Faith80

This is the second part that I have been promising. I'm sorry it took so long. If you are reading this it probably means you are bulimic or want to become bulimic. Please read this to the very end.
Bulimia, in some ways that word, bulimia, used to be music to my ears. It meant I could eat, eat, and eat some more and not gain weight because I could rid myself of the food in a number of ways. If I did gain weight than I could just restrict for a few days and things would be okay, or so I thought.
Bulimia, now that one word is a nightmare for me. I can recount many days that I spent a majority of the time in the bathroom either purging through vomiting or laxatives. When I was out of the bathroom I was eating. At first I went on binges that were full of fat, than, as time went on, I thought I could lose even more weight if I went on binges with more healthy foods, that way, if I didn't get it all up in the purges, I wouldn't be as likely to gain weight. I was open with my family and friends about my eating disorders. There were many times I would run to the bathroom after meals, even in public places, to purge. At first I was scared of people hearing me in public places, than I got to the point I didn't care. The most important thing was getting the enemy, the food, out of me. I got to the point I was purging blood after almost every purge. I was starting to purge without wanting to. At first this made it a lot easier, but than it got to the point I couldn't even keep down water half the time. My throat constantly hurt. My friends didn't like going places with me for I insisted we stop at places so I could purge and if they didn't stop I would throw a fit. I started also not wanting to go out, it but a cramp in my style. I started sneaking food into my room so my parents wouldn't know I was binging. I got to the point that I was scared I would never be able to stop. I was isolated from everyone and didn't realize it until it was almost too late. I pushed everyone away. My family was worried, but had no clue what to do for me. When they would try to confront me I would just get angry and not listen to them. I did a lot of things I'm not proud of and won't go into it. Now, like I did for the anorexia post, will go into things that can happen to people that are bulimic:
-death(one out of 3 people will die from an eating disorder)
-kidney dysfunction
-urinary tract infections: damage to the colon
dehydration: constipation or diarrhea
seizures, muscle spasms or cramps (resulting from chemical imbalances)
chronic indigestion
loss of menstruation or irregular periods for females
strain on most of the body's organs
erosion to dental enamel from vomiting practices
swollen salivary glands
the possibility of a ruptured stomach
chronic sore throat and gullet


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As long as there is life, there is hope