaClause'sGF]

oh my gosh thats so scary! I dont think that pics fake ask me for my sn well talk about it

[ghjgfkgfk]

your the ingornant one you dont have anorexic and yea you do have a choice! click this blogring >>click<<

you know _nothing_ about this. all you know is what the media tells you.

do people ask to be bipolar, to have panic attacks, or be clinically depressed?
do people WANT to have ADD or be dyslexic?
no, it's called a disorder for a reason and their mind thinks in a different way than you or i do. they do need help.

do people ask themsevles, "should i become anorexic because mary-kate is?"
people with eating disorders think it's choice. they think they can stop when they want to. but it's not like that.

i'm not anorexic? yes, but i know hell a lot more then you knwo about eating disorders.

[becomingAWARE]

thats really frightening, and especially to think that there is whole xanga community dedicated to it [i saw some feutured contecn, loaded with tons of blogrings as well], and i wanted to cry.
why someone would have such low selfesteem, or lokk like a bag of unnatural bones, i will never know.
People accuse me oh having an ED. it hurts. I look at these people in disbelif, and thye think Im hiding sometjing, people who are my own friends calling me "skinny anorexic b*tch" as if it were a compliment. i wanna gain weight, i do...its hard...
dont succomb to this! you are fine the way you.
----enough of my maurysallyjesseraphael moment----

[becomingAWARE]

you know _nothing_ about this

right on! as someone who has researched this, and read many many articles and heard many stories on it, a little blogring isnt gonan give you thaty much info, honey. i may not know as much as a doctor would, but i know its not necassarily someones CHOICE. learn up, darlin.

[inthemudhole]

It's all creepy.. but it's not something you can really control when you're in that situation.. it's a disorder, not just something they really choose.. >_>

[Pepperminty_pink...]

Wow.. yeah that pic that you posted, i was looking at this one girls site and she said that she wants to be that skiny OR SKINNIER.. im a little under weight but i LOVE FOOD..lol and yeah i have a fast metabloism too cuz i am active alot.. but thats really sad that people think they are fat when they only weigh 90 pounds..

[anger_is_my_frie...]

okay for ONE airam is totally right, people with eating disorders aren't retarded and they don't ASK or even WANT these things to happen(do your research, it's related to a mental disorder). these things can happen to anyone, perfectionists, people with ocd(obsessive compulsive disorder), or even the girl you'd LEAST expect, and from a person who used to be bulimic, i was never the skinniest girl in the class, i don't have a fast metabolism, but i can pretty darn well tell you that you aren't helping anyone by calling them crazy or telling them that they'll never get a guy.

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

mexican pride

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

o yea and by the way dont use double negatives ..... its you dont no anything about this not you dont no nuthing about thin dur penut butter hair ... peace

[ghjgfkgfk]

o yea and by the way dont use double negatives ..... its you dont no anything about this not you dont no nuthing about thin dur penut butter hair ... peace

you're complaining to ME about double negatives when you can't even use a damn period?!

let's face it, YOU know nothing about this. you're weak and show no facts or reasonable arguments.
what does mexican pride have do with this topic? NOTHING.

you have no comebacks or facts to prove your point so you are pointing out every flaw you can like GRAMMER?
you're opinons suck.

" its you dont no anything about this not you dont no nuthing about thin dur penut butter hair"
what? peanut butter hair? that made NO sense. i think i just lost all my respect for your posts in this topic.

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

so i dont care if u lost all respect for me ... i dont even know you

[anger_is_my_frie...]

my god you make no sense

[Skyline Drive]

they have mental problems they unable them for dealing with things in an "average" way. it's based on feelings and emotions, to make peoplr happy, to be the best, to excel, to be in control.

I agree. Enough said.

[swe3ttemptasian]

your the ingornant one you dont have anorexic and yea you do have a choice! click this blogring >>click<<

no.. they may have had a choice before.. but after it's not a choice.. like cancer..you don't have choice to j/ think that you don't have it.. and it'll go away..
it's a sickness.. anorexic.. so excuse you for YOUR ignorance.. don't you learn in school?

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

why would i learn about that at school?

[mzz_shotee]

you people are ALL so ignorant

you're complaining to ME about double negatives when you can't even use a damn period?!

let's face it, YOU know nothing about this. you're weak and show no facts or reasonable arguments.
what does mexican pride have do with this topic? NOTHING.

you have no comebacks or facts to prove your point so you are pointing out every flaw you can like GRAMMER?
you're opinons suck.

