Anorexia.

Santi:

I don't get how people can do that to themselves.
We've all been there, hated our bodies, or our looks, but doesn't something click that says this is wrong.

It's a mental disorder. It's more than just hating your body.

I think its a mental disorder.
If you someone sometimes didn't eat for a period of time ranging from 7 hours(without sleeping) to 48 hours(with sleep) where they don't eat or if they do only have one thing, which is very small could that be like mild anneoxia, if they purposly don't eat any food for that period as they believe they are fat, or that someone close to them makes a comment about their weight or body???

Dead!22:

I think its a mental disorder.
If you someone sometimes didn't eat for a period of time ranging from 7 hours(without sleeping) to 48 hours(with sleep) where they don't eat or if they do only have one thing, which is very small could that be like mild anneoxia, if they purposly don't eat any food for that period as they believe they are fat, or that someone close to them makes a comment about their weight or body???

Anorexia is also a lot about your world being out of control and food being something that you can control.

druscilla; downpour.:

Dead!22:

I think its a mental disorder.
If you someone sometimes didn't eat for a period of time ranging from 7 hours(without sleeping) to 48 hours(with sleep) where they don't eat or if they do only have one thing, which is very small could that be like mild anneoxia, if they purposly don't eat any food for that period as they believe they are fat, or that someone close to them makes a comment about their weight or body???

Anorexia is also a lot about your world being out of control and food being something that you can control.

I know that but could something be wrong with them, when they purposly don't eat for a period of time and lie about if they have eaten to avoid getting questioned over not actually eating???

Dead!22:

druscilla; downpour.:

Dead!22:

I think its a mental disorder.
If you someone sometimes didn't eat for a period of time ranging from 7 hours(without sleeping) to 48 hours(with sleep) where they don't eat or if they do only have one thing, which is very small could that be like mild anneoxia, if they purposly don't eat any food for that period as they believe they are fat, or that someone close to them makes a comment about their weight or body???

Anorexia is also a lot about your world being out of control and food being something that you can control.

I know that but could something be wrong with them, when they purposly don't eat for a period of time and lie about if they have eaten to avoid getting questioned over not actually eating???

Yes.

Also could their be some thing wrong with them if they have packed lunches for school and purposly don't take them, so they don't eat to till 4pm when they have already been up since 8am???
And also when they don't eat during the evening as their parents get take away they don't eat and they won't cook them anything so they end up not eating a night, but haven't eaten much during the day???

Sorry about all the questions.

^ Yes.

Hm.. has anyone had someone anorexic/bulimic in their family/group of friends and felt the pressure not to become like that?

Well mum was anorexic and she still struggling sometimes. It's rather weird. On one hand she makes all these comments about being skinny/wanting to be skinny/needing to be under a certain weight. On the other hand she's always super-stressed about what and how much I eat. She and dad just start complimenting me when they see that I'm down [and I don't really eat when I'm sad] and it's so pathetic.

So due to the fact that mum's watching my almost every move, I could never really develop anorexia [which is good and I'm grateful for that], but that doesn't make me feel better about the fact that mum's a lot thiner than I am and that I feel like I have no control over my life, the way I look and what I eat.
I sound weird and messed up, but I just meant that you shouldn't pressure anyone into not becoming anorexic/bulimic. Don't obsess about it, it's pathetic, just let people know that you're there to help.

Anorexia nervosa... I'd say mental disorder. To me, it's not really a disease because it's not something that just goes away. It's like with alcoholics, relapsing isn't hard. And a lot of people who haven't experienced anorexia assume that it's easy to "get rid of" and that it's completely self-induced. In a way it is, but there reaches a point when you really have no control because you believe that you need to lose this weight. And it sure is scary as crap when you half-realise what's happening because you look in the mirror and a skeleton looks back at you but it's still not enough and even though you are semi-aware that this could kill you, you still think, at least I'll die skinny.
So I say mental disorder.

^ I agree.

