I Had An Eating Disorder


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I had an eating disorder when I was 14-15 years old. I was bullimic but not because I thought I was fat. I knew I was skinny. Every time I...

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Ive been losing weight lately because of my depression. I like it. Its good to me. I hide this from everyone. No one knows. And now im...

Thrilled To Be Noticed

I was never fat per se, but average. In middle school, my first real boyfriend cheated on me. For some reason, I decided that if I were...

From Everyday To Never Again

For about 4 years bulimia was my best friend. It was made me feel happy when I felt sad, pretty when I felt ugly, and calm when I felt out...

You Never Get Over It

I am 49, and still think about my weight everyday. I went through years of bulimiarexia in the 1990's. After treatment my weight stablized...

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My whole life I've been skinny, and as everyone knows, weight comments are never helpful, All I ever heard was "Oh I hate you for your size...

An Accomplished Woman

“She’s growing up, a little podgy but very cute”-- Rima Taleb (Mom’s friend commented on how much of a lady I was...
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  • "Once you have an eating disorder you forever have a distorted perception of yourself..."
  • "Serendipitously I discovered a sizeable book on eating disorders and was fascinated by the case studies described therein, which I recorded to memory..."
  • "For 6 months I puked every day, multiple times a day, over and over again..."
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64% of people who have this experience are in their teens, 32% are in their twenties, and 16% are in their thirties. 100% of people who have this experience are women.

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  • to me its like something you can have for yourself . a struggle everyday what top eat when to eat how to eat it. what are people thinking of what your eating. its just a world of your own. in the beginning of mine I loved it I wanted to do it all the ti
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