" its you dont no anything about this not you dont no nuthing about thin dur penut butter hair"
what? peanut butter hair? that made NO sense. i think i just lost all my respect for your posts in this topic.

^ give the xsqueekymexicanx kid a break, you don't have to write a whole freaking ESSAY(exageration, of course, but still) about it. SHEESH!! what is WRONG with people these days?!?

[ghjgfkgfk]

i'm sorry i speak my mind. 'cuse me while i repent.

[swe3ttemptasian]

ok.. ask yourself.. why should I go to school?..nvm.. not knowing facts.. don't say anything if you don't know what the facts are.

[leeniex3]

even though its kind of sad and all but i remember i used to be anorexic SORTA? .. i remember i kept thinking i was fat and fat and i should lose weight so i can look better to myself .. but then i saw on lifetime the effects of being anorexic nd i started to think hummz .. sooo i stopped nd now i eat X: but being anorexic is a disease its not something someone WANTs to be .. its happens by a simple innocent diet and then becomes into a big anorexic or bulimic problem ... people do it to feel good about themselves either from family problems or just social life

hope that helped X:

[skaterjswife2]

they don't choose. you think they are crazy but they can't control it. they're are some people who are like 5'7" and they want to be 70 lb and they really can't control it. it starts with they just want to go on a simple diet, they start cutting out some meals, stop eating breakfast, start counting calories, and start losing weight. they want to lose more and more and it becomes an addiction and they start fasts and stuff. if they eat then they feel guilty and the only way of getting it out is by throwing up..and that's where belemia comes in. soooooooooooo, yea. now you get it. haa

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

but ther chooseing to go on a diet

[swe3ttemptasian]

they don't choose. you think they are crazy but they can't control it. they're are some people who are like 5'7" and they want to be 70 lb and they really can't control it. it starts with they just want to go on a simple diet, they start cutting out some meals, stop eating breakfast, start counting calories, and start losing weight. they want to lose more and more and it becomes an addiction and they start fasts and stuff. if they eat then they feel guilty and the only way of getting it out is by throwing up..and that's where belemia comes in. soooooooooooo, yea. now you get it. haa

exactly.....now you know why they really don't have a choice..

[skaterjswife2]

but ther chooseing to go on a diet

they think they are fat if they don't go on a diet. they think they HAVE to go on a diet. they can't look at themselves anymore the way they are and they think they are going ot start a healthy diet..mmk.

[yupimchuck]

i dont understand..
why is it basically okay for a guy to be so extremely skinny/ and .or anorexic/
but not for a girl

(i must admit i love the skinny boys with their hipbones showing it makes me smile)
but please, i dont get it

[DAYYUMM_DIANA]

that picture's fake.

no it isn't . that girls a model for prada .

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

o dont no?

[Angel_Cece]

oh

[skaterjswife2]

,Dec 27 2004, 6:03 PM] i dont understand..
why is it basically okay for a guy to be so extremely skinny/ and .or anorexic/
but not for a girl

(i must admit i love the skinny boys with their hipbones showing it makes me smile)
but please, i dont get it

most guys that are skinny aren't anorexic, they're just naturally that skinny because they don't go through the same puberty stuff that girls have to go through..

it's not okay for a girl because it's not healthy to be anorexic..

[yupimchuck]

most guys that are skinny aren't anorexic, they're just naturally that skinny because they don't go through the same puberty stuff that girls have to go through..

it's not okay for a girl because it's not healthy to be anorexic..

all but like 2 guys i know who are so extremely skinny, arent anorexic, and i know alot of them. so its weird.

[skaterjswife2]

,Dec 27 2004, 6:07 PM] all but like 2 guys i know who are so extremely skinny, arent anorexic, and i know alot of them. so its weird.

wait whaat? you know anorexic guys?

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

:O your a vegitarian?
thats cool lol
but i would never be able to do that .... i just love meat to much

[royalfreshness]

i wouldnt know because i,too, have a fast motabolism. and i also love to eat. but my friend, she said her doctor says in a couple of years she will be belimic. i dont think that her doctor is really bad. i mean what kind of doctor would put that image into someone's head! i wouldnt think she would be. but ever since, she has been throwing up every time she eats. all that doctor is doing is putting images into her head. i should have known that thats why shes always saying.. i wanna look like people like britney spears, beyonce. thats probably another reason why. they are influenced by their idols.

