So, you're anoerxic or you want to become anoerxic; please, read this. - Eating Disorder Recovery Message Board

Faith80 · 12-06-2002, 05:02 PM

I have found that most bulimic want to be anoerxic and most anoerxics want to be bulimic. I will be doing one post on anoerxia and one on bulimia for I have fought with both:
So, if you're reading this you probably are anorexic or you are thinking about trying to become anorexic. Either way, if you like it or not, please read this post to the very end.

I have fought with both anorexia and bulimia for many years and can't express how unsatisfying both of them are. It's no fun when you're trying to take a bath and it kills your back because there's nothing there to cushion your bones from the tube itself. It's no fun when you're cold all the time while everyone else says it's comfortable. It's no fun when all your family and friends can eat what they want and be okay with it and you just can sit and stare at the fun and you probably were the one that prepared it. It's no fun when the room spins, or you feel your heart miss a few beats here and than and your tired constantly so trying to hold down a job or making it through the school day is about all you can accomplish. It also isn't much fun when you start to isolate from your friends and they from you because of your behavior with and around food. It's not any fun when you do give in and go out to eat and that you feel guilty and wonder how much you have to do to burn the calories off. It's also not any fun when you do go out that you worry about how the food was made, if the cooks purposely put extra fat into the fun, and wonder if you use enough napkins to get some grease off of the food if it truly will be enough. It's not fun to walk up and down the grocery isles, checking each package of food and trying to find the one less likely to make you gain weight.

Now, I'm going to give you some facts I got off different websites on eating disorders:

Between 5-20% of individuals struggling with anorexia nervosa will die. The probabilities of death increases within that range depending on the length of the condition (Zerbe, 1995).
Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest death rates of any mental health condition.
Swelling in the feet and hands.
Hair loss, brittle nails, and dry skin.
Difficulty concentrating and solving problems or poor judgment.
Fainting spells, low blood pressure, and slow heartbeat.
Frequent colds and other infections.
Yellow-orange skin, especially on the palms of the hands, or a purplish skin color on the arms and legs.
and there are many more.

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katrinae · 12-07-2002, 06:29 AM

I totally could identify with this post. When I was anorexic, I experienced most all of this. It is strange how even my family memebers really didnt notice until I turned Bright Orange. I was walking around looking like a had severe liver cancer, and I was so shrunken that people probably believed it! It was not fun.

Legally_Brunette19 · 12-08-2002, 08:37 PM

Hi there, well I totally identified with your post, and although i'm six months into recovery i still have many of the symptoms I wonder when they leave?? Also I wonder if it's possible to totally recover from eds, or if the thinking about food and calories is always there.
well bye guys

Faith80 · 12-09-2002, 12:48 PM

Hi and thanks for reading this Katrina and Legally_brunette and thanks for adding your comments and exepriencess.
It is possible to recover from an eating disorder. It's not easy and it's a long hard road, but one that is well worth it. Keep up with the recovery process you two. Take Care.

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As long as there is life, there is hope

cutenbrat · 12-09-2002, 05:53 PM

I can't trust food anymore that others make, even in restraunts. At home I wash all my fruit before eating for I am afraid that somehow my family added "fat" to them. If I leave an open can of soda out of my sight, I can't finish it in fear somoene added something to it.