Aghh anorexia??

[hanarky]

Can someone please help me explain how anorexia starts in a person and
how its cured..
does a person eat ANYTHING? do they puke when they eat... does it turn
to bolimia...cause i don't like to eat much...
Oh god Im so anxious!
PLEASE HELP

[Jenneh]

1.) a person does eat things wen they're anorexic, else they'd just die.


2.) it CAN turn to bulimia... but not necessarily!


Anorexia nervosa starts with low self esteem usually. or a feeling of lack of control. early warning signs are a person is obsessed with their weight and/or weight of others. they tend to lose weight, and quite rapidly. late signs, are their hair falls out, they lose their period, get very weak and depressed e.t.c e.t.c


it can get cured, as emetophobia can. i.e. with therapy and anti-depressants if necessary.


you may not like to eat, because you are scared it will make you sick, but try and remembr this, " ur just as likely to be sick, on an empty stomach as on a full one".


Jen xxxxx

[hanarky]

I dunno its always like that
I never eat during the day and when ever i come home after whatever that
i was forced to do I eat.. a full meal and I recently lost a lot of weight that
makes me feel very good abvout myself.. the thing is that now I eat at
night and am scared that I will gain the weight back.. it is soo f***ed up...
id rather gain weight than puke though.. but I also would give up eating
untill a daytime that i know I am staying home and not doing anything
important.. thats is the only time when i eat a lunch a breakfas and a
dinner.. otherwise during the week i stay hungry
I love the feeling of my stomach eating itself I dunno it just tells me that i
will not vomit with something digusting..
this is really bothering me..
can you guys suggest anything that i can do about this? considering that I
will not ever show up at school work or any other place outside my house
with something in my stomach.. ( i am like a bull with its horns stuck in
something)

[Jenneh]

i was just like you when i was 11.


i didnt eat nething unless i was gnna be in for the whole day.


but, i jst told myself what i have told you. u feel more nauseous NOT EATING, than eating. i dont know how to persuade you.


all i can do is tell you, that u wont be sick.


Jen xxxx

[bethie_bear]

ure alot more likely to be sick if u dont eat than if u do eat! but it wont be food it will b the lining of ure stomach sorry to be so graphic but anorexia nervosa is a really really serious disease! also starving yourself dosent only make u loose weight it makes u loose ure period ure hair ure mind u gain little downy hairs all over ure body u get depressed u could die! the only sensible way to loose weight is eat healthy and exercise u shouldnt really cut down on food because as soon as u start eating it again regulary u will put tteh weight all back on! ive never been through n e tihng like this but i did an a* peice of coursework on anorexia read the book anorexia by anna paterson!

[Jenneh]

also starving yourself dosent only make u loose weight it makes u loose ure period ure hair ure mind u gain little downy hairs all over ure body u get depressed u could die! the only sensible way to loose weight is eat healthy and exercise u shouldnt really cut down on food because as soon as u start eating it again regulary u will put tteh weight all back on!

Listen to bethie_bear ^.^ maybe i shud too..


Jen xxx

[izzybee]

I hate having food in my stomahc and am probably clased as anorexic - I'm severly underweight but dont ahve the anorexic mind that goes with it. Its hard trying to eat, and feel comfortable eating before you go out or when away from home, but I think like with emet it has to be agradual thing and you need to start working your way up to eating a bit more. Its ahrd but with any mental dissorder you have to face it and be brave.

[jgirl236]

My sister was anorexic for over a year - and let me tell you this - its serious stuff.


I watched my sister starve herself down to 65 lbs. Only when we threatened tohospitalize her- did she start eating again. It was very sad to watch her deteriorate like that. (She is not an emet and actually developed bulemia when she started eating again post anorexia - she has no problem v*).


I went through a very similar problem - I stopped eating for a while when my emet got really bad. I lost about 30 lbs in a very short period of time. People thought I was anorexic. The main difference between anorexia and emet is based on self image or body image. When I stopped eating - it was because I was afraid to eat anything that was going to make me sick. When my sister stopped eating it was because she thought she was too fat to eat. My advice to you is figure out your motivation for not eating and tackle the problem from there.


If you are not eating for emet reasons - I would say that you should slowly start reintroducing foods that you are comfortable with. That is what I did.I started out eating small portions of rice or noodles or something bland. And once I figured out that I could eat those things and still function outside the house - I started to add more food at each meal. Now I am back to eating normally (for the most part). I put some of the weight back on (maybe 5 lbs at most) and I feel better. The key is to eat things that your body likes and accepts. Then you feel good. The better you feel - the more confidence you have to eat.


Hang in there - I know it seems like you won't be able to eat normally again - but you will. We are always here to support you through the process!


Jessica[img]smileys/smilies_02.gif[/img]

[mbs730]

I
am probably one of the fewer emets here that has always battled her
weight. I love to eat, I mean I'm not like obese or anything but I
could stand to lose a few pounds and I have, been trying to. It got
worse since after having kids. See I guess that is also a result of me
not worrying on a daily basis whatever I eat will make me sick. I dont
know but its frusterating. But what does seem to work for me, for both
losing weight and lessening the risk of getting n in the night is not
eating after 8pm! The closer to bedtime you eat the more of a chance
you will become n in the night. Not to scare anyone but that seems to
happen to me a lot. I realize that bulimia is a disease and all,
I have a friend who battled both anorexia and bulimia but its very mind
boggling, how can someone purposely MAKE themselves v???? I shudder to
even think about that!



