Do I have anorexia?

Question

I am 14 and five feet five inches. When I was 8 I was getting ready for school when my mom told me I looked a little on the chubby side. Ever since I've never felt comfortable with my weight or how my body looks. I'm not comfortable with my body at all. I weigh 100 and during the summer I dropped below 95. I can go days without eating and sometimes a week. I've passed out a couple times from my sugar being so low. Now my mom, sister, and friends tell me I look too thin and envy how little I am. When I do eat if I think I ate too much I throw it up. I've read on being anorexic and I think I fallow the lines. Do you think so too?

Answer 1

Yes, I think that you are, and if you aren't, you sure are on your way to becoming anorexic. It's good that you are recognizing it though, that's the first step to recovering, and overcoming this. I've suffered for 4 years with this terrible illness, and the sooner you get help for it, the sooner you will recover and be healthy. I had the same thing happen to me, having someone tell me i was fat when i was young, and the whole thing spiraled out of control. Please don't let that happen to you. Is there anyone you can talk to about this? A school counselor? Good friend? Teacher? You NEED to talk to someone, i know it's hard, but it's worth it if it will get you the help you need and deserve. It's dangerous, and that you've already passed out a few times is telling your body that you're not healthy. Please get help before it does irrepairable damage. Please, it will just get worse if you don't do anything about it. A website i love is something-fishy.org. IT really helps me out, and they have a support forum. Please seek help soon. I wish you all the best and all hte luck. If you need someone to talk to, i'm always here and you can email me at [e-mail]. Goodluck!!

Answer 2

I hope you're kidding because if you're not i would make an appt. to see a Doctor as soon as possible.You sure do have the symptoms of a person with anorexia and that's very sad because you're only 14.Anorexia can be deadly,i suggest
you start eating and gain some weight. you are 5.5 so i think you are about 40 pounds underweight.START EATING.It's sexier to be thick and curvy than skinny and boney.Hope you see a DR. Don't ever think you're fat cuz you're NOT.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise because they are hurting you without knowing it.Speak with your mom and tell her how you feel.She'll help you.

Answer 3

I think you are, and I want to tell you that you need help. I have never had that problem, so I know that I don't understand what you have been through, but if you need someone to talk to, I'll be there. contact me at [e-mail]. If this is a little too creepy for ya, then talk about it to your mom. She may not realize the magnitude of what she said. I am 15, and I weigh about 90 lbs, but that is only because of my metabolism. If youwant to lose weight, try to do it healthilly. You know, eat right. Exercise. But not eating at all is not helping you at all. It could kill you.

Answer 4

The definition of anorexia i think, is when you deprive your body of the proper nutrients and food and make yourself excercise too much on too little food. or just not eating enough. I'm 15 and about 120-125lbs and about 5-8, 5-9 and people think im scrawny. so yes, you probably have anorexia. you should start eating and excercise, but not to the point of making yourself thinner. If you need help, talk to someone about it. you really shouldnt go a week without eating. but dont just start eating like crazy if you change your mind. ease into into it and pace yourself sorta.

Answer 5

I think you should ask to see a doctor, even though i hate it whe3ne people say that on this website. If not having allittle wieght on you isnt a bad thing. If you are causing yourself to not eat, or throw up you need help. Try not to throw up when you eat, and eat allittle more, if you dont want to go to the doctor. If this works, you body should adjust, but if not again you need to see a doctor. It must stink, so sorry you have to go through this. Good luck it always works out

Answer 6

This is not anorexia. It is bulimia. It is far worse than anorexia because if you keep regurgitating your food, you can lose your teeth. Also, you can lose the fat around your eye sockets that keep your eyeballs from jarring against the bone and damaging them. You may lose the fat deposits surrounding the synapses in your brain and this will invariably make it hard for you to think and it is impossible to regain. If you keep going, then you could land yourself in these critical health issues.

right now you are at a healthy weight for your height. I will leave the link below, and I suggest you should check youself with it if you lose more weight. (by the way, you are at the 15.8 percentile for girls age 14 BMI. from 5th to 85th percentile is considered healthy.

Answer 7

I am no doctor, so I cannot say for sure whether or not you have Anorexia, but it seems like you are on a destructive path. I strongly advise you to seek medical attention. You are fine with the body God gave you, do not ruin it by starving yourself! If your family and friends are complementing you on being a twig then you should look for new friends who love you the way you are. Your family should love you regardless of your weight!

Answer 8

Please get some help right away. A young person like you needs to eat properly to grow and develop into a young adult.
Your mom and friends shouldn't envy you- they should help you get over this illness called anorexia. And it is an illness. If your family won't help, try talking to a favorite teacher at school, or guidance councillor if you have one and tell them just what you've said above.Hopefully, they can arrange for help for you- and good luck dear.

Answer 9

Yeah i think u are heading in that direction but u should talk to a doctor anorexia is a very serious illness

Answer 10

You need to see a psychologist. Anorexia is a very serious eating disorder and results usually in death. Talk to a school psychologist, if you don't want to tell your parents.