I had anorexia a few years ago and have been doing well in recovery. Now, however, I miss my eating disorder. I want to be extremely small again. I think about food all day long. I just want to have a normal relationship with food.
2006-08-05 02:54:20 · 6 answers · asked by Janet A 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
You must have been empowered by it. You don't really miss the disorder, you miss the control. I was anorexic in the sixties, before they really knew what it was, I went down to 105 and the day i went outside to dye my hair and needed to see if I did the roots okay in the sunshine, I was wearing a bikini and looked like, (sorry for this but it is the truth) concentration camp victim, It shocked me. I was very lucky to snap out of it. I was very sick for eight months....I am intellegent, and very sensitive, and I guess after so many people had put me down, I felt I was really in control and people would like me better if I wasn't fat any more. I lost 55 lbs in three months, and everytime I looked in to the mirror, i was still fat to me. You have to learn to love yourself the way you are, and let that right person love you wether you are 120 or 220 lbs...but mostly, love yourself. I have seen women die from this illness, and I, like you, should feel very blessed to have overcome it. Now find something else to think about, like helping someone, or some girl who is sick..you could be a postive force and maybe save someone's life, because you have been there, and by the grace of God, lived through it. Good luck, and please, don't go back that way...you can excersice, and be healthy, and look beautiful, and I am sure you are. By the way, I am almost 5'8", so you can imagine how thin and sick i was...they used to call me twiggy..lol...even the twig gained weight, and looked far more beautiful
2006-08-05 03:09:59 · answer #1 · answered by MotherKittyKat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you e-mail me and tell me exactly what anorexia is? EVERYONE says I have some eating disorder but I try to deny it. I eat like once a day and think I'm overweight. I'm 5'5" and 127 pounds. I don't think I have a problem. I've considered throwing up, but thats not that bad right? depressionchild1516@yahoo.com or danceforeverafter@yahoo.com (checked more often)
2006-08-05 04:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by Karina M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont want to have a eating disorder. but i want to lose some weight and how did you get that skinny how many times did you eat and all?
please tell me
2006-08-05 03:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by beggin09 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why don't you join a gym or take up jogging?
that will take your mind off your ed.
it's not good to have an idle mind.
that gives the devil time to attack.
2006-08-05 03:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by Morgan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should be happy that you have risen from that sickness and try not to ever return to that place
good luck
2006-08-05 12:11:41 · answer #5 · answered by annie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please continue to discuss this with your counselors. It is important to take care of this now before it gets a hold on you again.
2006-08-05 03:07:30 · answer #6 · answered by lizardmama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