Anorexia?
 

What are your views on this topic... Especially after watch The 8 Year Old Anorexic the other day on 4...

EDIT:- Sorry for the poor spelling...

It's awful tbh :S
and isn't it ANorexia?? lol!

Yeah it only has one n.

I suffered from it a couple of years ago, and what they say about you having it once and then never being able to 100% be free from it is true. Awful times, and they still haunt me now tbh

Is it I thought it was two n's.

No, there's only one.

Your nnot alone, I haad it for six months at twelveand I'm a boy. It doesn't get worse than tubes sticking in you force feeding you...

I'll change the spelling now...

They tried to put me into hospital but I ran away. That was basically the worst year of my life, and I looked awful. I'll try and find a picture in a minute

it is awful one of my best friends has it to the point she could of dropped dead at any point then she had a miracle pregnancy but even now 4 years on from that point it is still a daily struggle for her to maintain her ideal weight
people who have it are always going to have those demons and things like the size 0 culture really dont help them to fight it

then [most awful quality but you get the gist]
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...1367471e-2.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...picture034.jpg

now
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/DSC03247.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/DSC03621.jpg

and this is the happiest i've felt about my body in what feels like forever

You look amazing in the last pic

can't really see the second pic
and you're more gorgeous now anyway :)

OMG when you look amazing as you are now?!

i know the 2nd one's rubbish, but you can see the hipbones. errughh.

it started like 2 years ago.. sooo i was at my skinniest around this time last year i guess, and the 2nd one's from then. the first one's somewhere in the middle of it all.

ive thought of anorexia but i couldnt do it.. i cant stop eating but i have a fast motabolism anyway and im not fat im quite skinny but i went through a fase of not eating as much and doing a lot of sit ups but then i just couldnt be bothered,
and i could never be belimic as ive got a phobia of being sick

my mum has had anerexia for like 11 years she been in and out of hospital

its so scary seeing her force fed :sad:

Shes getting better now though

lol i didnt see this comment
cheers scampo :lovedup:

Hannah I'm glad you escaped it, you have a perfect body now :blush2:

aww thanks darlin
i'll never be 100% rid of it though, I still eat really carefully

I'm so sorry to hear this. I really hope your mom gets past this. Take care of her and you okay?:hug:

I think people take too much notice of the Anorexia and not enough attention is paid to the underlying problems. Ive worked with a lot of self harmers and whilst I always acknowledge their coping mechanism i try to concentrate on improving their confidence/life skills

This is so true. Anorexia and bulimia (and self harming) are symptoms of something deeper.

I had an eating disorder in my teens. Trust me, it can get better.