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06-15-2012, 06:25 PM
Hey everyone.
So, over the past half year or so, I've managed to develop some sort of eating disorder. I'm not going to label it because I haven't been diagnosed with anything yet, and I don't really want to get hate for it.
My mom has already scheduled 2 doctor appointments for me about it, because she's really bad at trying to make me stop doing this eating thing. Like every time we've tried to talk about it, I end up crying. But I cry a lot so whatever xD. I'm 15 by the way.
Anyway. I just wanted to know if any other people have had an eating disorder before? I honestly don't feel like there's anything really wrong with me. It hasn't been going on long enough for health problems to set in. But I don't know. Merh. Just wanna talk about it, I suppose.
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06-15-2012, 10:03 PM
In high school, I went down to 85lbs because of an eating disorder. Doctors aren't going to help if you don't change your eating habits. Most people do not understand how much of a struggle eating disorders are. It's not as simple as "just eat". I felt like nothing was wrong with me, I was dropping weight and for a while I thought I looked okay. To make a long story short, I ended up passing out at school and was taken to the hospital. I ended up staying for over a week then a few weeks later because I still could not eat, I ended up in the hospital for another three weeks while they watched my eating and made sure I actually ate. I still slip into old habits every now and then but remind myself that I never want to go back to those days.
Get help if someone is telling you there is an issue. It's not a game and not something that should be taken lightly.
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06-17-2012, 07:24 PM
Building and having a great support network helps. I never got diagnosed and mine was iffy but I know there was something wrong even though it didn't feel like it and people around me noticed and kept me in check.
Always keep talking about it and listen if someone snaps at you for being silly.
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06-17-2012, 07:47 PM
I'm glad you're getting help, especially sooner than later. I was diagnosed anorexic when I reached a... very low weight, but it was a growing trend in elementary and especially in junior high. I'm a boy, and generally, they're not the target ED audience. I had an OCD issue that seemed to take precedent, too. I went to inpatient care after hospitalization only to lose my health insurance and leave. This was the course throughout high school, and while it became worse in college, I've been on the track to recovery.
There are a lot of underlying issues to an ED that family members and friends, much less psychiatrists, can understand. I would implore you to figure out how you fell into it. Support is a necessity though, it's not something you can tackle alone. Reaching out on here is a good beginning. Talking and sharing experiences to other sufferers is a contact that is irreplaceable.
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Fashion
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06-20-2012, 12:58 AM
Eating disorders are different for everyone, but there's one thing everyone has in common, they make your life hell.
I lost a loooot of weight because of my Anorexia, but didn't feel as if anything was wrong and thought everyone around me was insane.
When I fainted one time and almost cracked my head open on the marble floor I landed on, my dad took his chance to drive me to the hospital and get me checked. I was three days away from kidney failure and dying, meanwhile in my mind everyone was against me and didn't get it.
What no one gets is that it isn't about the weight. It's about hating yourself so fiercely, you hope to lose everything you are and disappear. You'll never be satisfied, just miserable.
So if you can, get help before you end up like that.
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06-21-2012, 06:35 AM
I guess I have an eating disorder now...I bbarely eat at all though so idk. But at 15 you really need to get ome help. Your body needs food. Kinda weird coming from a guy who doesn't eat, but that should say something to you
And like Fashion said, eating disorders are about hating yourself, not so much eating. I can admit I'd love to just waste away...Though that'd take a few years as big as I am...
Last edited by Perverted Shadow; 06-21-2012 at 06:40 AM..
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Keo
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06-25-2012, 10:29 AM
Sometimes I think I need help too but Im too afraid to ask, purely because ther'es no evidense, IDK what's 'wrong' with me, i don't stop myself from eating I don't throw up I just obsess constantly over what I look like and some days I limit what I eat. i am never happy when eating because I always feel like I'm committing a crime to my body unless its super healthy no fat no calories and then I get hungry and feel like utter poop because I know if I eat a lot I'll put on weight.
In September i move out to UNI and I'm scared I wotn be able to look after myself, and then sometimes I feel relieved that I can get away with eating, or rather not eating because I wont haev my parents watching me. When I'm thinking clearly I can see that's a problem.
I hate being sucha weak person when it comes to eating. If I was around people all the time I'd probably be able to resist food more, but when Im on my own theres no one to judge.
It just upsets me that people can sit down witha tub of icecream and don't feel bad about it. I only end up hating myself for it.
@Erin its good that motions are being made in your life to help you, and I'm sure that you understand that whatever they suggest it is for the better. Other people don't want you just to BE healthy they want you to feel good inyourself and feel truely healthy too.
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06-26-2012, 10:43 PM
In high school I was bulimic, with some traits of anoxeria. I never got an official word on my diagnosis, but I made myself barf after binging, and I'd only eat a couple times a week, usually dinner with my fam so they wouldn't know anything was wrong.
Fast forward 6 years, I'm overweight (my metabolism slowed) and I suffer from gastroparesis (probably a result of the binging and purging). Please, treat yourself better. I promise you any temporary feeling of control or pretty or health will fade away one day, maybe not soon, but there are consequences to abusing your body in such a way.
LOVE yourself and treat yourself well because you are the only you you've got.
I don't know what to suggest to get over it...because I literally just one day decided I wanted to eat a cupcake, cos I missed them (they're one of my favorite deserts)... and the next thing I knew I was gaining weight again and for a while I was pretty healthy, unfortunately, the damage was done for me, I just didn't know it yet.
Please, take care of your body, I beg you. :c
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06-29-2012, 11:01 AM
I'm the same age and I'm not sure if I have one or not. I feel like I do because I'll skip meals, telling myself it's because we're too poor or I have to save the food for my brother and I tend to skip a day or two of eating. I drink plenty, I keep myself hydrated it's just I don't eat... My doctor tells me I'm healthy for my family history, and I think my dad is anemic and he doesn't eat much... my dad's family doesn't seem to eat a lot. I just find it weird though because I used to eat non-stop. Like, I couldn't control myself now when I do eat, I get full quickly and most of the time I do not want to eat. I refuse to eat and often times my friends and boyfriend have to force me to eat.
Hell, he's had to shove food down my throat before. Soo, I hope that you start getting back on a healthy track of eating again! Good luck and seriously, make your phone or something remind you to eat. ^-^ Good luck! :D
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Erinmc
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06-29-2012, 05:10 PM
Thank all of you guys for your opinions! It's really nice to hear that some people have or are having the same problems as I am. I have been to 3 doctors in the past few days, and I have been diagnosed with anorexia. I'll be going to an eating disorder clinic soon, and maybe a group as well. I also went to a dietitian, and she put me on a meal plan to try and follow.
I don't really want to recover.. but meh/:
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Keo
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06-29-2012, 06:41 PM
This is really good news Erin, its so great that you're making the first steps for a better life for yourself and all those people who care about you! <3 Although you may feel like you don't wan to recover, it is for the best :)
I wish I could listen to my own advice I sound so sensible. But I can't, I squealed with excitement when an old friend sent me a text concerned with my weight. >.< I swear I have the wrong reactions to everything in life.
Good luck though and don't let anyone bring you down, you deserve this <3 xx
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