It's also a fear of food isn't it? My cousin used to put towels against the crack at the bottom of the door so the calories couldn't "jump off people and crawl into her bedroom"

She couldn't be in the same room as someone else eating because she was scared that the calories would jump off them and onto her.

druscilla; downpour.:

Santi:

I don't get how people can do that to themselves.
We've all been there, hated our bodies, or our looks, but doesn't something click that says this is wrong.

It's a mental disorder. It's more than just hating your body.

I understand that, but it's not like your born with anorexia, it forms from self hatred, or obsession over looks. I'm just saying I can't imagine hating youself so much to drastically change yourself.

Santi:

druscilla; downpour.:

Santi:

I don't get how people can do that to themselves.
We've all been there, hated our bodies, or our looks, but doesn't something click that says this is wrong.

It's a mental disorder. It's more than just hating your body.

I understand that, but it's not like your born with anorexia, it forms from self hatred, or obsession over looks. I'm just saying I can't imagine hating youself so much to drastically change yourself.

If there's a genetic link then, yes, you can be born with anorexia.

Santi:

druscilla; downpour.:

Santi:

I don't get how people can do that to themselves.
We've all been there, hated our bodies, or our looks, but doesn't something click that says this is wrong.

It's a mental disorder. It's more than just hating your body.

I understand that, but it's not like your born with anorexia, it forms from self hatred, or obsession over looks. I'm just saying I can't imagine hating youself so much to drastically change yourself.

That's because you don't have anorexia. Can you imagine what it's like to be suicidal if you've never experienced it?

It's something you have to experience to know. You can't truly understand what it's like.

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That's because you don't have anorexia. Can you imagine what it's like to be suicidal if you've never experienced it?

It's something you have to experience to know. You can't truly understand what it's like.

and that's what I'm trying to say, I don't know because I don't have anorexia!

I know it's considered a fact, but I find it hard to believe that anorexia and bulimia are always eating disorders. There are many circumstances when they obviously are, but does that mean that every person that purges or hates/avoids eating at all costs has a mental illness?

romanticide.:

I know it's considered a fact, but I find it hard to believe that anorexia and bulimia are always eating disorders. There are many circumstances when they obviously are, but does that mean that every person that purges or hates/avoids eating at all costs has a mental illness?

Does avoiding eating at all costs sound like a symptom of sanity?

druscilla; downpour.:

romanticide.:

I know it's considered a fact, but I find it hard to believe that anorexia and bulimia are always eating disorders. There are many circumstances when they obviously are, but does that mean that every person that purges or hates/avoids eating at all costs has a mental illness?

Does avoiding eating at all costs sound like a symptom of sanity?

Alright, maybe eating at all costs is a bit over the top but if it's less severe does it necessarily mean they have something wrong with them mentally? Can it not be that they are simply very insecure and are going to stupid lengths to be thinner?
It's not contradicting the facts, I'm simply asking out on interest if this can happen?Because I don't think there's anything wrong with me mentally

Santi:

druscilla; downpour.:

Santi:

I don't get how people can do that to themselves.
We've all been there, hated our bodies, or our looks, but doesn't something click that says this is wrong.

It's a mental disorder. It's more than just hating your body.

I understand that, but it's not like your born with anorexia, it forms from self hatred, or obsession over looks. I'm just saying I can't imagine hating youself so much to drastically change yourself.

I don't think anyone can imagine hating yourself that much unless you actually do.

romanticide.:

Can it not be that they are simply very insecure and are going to stupid lengths to be thinner?
It's not contradicting the facts, I'm simply asking out on interest if this can happen?]

That is what anorexia is. If you're insecure enough to the point where you will physically harm yourself to change something, you have a mental disorder and an unhealthy fixation with perfection. That insecurity is the mental part of anorexia. Everyone has things they're insecure about and that doesn't mean you have a mental disorder. When you take it further though, to the point where you're hurting yourself, you have mental issues you need help with.

I think anorexia isn't really a mental illness, more of insecurity. I personally am semi-anorexic, because I'm not happy about the way I look. I want to be thinner. Everyone around me has been saying that I'm already too thin, but if I am, how come I don't see it for myself? It even got to this thing where I really refused to eat even just one pizza. My friends had to shove it in my mouth.

I'm still not a stick though.

And I'm still starving to get there.