Yea, that's some BS about her doc telling her that!! I would have been like "MOFO! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME!"

I think my metabolism is sorta fast.. I guess. All I know is that I <3 to eat and I dont gain/lose lbs. Plsu, I'm not "super skinny" :P

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

i think she is saying she nkows a lot of skinny guys but they arnt belimic or someting

[skaterjswife2]

no. there are some anorexic guys.

Stereotypically, anorexia dyslexia is just about girls doing it because they are not happy about their body.

but guys also suffer the same thing... but it is totally unheard of since guys want to be buff and thick instead. However, guys who are having trouble with their eating diets also chose to throw up become bulimic... and hold on eating any kind of food that will sooner or later turn into anorexia.

thennn it's not good for guys either, either way its bad, it's just sterotypically girls so that's why people worry about girls being anorexic more than guys, and usually there are more girls to do this

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

i no there are some anorexic guys but she was saying that she noes a lot of skinny guys that arnt anorexic

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

i no there are ... like this guy

[runforfun529]

the girls that are anorexic don't "choose" to do so. They believe that they are fat, and the only way out of it is to go on a diet. After they lose a few pounds they think "I am now in control of myself" and then don't want to lose that control, so they start starving themselves so that they don't lose the control. Its not a choice is a disorder.

Bulimia is when someone thinks of themselves as fat, and then eats a lot. They get guilty and therefore force their body to regergitate the food.

Often these two are mixed as in:

A girl goes anorexic, then she gives in, eats a lot, then purges, then starts starving herself again

[iheartjohn]

I became bulimic and still am after I had Geena...(the little girl in my signature) because I couldn't lose the baby weight and I was at a really bad point in my life...

[maia_dc]

*sighs* They don't have a f**king choice okay? Get over yourself. Anorexia and bulimia are both a mental disease, okay? It becomes a habit where you can't even control your own body anymore.

It's like saying "oh you have a choice to be homosexual" when you clearly DON'T.

[xSqueekyMexicanx]

alrite then holy shit you dont have to f**kin kill me

[angel-roh]

i have fast-metabolism too... im glad that i have it...whew


anyways i always think that they are scared to be fat and will regret for eating too much. and looking at the famous celebrities with a nice body... they'll get very upset if they see that? heh i dont know... but i think that way.

[*Weird addiction*]

i am naturally thin and illd like to remain the same!

[Comptine]

Anorexia nervosa is basically when someone wants to be as thin as possible. They do not want to maintain a normal weight or gain any. There isn't a sure cause but usually it's either the person wants to satisfy some sort of 'image' or they want control (e.g. their diet and weight)

Yeah, most people can't control it. It's almost an obsessive compulsive disorder. They must lose 10, 20, 30 pounds. They must fit into this. However, it's never good enough for them.

But... some of those girls aren't really anorexic. They chose to not eat. They go on crash diets and fast. They think, oh... not eating will help me lose X amount of pounds. They in the beginning chose to starve themselves.

[dani41790]

yea i agree, im just like you with the fast metabolism thing. but yea i dont get why some gurls think its cool to be all skin and bones. i think its jus freaky

[xj_liana_tx]

sCARY!

[toodlepops.]

i think, that a girl tries to lose weight but suddenly goes too far. yea, thats what i think.

i think i have a fast metabolism. i eat a lot but never gets fat/ =]

[unfortunatekiwi]

for all those stupid people that don't have a clue about anorexia nervosa....

SmarterChild: Definition provided by The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Other important copyright information here.

anorexia nervosa:

Noun
A psychophysiological disorder usually occurring in young women that is characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese, a distorted self-image, a persistent unwillingness to eat, and severe weight loss. It is often accompanied by self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise, malnutrition, amenorrhea, and other physiological changes.
Etymology
New Latin anorexia nerv*sa : anorexia, anorexia + nerv*sa, feminine of nerv*sus, nervous.

that is the official definition. i've been borderline anorexic on and off for like...2 years. i'll skip breakfast and lunch and not eat anything until dinner. most of the time that's because i'm really not hungry though.

[tears_of_blood]

i eat loads and loads but im borderline underweight all the time =S i herad that if ur anorexic enough they cart you off to hospital and force-feed you somehow...

[pink_skittle_101]

i agree lol. but ne ways, many people do it because they arent happy with themselves, and after a while, it becomes an obsession.

yeah, you can see that her face is normal...it would be gross too....yeah, i agree with u, but it is a disease, they see themselves as fat...

