Has anyone stopped eating for reasons other than being paranoid about their weight? Personally, I've been doing this "protest" thing, to my parents... I have a nice living situation, lots of friends, and all that, but my parents pay no attention to me whatsoever. It's like I only exist when it's convinient to them. So a few days ago I've decided to stop eating... it sounds stupid I'm sure, but it seems the only way to deal with the neglect I recieve. Can anyone else relate?

About 16 years ago i watched a film on this girl with an ED and wished i could be like her, getting loads of attention and tlc, well now im 31 and for the last 15 years have been battling EDs. I'm now really ill with bulimia and i wish id never watched that film now.It didnt make me any happier or get any more attention, just years of a debilitating illness.
PLEASE dont go down that same path.It would break my heart to think you could be the next nikkita.xxx

Janie, you aren't hurting your parents by doing this, you're only hurting yourself....Trust me, I did the same thing years ago, when my parents and my skinny sister joked around all the time calling me chubby.....So I thought, "all right, I'll show them!" and I stopped eating....I almost hoped something bad would happen to me, that maybe I would end up in the hospital or something, and then they would all feel sooooo stupid.....but it didn't work out that way..
Anyway, I still get criticized by them even when I only gain a few pounds but it doesn't bother me as much as it used to....even if it gets to me now I don't show them...
Instead I am trying to lose weight for myself,(with exercise and eating in moderation) not for them, and definitely not for their sympathy
You've just gotta put yourself first and not worry about what your parents think or your friends or anything...just do it for you ~jen~

My friend does the same thing... whenever she's upset with anything or anyone, she will stop eating and it makes me so sad because she gets so irritable and tired when she doesn't eat, and normally she's the perkiest, happiest chick you'd ever meet. We're both heavily into drama and acting, and recently I made a play, and got one of the lead roles and she didn't even get called at all- so she stopped eating. Don't try to pin guilt on anyone... cause I know how it feels. I'm sure there's better ways to deal- have you tried talking to your parents about this?