I Had An Eating Disorder

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I was diagnosed as a teenager in high school as having ed-nos (eating disorder not otherwise specified). I went through an eating disorder program at 21 and MEDA (massachusett's eating disorder association) meetings. Now, if...

All my life, I had felt left out because all my sisters were thinner than I was. I was a chubby kid up until about ninth grade, and had been mercilessly teased near my entire life. When sophomore year rolled around, I became an anorexic...

Ever since I was 8 or 9 years old, I always felt like I was alot bigger then all the other girls my age. I starte dusing food for comfort. I was never really big but I felt huge. When i look at pictures of then, I was average size...

When I was little I was thin thin thin, I could eat anything and still be a stick. And then I fell into a depression after my step-dad comitted suicide. So did my mom and she spent most of her time in bed...we ate out...a lot. I was...

I guess I never fitted in school; well I was not the typical popular girl more a misfit. I wished I was the same as everyone else I began to change the way I looked, talked and acted.
I was in 4th year 16 years old at the time in an...

i started having an eating disorder at the age of 14, and its only now, 5 years on, that i can say i did it for 2 reasons. 1 to gain attention and 2 because i literally couldnt handle what was happening in my life.
my mum had done some...

Starting a new chapter in life. I am a determined, ambitious, very smart college student. I know where I want to be in the future and I am excited to get there. One problem....for years I struggled with eating disorders until I found...

January 14th, just before 8:30 pm. Earlier that day, I knew that I would somehow tell her of the eating disorder I had dealt with. She arrived at about 7 pm looking thin as usual, but not knowing the fact herself. Our chit chat lacked...

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 of control. It was all I thought about and for the majority of that time, all I cared about. It...

Ive had a problem with Bulimia ever since i tried it as a curiousity in the 7th grade. I am now in 10th grade, and let me tell you, time deffinately did not heal me. It always sticks with u, most of you know the feeling that im talking...

I'll put my story here in case it helps anyone. From 19 or 20 to age 24 I had anorexia...I am 5'10" and was about 145-150 in highschool, average body size but very nice shape and busty, so I had boyfriends and was considered 'very...

It was the summer before my junior year in high school. I had been obsessing about wanting to lose weight for a while and told this to my doctor during an anual check up. I was 5'2'' and 122 Ilbs and wanted to be skinnier. My doctor...

I need help... not for myself, but for my amazing girlfriend. She has been through alot in her life, depression, eating disorders, and so on. Recently she has been doing really well, and I am so proud of her, but what can i do to help...

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 prettier (and thinner) he wouldn't have. So, I started excercising. I would go for runs, do...

When i was in seventh grade, i had this one friend who always complained about her weight and how fat she was. She was skinnier than me so i started wondering if i was fat. I researched how much i SHOULD have weighed and found out that...

“She’s growing up, a little podgy but very cute”-- Rima Taleb (Mom’s friend commented on how much of a lady I was becoming at one of our dinner parties.) We had just migrated from New Zealand and it was our...

I wanted to share this with you--a very brave young lady named Amber shared several pieces of art work which she drew based on her experience with an Eating Disorder.  I really encourage everyone to check it out.
 
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The biggest loser, Dr.Oz,Herbal Magic ,Weight Watchers these are just a few of the people that stole my money and infected my brain for years. I was in a game and at war with my weight and the scale, the addiction had taken over and ED...

Finally on the way out from the eating disorder torture. Many times I escaped but ended up in your trap again. This time I will escape successfully from you. Removing you from my dictionary. All those starving, binging, purging...