Miriam

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[rachelle]

Lol mbs730,


I'm the same, I eat loads. I make sure I have 3 good meals a day plus snacks in between and yet im still skinny as a rake. Its all this bloody anxiety that keeps me slim and I hate it. [img]smileys/smilies_11.gif[/img]


I weigh about 115 pounds and im 5"7. Apparently for my height i should be about 126 pounds, and iv been trying desparately for the last few months to put some weight on and slowly im getting there.


hanarky: As other ppl hav sed, u will feel more sick by not eating then eating and u r jus as likely to be sick without food in ur stomach than with. I know its tough but its jus mind over matter. I feel sorry for those who cannot enjoy food or eat without counting calories etc.


Rachel xxx

[mbs730]

You
are so lucky to have the kind of metabolism that you have. I wish I had
that, and yeah I am one of those that has to constantly count calories
but at least I am lucky enough to lose weight if I am careful. I know
of others whose metabolism is so crappy that they cant lose even if
they eat like a bird. And yeah that is for sure, you can get sick if
you dont eat! In fact not to scare you but you can bring up bile and
that is SOMETHING you DONT want to do!!! That stuff is INCREDIBLY
bitter! So again its best to eat the most in the morning and taper it
off as the night approaches. Its good for having less chance of n in
the night, and for me, well for losing weight



Miriam

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[izzybee]

I think that my anxiety keeps my thin too, cause I eat almost normal amounts. Its very wierd. I'm only 92lb and 5ft 6" but its strange cause I eat normal amounts most of the time, so maybe its caused by anxiety. Anorexia is a horrible thing to have, as well as the healt problems you may suffer you also get mental punisment too from people like people lookingat you cause ur thin, and certainly for me, being in shcool you get aot of strange looks. Its depressing but in a way its motivation to stop nasty comments, and stop having to go to hospital and jsut get on with it. Its tough, but then everything seems to be! Edited by: izzybee

[mbs730]

Hmm
I have anxiety and it doesnt help me lose weight lol. No you probably
have a fast metabolism you lucky thing! But it sucks to have this
anxiety. I know when my anxiety is at its worst I have major d but
never really worry because of knowing from experience, d never is
associated with v like many others have experienced.



Miriam

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[rhinoseri]

When I was younger (about ages 6-8) I was really skinny, because I was afraid to eat, because of emet. I had this theory stuck in my head, that if I ate more than 6 things with sugar in them (sugar then to me meant candy, and stuff, not carbs that turn into sugar) So basically anything like say... 6 gummybears- that was enough to make me sick. I also thought if I ate to much of anything,I would get sick.


But then at the end of 3rd grade, I suppose, my emet wasn't too bad, and I realized that I probably wouldn't get sick from eating 6 things that had sugar, or eating a normal amout, in general.


So yeah, I'm about almostnormalish sized now, but I sometimes still worry about food intake, and other's around me. Like, I try to keep my brother from eating too much, since he has made himself sick from eating too much before.

[buttercup]

I am overwieght (not huge or anything, but definitly could stand to loose a few pounds) and hate it, but my sister struggles with anorexia and bulemia (can't understand that one either...it makes me afraid to be around her!) and I would never, ever want to be in her shoes. What she goes through is hell, I can't imagine it and my heart goes out to anyone who has had to deal with this horrible food obsession. I would take emet any day over that.....and that really saying something!!!!!

[hanarky]

you guys are cool thanks..
btw right after i posted that..I had food in my stomach and i had
to go to work.. and I couldn't stand missing ANOTHER day of
work.. I need the money .
I star panicking and my mom starts freaking how I should just
call in and not go, I was in tears.. so I tried to make myself
vomit.. nothing came out... i just wanted to go outside with an
empty stomach.( like i usually do). so I finnally felt hunger in my
stomach ( sigh of relief) and
went to work..
after work at 9 pm my boyfriend picked me up and we were just
chilling.. I was standing in front of him and I started to pass out..
My hearing was gone.. i couldnt hear anything,, i started
sweating and i fell right into his arms.. I just broke down... I was
soo lonely and I was just f***ed yesterday. I didn't sleep the
night before.. and he had alcohol posisoning and was talking
s*** on the phone all last night (it just brings a negative ora
aournd me) and whenever my
boyfreind is drunk I just can't sleep Ive had a lot of negativity
from alcohol in my life..
damn so yes that was my pass out experience quite sacry!Edited by: hanarky

[sunshine16]

I am underweight, and have been since I was about 5 (before that I was very pudgy! Lol...) But I do not believe I have ever been anorexic. I do have a small appitete, but maybe that's because I have a small stomach? Lol...I eat when I am hungry and eat until I am satisfied, that's just the way I have always been. What I am saying is that some people have small appitietes, some have big. Some people are underweight, some are over. Its just what suits you, and what suits you is the most important thing.

[mbs730]

Hanarky
how scary for you! Man you poor thing, that must have been horrible.
Laura you are dead on right about that one. Whatever suits your build
structure is how you are. I am of a bigger build, not huge or anything
but bigger and somewhat more muscular for a female. I do love to eat
but I am still trying to lose some weight. Its not just for cosmetic
reasons but for health reasons too. My father is type 2 diabetic and
that is the LAST thing I want or need for that matter. Oh well, some of
us have to struggle with it others dont. Its good you have a small
appetite but mine is getting smaller I find with the more weight I lose.



Miriam

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