I just made myself puke....Do I have an Eating Disorder?

Question

For the last week or two I have been feeling ugly...And the other nite something triggered me....After dinner I got upset and made myself puke my food up... Then last nite....I told my mom that I was gonna take a shower than after dinner I did it again...Then took a shower afetrwards.......I don't wanna tell anyone about this especially my boyfriend...What should I do? I don't want my, parents to know...or my friends...I am only 15 years old and in the 9th grade...
What should I do???

Answer 1

Sweetie, it is so good that you are seeking help early on, because if you let this spiral out of control it will consume your life tragically. I was about your age when I started throwing up for the same reason, not necessarily because I thought I was fat, but just bad about myself in general. It went on for a year and lost a lot of weight. I started sneaking out, drinking, being promiscuous, and failed my first class every (I was a straight A student). The hardest part about it was the secrecy. But don't let it get to the point where the secrecy and lying become normal and routine andd don't even notice anymore that you are lying.
I had to hit rock bottom before I got help, but thank goodness I hadn't been at it for long less than a year and it was so easy to change and move on from that. You sound like you have a good chance of beating this early on.

Tell someone anyone that you can talk to, a school counselor, your mom, or you could email me even and I would be happy to help and talk.

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Answer 2

Coming from someone who has battled Annorexia and Bulimia for 12 years you want to stop now. The longer it goes on the stronger it will get and you can end up with some serious problems you do not want. Bulimia can kill you really fast and it only takes a little time. I told my boyfriend and I love him to death. I only told him because he would be the one person that could stop me and talk me out of it. It is hard to do if people know about the problem. You want help now, not later. Later will cause you to have a huge life long problem,

Answer 3

you don't have an eating disorder. yet. the only thing keeping you from meeting the criteria is the time you've been doing it for-keep this up and you will. The physical effects alone aren't worth it. You don't lose weight. You only puke up about half the calories you consume. Your face gets dry in some places and zits in others. your face gets puffy your throat hurts all the time. Your chest hurts from puking. you destroy your teeth enamel.The worst is the utter loss of control that happens every time you purge. don't say your in control, because your not.I'm not joking about this-i have anorexia binge purge type and i wouldn't wish it on the most horrid person in the world.

the only thing you can do is stop. if you cant, get to a specialist asap.

Answer 4

If you do in continuously, you might be diagnosed with bulimia. This is when you eat a lot of food and then make yourself vomit. It's very dangerous because not only because you lose all the nutrients from your food, you could erode your throat and esophogus because of the acid in your stomach that comes up.

If you did it once or twice, I doubt it would yet be considered a disorder. But don't make a habit of it.....it's an actual disease that could make you unhealthy the rest of your life.

Answer 5

you DO not necessarily have an eating disorder. I studied them in school and will have my psychology bachelor degree in summer. if you just do it a few times, it's not necessarily a disorder. it has to be on a regular basis.

Girl, I know that high school is tough. I was there, trust me. I probably felt just like you- ugly, fat, hopeless, like everybody out there was skinnier and prettier than me. But trust me, it's not worth it! And besides the fact, people with bulimia are generally not skinny. Only anorexics are. Because when you throw up food, you're not expelling enough calories as you would by starving yourself. So bulimia is not an effective way to lose weight, and it does way much more damage than good.

Take it from me. I suffered from eating disorders for a good part of my life since 7th grade. At time, I still feel like i am worth nothing, and I go on anorexic binges. But it never makes me feel very good for long. It's just not worth it. You are who you are, you are who God made you, and nothing is going to change that. Please stop throwing up and take care of yourself. You need to love you for you. If you don't do it, no one else is going to.

Here is some info for you:

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by periods of binge eating. In some cases, the person will compensate for this overeating by forcing vomiting; misusing laxatives, diuretics, or enemas; fasting; or excessive exercising. People with bulimia cannot control their eating and have a paralyzing fear of becoming fat. Bulimia is associated with depression and other psychiatric disorders and shares symptoms with anorexia nervosa, another major eating disorder. Because many individuals with bulimia maintain a normal or above-normal body weight, they are able to keep their condition a secret for years.

