Why do people want to become anorexic?

I agree atleast there are some sane people out there..lol..I have experienced so much with Anorexia, I almost died, I was throwing up in the toilet and the next thing I know I’m in a hospital bed with a tube down my throat, people say they can turn anorexic over-night. I assure you it cant happen I went through so much S and I was tired of people calling me fat so I took control, almost died and I wanna spread the word that there is no F buddy in anorexia because I felt I was the only one who was going through this yet here we are and I find out 10,000000000 other girls are doing it just to please some stupid-stuck-up-malibu-barbie wanna-be. Im shocked that the statistics are so high in teen girls dying from anorexia, my cuzzin wasnt so lucky like me to survive she died at 16 and I dont want anyone else ending up like her. If noone believes me well atleast I can say I tried right?

a lot of ppl dont seem to understand wat an eating disorder is they think u can just stop being ana or mia and that it wont hav any side affects like hair loss or tiredness or even death!! they shd grow up and realise wat they wud b doin to there mind and body.

something wrong in their heads. thats why they believe they are fat.

I agree.. people aren’t educated on the potential risks involved which are much greater than becoming a little “sick” and losing weight. I think our culture has somehow glamorized being small/skinny over the years and whatever method used to get that way is appropriate–even if it means paying with your own life. Cardiac failure/arrest is a very prominent end result with BN and AN aside from the numerous other nasty side effects. -S

I agree. It seems that most of the people who say they want an eating disorder are very young girls who are extremely uneducated when it comes to human anatomy and physiology. They think it’s just a lifestyle choice that will help them lose weight. They do not realize it is a serious life threatening disease.

I bet if you asked them to define “starvation,” they could, and they would know people can die from it. Yet it’s as if they do not even realize that it could happen to them if they do not eat.

and you dont feel being less than 90 lbs and still feeling fat isn’t stupid? think before you speak

I agree with above. No one wants to be anorexic, its a psychological disorder that they cannot control. imagine being terrified of food and devoting your life to never putting on a single pound. doesnt sound like something anyone would want.

f*cking hell. No one wants to be Anorexic! The people that say they do are stupid and attention seekers. They think its a quick fix to loosing weight. Its not all about weight anorexia is sometimes a means of control for people who feel they have no control over anything else in their lives. Anorexia is a mental illness not a diet. You wouldn’t say I want to have autism or anything like that. People who want to be Anorexic are just insulting those who have this illness like me. I would happily give it to one me you stupid girls if that was possible if you want it that much. Its pathetic.

I’ve suffered from bulimia since I was 15 which later turned into anorexia at about 17.

I lost 65 lbs. I was a walking skeleton but I got really sick and was forced to eat by my family threatening me to go into hospitalization so I had to and I threw up most of what I ate but they watched me and made me sit with them whenever they were home so I couldn’t puke.

my dad called me fat ever since I can ever remember and I’ve always had a super athletic body with soccer thighs and have always been considered “big” .. I’ve never had a gut or anything but yeah.

eating disorders take over your life. I have been on anti depressants because of how depressed I am & how much I would give to have my anorexic body back but the binging and the purging just takes over your life. everything I do am thinking about how many calories is in it and when I’m going to stop doing this and join weight watchers so I can lose weight NATURALLY instead of cheating my way through life.

I just turned 19 and I’m going clubbing all the time now because I live in Canada. I am always self conscious of my body as one with an eating disorder always is, and I’ve never had a problem with popularity or anything like that so I never had to deal with that stuff.. but anwyays, yeah. my girlfriends are stunning. I have beautiful, skinny friends and I always feel like a fat slob around them.

it’s so hard cause I could never say anything like this to them because I have never been one to ever want attention from anyone else telling me how beautiful I am or whatever. I have a pretty face but my body is disgusting. having sex with my boyfriend is probably one of the most horrible things in this world because that’s how people are intimate with eachother and all I can think of is how he’s touching me and how he must just thinking I’m absolutely revolting but he just loves me too much to say anything.

I don’t know. I just would give anything to be able to eat a big mac like my friends do at mcdonalds and then get into their size 00 jeans and know that they aren’t in the bathroom throwing up their food to a dream that will only ever be a dream.