[pink_skittle_101]

yea i agree, im just like you with the fast metabolism thing. but yea i dont get why some gurls think its cool to be all skin and bones. i think its jus freaky

it's a mental disorder! how many times do we have to tell you! they don't want to be skin and bones! They see themselves as fat and ugly, even when they are skin and bones!

[LiLaZnGirL122]

that looks like carmen electra or w/e how u spell it lol ewwwwww thats so discusting i hav a RILLY fast matabiluism and i dont MEAN to b this skiiny i awaya wish to b fatter but its so hard i eat so much and stil so skinny so annoying

[*stephinika*]

yeah that is a fake picture.

but yeah its a disorder. people don't choose to become anorexic. they do but in a way they don't so yeah.

[ilauqh]

i hear about all these girls that make themselves throw up bc they think they are too fat and yeah i think im too fat sometimes too but i dont wanna make myself throw up if i really wanna lose weight, imma try to lose it another way.

[FLIPxADDICTION]

skin and bones, how gross.

[tImOnE]

EW

[whywasisostupid]

no. throw up taste horrible and i prefer not to see my lunch again after i eat it.

[bad_girl]

that girl in the pic is fugly. no.. i dont make myself throwup to look like bones..

[Wishful Thinking]

gahhh hateee puking.. ><" yesterday, after i finished running right? cuz we had pe.. i threw up.. T___T" it was AWFUL!!! T___T" but my friends were there wif me and cheering me up =) i knew i shouldn't have eaten cinamon rolls and chips at the same time.. -cough cough-

[br0ken smile]

no. never

[StrwberriQT]

uh no ..

[senoritacheese]

uh, comman sense? look at the neck and face.
tell me when people WANT to have anerexic becuase they don't, it's not a choice.
and please, getting a date is the LAST thing on their minds with their organs are failing.

if you think people do it to to "look nice and attractive" well you're f**king wrong. full-blown cases are not for that. they have mental problems they unable them for dealing with things in an "average" way. it's based on feelings and emotions, to make peoplr happy, to be the best, to excel, to be in control.

and i really don't think posting pictures here are going to STOP people from doing this. shock tactics are much more different than INFORMING people. kaythanks.

you are all are SO ignorant.

look on xanga. girls make the choice to be anorexic. seriously. they say"im ana on and off" they decide. they purposely starve to be "beautiful"... they idolize beyonce.. which i don't understand because beyonce is one of those people who are trying to get the idea theat skinny is beutiful out of people's minds. Really, if you go to xanga.com and go to the feautured sites there is at least one person in there who is/was anorexic. because they get points forcommenting on othere anorexic's pages.

[ldy_kari]

that picture's fake.

its not fake

[aznhunnie6o1]

No, I'm not bulimic... But one of my friends is and she's in the hospital right now I think.. She didn't get to go to her 8th grade graduation because of bulimia.

[Xprezsion]

I'm not because when I was little, I would always throw up unintentionally because I was scrawny and sickly as a kid, I was almost hospitalized and stuff alot because I was becoming so skinny and didn't want to eat anything. I missed a lot of school and my mom would always scare me and say I was going to drop dead because of what I was doing and that they would have to pump my stomach at the hospital. But it really wasn't my fault, I didn't choose not to eat, I just couldn't for some reason, it would make me sick. So now that I am what I consider a little chubby, I have learned to live with it because I never want to end up how I was when I was little, I was tired from walking 1 block and was always weak.

[toodlepops.]

I don't make myself throw up. others shouldn't too.

[heyyfrankie]

that picture's fake.

yeah. puh lease.

but no, i'm not bulimic

[*anubis*]

that's how my cousin died

she was bulimic and got really sick last summer and just.... died.

it was very sad.

[_suzie_]

[/QUOTE] that picture's fake.[QUOTE]


no, it isnt.

A couple years ago we were learning about disorders like bulimia and anorexia etc, and we seen really REALLY shocking pics. its wrong to wana look like that.

People should be aware of the fact that being in shape is good and healthy, but NOT as THIN , GAUNT and MALNUTRITIONED as that model, and many more like her. Please dont go down this road, and if you are bulimic / anorexic or making yourself throw up, see someone a.s.a.p , PLEASE.

[*mipadi*]

A couple years ago we were learning about disorders like bulimia and anorexia etc, and we seen really REALLY shocking pics. its wrong to wana look like that.