Bulimia is often accompanied by the following signs and symptoms:

Binge eating of high-carbohydrate foods, usually in secrecy
Loss of control over eating, with guilt and shame
Body weight that goes up and down
Constipation, diarrhea, nausea, gas, abdominal pain
Dehydration
Blood-tinged vomit
Irregular menstruation or cessation of menstrual periods
Eroded tooth enamel
Bad breath
Throat irritation and inflammation
Calluses on hands from forcing the body to vomit
Stealing, especially food
Depression
Substance abuse, especially alcohol

Answer 6

if you dont feel you can talk to your parents or boyfriend about it then you may want to check into seeing your school counselor ....im no expert on eating disorders once or twice may seem like nothing but obviously your having issues with something that is causing you to do this and before it gets worse you need to start talkin to someone

Answer 7

Sweet girl,

We should not only be concerned about your health, habits and psychology, we need to address the solutions set PROBLEMS that you are faced with if you continue.

Here is FREE help: OA -Overeater's Anonymous - is a free 12 step recovery group for people with eating disorders. It is an open meeting structure, available for anyone who wishes to obtain information about what they are doing to themselves, and offers a program to solve the problems we create by doing that harm to ourselves.

See contact info below. At the website there is a button "Find a meeting". Click it and select your state and so forth, until you have found meetings and contacts in your area. There is also a link for "online/telephone meetings" on the page, if that is what you prefer.

Even if you are a deviant personality, you definitely want to be selfish about protecting yourself from the need to do the 12 step world. It is, by nature, the place that the most problematic personalities go to help themselves - and they will if you give them a fraction of an inch, and I mean in the wrong way. No one else wants to help them without a huge fee, insurance etc. they (we) must learn to help themselves (ourselves).

There are many nice people in the 12 step world; but, the predator/criminal SELFISH personality is dominant in a more concentrated sense and you must be very protective. If they stick with meetings as only a place to learn and apply recovery principles, they will avoid taking anyone home, they will not seek to obtain personal information from you or give it to you, and you will increase your safety level many fold, by keeping relations very simple and isolated from real life.

Anonymity is extremely important. Don't let your guard down and start bragging or giving personal information. It is not a place to easily make "friends". If you remain just a face and a solution for abstinence, you will be much happier. By all means, talk to them on the phone, make plans to meet for coffee, lunch, even a movie or what have you, but keep that all separate from your real world and hang outs etc...and meet in public places where there are watchful eyes.

Let me belabor the point of "friends" in recovery. "Friends of Bill W" are AA - Alcoholics Anonymous - members who follow Bill W's - the founder who developed the 12 step program - principles of recovery from Alcoholism. They are qualified "friends".

People in 12 step programs like OA are people who have failed everyone they've ever loved or were friends with; and worse, they failed themselves. They'll do it again; so will you if you don't quit now!

If you force the issue and have to go to OA, remember they are friends - in a qualified sense - if they stick to 12 step recovery principles, they protect their own anonymity and the anonymity others, they do not seek to obtain personal information - do not make friends too quickly - and they take years to build the trust necessary to be a friend by being and encouraging long-term abstinence by working a solid 12 recovery program that respects themselves and others, legally in all aspects of life and trust.

Better, give up before it's a habit; and use your insurance to get counseling to deal with your psychological insecurities - convert them to strengths by developing quality character, and being good at interesting things to do, so that you are and feel irresistible - regardless of what flaws you think have that are so glaring.

Get involved with life by learning new things and learn to do them well - or go back to doing some that you already have - then get rid of any dead wood that doesn't want to engage life on life's terms. You'll be much happier once you start choosing your friends and lovers based on who you wonderfully are, rather than trying to fit into an imaginary cookie cutter world that cannot satisfy nor does it exist. That is what the "program" is going to encourage you to do anyway; and if you can do that safely on your own, you will be much better off.

Remember, no one is perfect.

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Answer 8

how tall and how much do you weigh i bet your already a skinny mini are you please dont do this it can kill you the longer you do it the more powerful it becomes you can not stop yourself untill you end up in hospital and there watching your every move to make you stop doing it not nice also your gag reflexes are over worked hence everytime you eat something your body will automatically try to hurl it up you cant hide that one forever can you goodluck i am sure you are a pretty person

Answer 9

ok im srry 2 be mean but are u so dilusional 2 not notice any 1 that pukes up their food is bulimic....i mean its not rocket science and u shouldnt have to ask any 1 that of course u are. get help b 4 u collapse and DIE!

Answer 10

Get help! Young women have died from this. Eventually they will catch on to what you're doing. They will see a difference in your behavior and appearance. Please, Please get help or talk to someone. I would hate to hear another young woman gone from this earth because of this. You are so young and have a lot to live for. I don't know if you ever heard about Karen Carpenter. A young woman with a beautiful voice. Her Brother Richard sang with her (The Carpenters) and he and their fans lost her due to anorexia. Just as she was a star, you are a star to your family, boyfriend and friends. Please please get help before it's too late.