What is your reason for having an eating disorder?

OVERIT = you’d be surprised how many people with eating disorders talk about their problems on the net when they’re anonymus. but true it is personal. quite a lot of people don’t know why they have their eating disorder, so they can’t answer. [btw I’m not a wannabe…not that you said that]

faggette 7 = yeah it’s often secretive, but some people are more open than others. I’m open about my problems on the internet and with close friends, but no one else.

these are the reasons I discovered from my therapy when I was anorexic:

• I feel in control…my food/weight is the only thing in my life I can control.
• when people started to worry about me I felt loved and noticed.
• striving for perfection that I can’t find in another way.
• I associate thinnest with happiness.

of course the looking great and wearing tiny clothes is a bonus.

I dont think you might get many answers. most people with actual eating disorders dont go around telling people but then again that might now be all.

It’s not something a lot of people with ed go around telling just because its really personal. the only ones who will really say anything are the ones recovering or the ones faking it. You may not be able to get a lot out of people but I suggest going to a ana mia ed site where stories are posted and you can really get anwsers from people

people who have eating disorders usually aren’t that way because they want to be prettier or whatever. I mean in a sense yes, but its a disease, not a decision.

Im not anorexic or bulemic or anything but I am trying to lose 15 pounds by April in a semi healthy way. I am going to take NV diet pills but also eat right and exercise. I want to do it because I am going to Florida and I want to look better in a two-piece

well… I’ve just been seeing sooo many people on here going “how can I be a better anorexic?” blahblahblah. so yea.

it is a mental illness… once you have it it is hard to be normal again… I know from experience..

thanks overit. =]

im aware of that, sunset. x]