It's not that anyone wants to look like that. Anorexia and bulimia are mental conditions in which a person looks in the mirror and sees fat, not a gaunt, undernourished person. No one says "I'm going to starve myself or throw up food so I have bones sticking out", but when they look in the mirror, what they see is a fat person.

[Jane Doe.]

that picture that was posted, is fake. its photoshopped. OF COURSE.
I've seen the original, it, along with many, many cliche examples.

it is NOT a choice. it is a mental DISEASE. like someone said, you think its a choice?
because you've seen it on xanga/lj/myspace/whatever.

those ladies [and sometimes males]
are what are called 'pro-ana' or 'pro-ED'
they promote, what they think is a choice, a diet, to starve, to vomit [purge]
at times, those girls that visit those websites are confused, and often get dragged into this whole mess of thinking its a choice.

those that think they can just 'stop' the behavior are IGNORANT AND USUALLY NOT SICK. well, they're sick..but in their another way..
Christ, I hate the glamorization of it. jesus, going on those sites makes me curl up and want to die.
'ana' 'mia'
'Hello, goodmorning mia, want to make my Life miserable today?'


there are OTHER eating disorders too, you know..?
Anorexia, Bulimia, Compulsive Over-eaters, ED-NOS [like I said before]
and..more.

so PLEASE. read up on them. don't go to some stupid girl's xanga, who thinks that 'ana is her goddess'

GO HERE

I've had issues with eating all my life,. didn't mean to preach, I'm just pissed, and my brain is bleeding from some of the things in this thread.

[Jane Doe.]

f you are bulimic / anorexic or making yourself throw up, see someone a.s.a.p , PLEASE.

I wish it was that simple..

[topsyturvy]

that picture's fake.

Come on, guys. Who really cares if that picture's fake or not? The truth is, there are people like that in this world... maybe not as skinny, but skinny enough.

that's how my cousin died 

she was bulimic and got really sick last summer and just.... died. 

it was very sad.

Awww i'm so sorry

those ladies [and sometimes males]
are what are called 'pro-ana' or 'pro-ED'
they promote, what they think is a choice, a diet, to starve, to vomit [purge]
at times, those girls that visit those websites are confused, and often get dragged into this whole mess of thinking its a choice.

Thanks for clearing that up

[ghjgfkgfk]

look on xanga. girls make the choice to be anorexic. seriously. they say"im ana on and off" they decide. they purposely starve to be "beautiful"... they idolize beyonce.. which i don't understand because beyonce is one of those people who are trying to get the idea theat skinny is beutiful out of people's minds.  Really, if you go to xanga.com and go to the feautured sites there is at least one person in there who is/was anorexic. because they get points forcommenting on othere anorexic's pages.

that's like saying someone chooses to have depression or to be bipolar
anorexia is a DISEASE.
gah. you piss me off

[*danielle_x3*]

^ i agree
they don't have the choice. and to the topic; no i'm not bulimic.

[yupimchuck]

I used to be anorexic.
And I wanted to be bulimic for the longest time. but i dont wat my teeth to rot away. or ruin my throat. and its hard to make yourself throw up.

[5ayuri]

No I'm not bulimic. I hate throwing up, and if I wanted to be skinnier I would try and do it the healthy way.

[xheartbreaker]

Argh.
I read the first page of this topic and couldn't continue due to people being idiotic.

What people have said about bulimia and anorexia being a mental disease, yes, they're correct. However, people aren't born with the gene to have an eating disorder, unlike people who have depression or manic depression or whatnot.
It starts out simple enough; you want to shed a few pounds faster than you could do it dieting and exercising. You lose those pounds, and think 'hey, that was pretty damn easy. Let's see if I can lose a few more.'
And so you continue. You lose the weight you've been meaning to lose, and you think, 'well, if I lost those so easily, why not reach for 10 more pounds dropped?'
And soon, it pretty much consumes your lifestyle. After a while, it does become part of your daily routine to not eat or to throw up. It becomes an addiction and part of your mentality to do so.

Er.
The point of this was to say that everyone who said that eating disorders are a mental disease are correct, but there's more to it than that.

And uh.
If you're like, 'wtf how does she know all this?!!?//oneone!!!CAPSLOCK!#*(@#'
It's because I'm anorexic myself.
So yeah.

[YourSuperior]

Omg. That's really sad. It does look fake though.

