Eating Disorders.

paper cuts.:

what the chipmunk?:

I think quite a lot of people look at anorexia and go "oh, I wouldn't mind some of that", but only in the tiniest ways... such as, the willpower not to eat cake all the bloody time, or to abstain from chocolate.

No one wants an actual disorder, however... I don't think.

Yeah, I think that's how it is for most people and then I guess it just gets out of control. It controls them.

Oh, definitely.
But not eating can bring a degree of euphoria, the whole saying no to food... feeling light, empty, free. Then that goes away and you're scared of cake.

To be honest, I'm sort of against educating children about food. Dunno. If I have kids, I'll probably blabber on about healthy weight and balanced meals and don't smoke and screw them over somehow, but... eh.

I use to be afraid that if I ate I would get food poisoning or some other illness, so I didn't eat. I'm not sure if that is an eating disorder.

Bitter Sweets:

I use to be afraid that if I ate I would get food poisoning or some other illness, so I didn't eat. I'm not sure if that is an eating disorder.

What makes it a disorder is not always so much the cause, but how it affects your life... I'm probably explaining myself terribly. Er, being scared of food poisoning and therefore, not eating... that sounds quite disordered to me. I'm having mental images of refusal to eat due to crippling fear that yes, you will get an illness as a result of food. In my opinion, if it is food related and hinders your life, it's an eating disorder...

An obsessive/fearful behaviour (or whatever) surrounding food is what sticks in my mind, really, with eating disorders. Like, for different eating disorders there are different criteria and whatnot, but, er...

Is it to do with food and does it make your life harder than it would otherwise be? Does it control your life? That's what I feel an eating disorder is...

But really you'd need a doctor or something to tell you whether or not it was. 8)

Bitter Sweets:

I use to be afraid that if I ate I would get food poisoning or some other illness, so I didn't eat. I'm not sure if that is an eating disorder.

That sounds more like how a hypochondriac would think. Well, an extreme one.

I don't have any eating disorders. But my friend complains that I don't eat enough, which is a lie.

what the chipmunk?:

In my opinion, if it is food related and hinders your life, it's an eating disorder...

That's not necessarily true. A friend who I was in hospital with was there because of OCD. It expressed itself in a number of ways, some typical and others not.

One of them was that she had emetophobia (fear of vomiting) and as a child, had been sick after eating coconut. After a while, she would not eat anything with the word nut in it or anything white. Eventually she restricted her foods down so much that it was impossible for her to get proper nutrition through her daily diet. She didn't have an eating disorder and she wasn't a PEG (positive eating group).

I have a few mental problems that caused stomach problems which lead to me being a binge eater. I could go for at least two days without eating until I see food then I don't stop until it's gone because my brain tells me I'm hungry even though I know I'm full.

I'm getting a little better over self control, but it's really hard.

I don't know if I have one or not, but I have been obsessing over my weight alot the past couple weeks, not eating breakast and lunch, and very little dinner. A few minutes before I had a chocolate bar, and just now I caught myself kneeling over the toilet with a toothbrush. I convinced myself that just one chocolate bar isn't going to hurt, but I still feel like throwing it up..

star crossed lovers.:

I don't know if I have one or not, but I have been obsessing over my weight alot the past couple weeks, not eating breakast and lunch, and very little dinner. A few minutes before I had a chocolate bar, and just now I caught myself kneeling over the toilet with a toothbrush. I convinced myself that just one chocolate bar isn't going to hurt, but I still feel like throwing it up..

Don't, it'll just make your face puff up. And anyway, one chocolate bar certainly isn't worth puking. A thorough purge is more hassle than it's worth, what with the face puff, the salt imbalances, and on and on and on... I don't think we should forget the fact that one poxy chocolate bar won't even produce a nice, satisfying I'm-all-empty-now purge, it'll just be all acidic and such. Acidic chocolate-y mess. I don't know, maybe chocolate tastes nice coming back up for you, but my memory serves reminders of "ick, don't do that".

Also, there have been incidences of people choking on tooth brushes. :-o

what the chipmunk?:

Don't, it'll just make your face puff up. And anyway, one chocolate bar certainly isn't worth puking. A thorough purge is more hassle than it's worth, what with the face puff, the salt imbalances, and on and on and on... I don't think we should forget the fact that one poxy chocolate bar won't even produce a nice, satisfying I'm-all-empty-now purge, it'll just be all acidic and such. Acidic chocolate-y mess. I don't know, maybe chocolate tastes nice coming back up for you, but my memory serves reminders of "ick, don't do that".

Also, there have been incidences of people choking on tooth brushes. :-o

It isn't that easy. . .

^ What isn't? Ignoring the urge to chuck or actually chucking?

quinn allman's hair.:

^ What isn't? Ignoring the urge to chuck or actually chucking?

Um.
Both.
Kind of.
Not really.
Ignoring the urge is like. . .
I can't even describe it.
But it's hard, believe me.

^ Mm, I know. It's a bitch of a feeling. Especially since the next time you see your reflection you're disgusted with yourself.

quinn allman's hair.:

^ Mm, I know. It's a bitch of a feeling. Especially since the next time you see your reflection you're disgusted with yourself.

Agreed.
And you know chucking will help.
But not in the long run.
Which is hard to remember.

i feel awful for people who have eating disorders. :(
and i hate when people call themselves fat.
keep your head up, your weight up, and smile while you eat. :)

BiteDownHard:

i feel awful for people who have eating disorders. :(
and i hate when people call themselves fat.
keep your head up, your weight up, and smile while you eat. :)

I really, really don't want to be mean, but it isn't always about food.
It can be mood intolerance or control, as well as low self-esteem.
And not all eating-disordered people loose weight.
But you mean well.

I had anorexia a few years ago and basically it ruined me in the long run.

It started when I was 14 and in small bits, I would skip breakfast and dinner and then it evolved until I got to a point where I would lie to my parents that I ate.
I would go and feed the dog more, while I starved and then I would just tell them that I ate...

When I was 15 and a bout a half it got worse, I would get sick real fast and it wouldn't pass. When I was lung-sick[I don't know if this is correct] I was hospitalised and was in the hospital for about 2 months.

After what happened I gained shit-loads of pounds and now I'm fatter than I used to be, but at least now I'm eating and I'm not getting sick so fast...

blah blah blah

I'm pretty sure it's not an eating disorder, but I feel very sick if I eat until I'm completely full.

^ I get that.
But, I'm getting over an eating disorder, so. . .