[DrSMooTH]

at least you're posting to raise awareness. are you gettin help? edit// to xheartbreaker

that actress who played ally mcbeal was bulimic. Its psychological, like everyone's been saying xheartbreaker is also right when she said that it becomes a lifestyle after it becomes addictive.

[Jane Doe.]

at least you're posting to raise awareness. are you gettin help? edit// to xheartbreaker

that actress who played ally mcbeal was bulimic. Its psychological, like everyone's been saying xheartbreaker is also right when she said that it becomes a lifestyle after it becomes addictive.

Calista Flockhart was not bulimic, or has it never been confirmed/publicly stated.
there have been, however, rumors..
she did play a part in a movie..where she played a bulimic..

and its not a lifestyle..unless you consider an addiction and disease a lifestyle

[xheartbreaker]

at least you're posting to raise awareness. are you gettin help? edit// to xheartbreaker

Currently, no. My old therapist said I was being an attention seeker when I brought up the fact that I considered myself seriously anorexic, and once we talked about my eating habits and mindset about it, he decided I was.. unfortuantly, I quit going to him, so no, I'm not getting any help. -shrugs-

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and its not a lifestyle..unless you consider an addiction and disease a lifestyle

Er. No offense meant, but it is a lifestyle. You base what you eat for the day upon whether it will make you gain weight or not. You exercise obsessively to shed off those last few pounds. It controls your life, pretty much; you can't go places with your friends if you're too weak from not eating; if you eat too much you refuse to go anywhere for fear of being taunted about being fat. Then there's the whole other matter of self-control, which interrupts your daily life as well.

[Jane Doe.]

what you just defined, is a disease, not a lifestyle.

a lifestyle is a choice

controlling yourself, food, and every thought that goes through your head is something that one cannot help.

Not a choice. not a lifestlye.

I'm not exactly talking out of my ass..I may be a mix of things when it comes to my eating and..well, life...but I know what an Eating Disorder is.
and what it's not..

[vehvih]

I'm not bulemic and anorexic .. but back in 4th grade, I was eager to save money so I didn't eat lunch for a while

I think it somewhat affected me .. I'm not gaining weight anymore even though I eat .. not enough food? I dunno .. The whole summer vacation .. I eat like 2 times a day because I sleep late and wake up late sometimes I would at midnight/early morning [bread, cereal, waffles, chocolate, ice cream ] sometimes I only eat 1 and a half a day if I would go out with my friends because yeah.. no time to eat

I weigh 92, I'm 14 turning 15 this Nov. and I'm 5'3 ish

.................

An eating disorder is a mental disease .. duh?

[michelina0kudelk...]

Eww thats gross! But yeah I have never made myself throw up, that's just too far. People at school think I'm anorexic though because I don't eat at school, I eat loads when I get home though, they just don't believe me

[yellowgurl]

i think that skinnny doesnt mean pretty.. but if they feel that way then .. sure. in my opinion i kinda think those ppl try to just get like an inch skinnier but ending up losing control over it.

[SkaironFrenzy]

i throw up in my mouth many of times.

[flc]

No, I could never make myself throw up. I already feel gross when I throw up unintentionally, and I especially couldn't do it now, knowing how bad the acid is for your teeth..

[insanityislaughi...]

I would never make myself throw up on purpose. It would cause severe damage to my esophagus, throat, mouth, and teeth if I did it regularly.

And yes, eating disorders are a psychological thing, certainly not a choice. Like someone else on here said, it's like any other disorder. I don't choose to get panic attacks, obviously, it's just all a psychological thing.

And someone said that people who are anorexic idolize Beyonce? I don't think that's true at all. In fact, I think most girls who are anorexic think Beyonce isn't skinny enough, and they want to be skinnier.

Eating disorders are terrible, and I just wish parents could teach their kids from a young age to always love themselves. My mom still says bad things about my body image, and it's hard to convince your brain that there are better ways to feel good about yourself then starving.

[*My Cinderella.*]

No way, I hate when I throw up, so I certainly wouldn't like to make myself throw up. I read somewhere that it damages your throat, teeth, mouth, etc. I'd rather stuff my face.

[jue]

totally. Why would someone wanna make themself throw up to become skinny? Are they that desperate? I mean like if they wanna look nice and fit, maybe they should just think about excersing? Don't you think so? I mean forcing your body to throw up what you ate is a bit overrated. It doesn't need to come to the point where your all bones. Thats not needed. I would never make myself throw up just to be skinny.