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I Had Anorexia


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My Journey Through

I was always the "chubby girl" growing up. My young days were spent being laughed out about my weight. I even had a friends parent call me...

The Skeleton In The Mirror

It was during my 10th grade year in high school. Everything was the way it should be; I had my friends, I knew a lot of people, life was...

I Wanna Have Anorexia Again

During the tenth year of high school I got really sadand i really dont know why but i started feeling fat and with a very low self-steemso...

I Had Severe Anorexia Nervosa

Ok, I still live with anorexia nervosa and still get triggers and cravings not to eat.  However, I don't think that I will ever get...

Anorexia, Anorexic, Bulimia, Bulimic, Psychology, Psychologist, Psychiatry, Psychiatrist, Social Worker, Eating Disorder- I'll Just Tell You In The Title They Will Put You In A Mental Institution ( No There Is No Eating Disorder Unit)

They have outpatient programs for kids and their parents to go to..... Hi, just wanted to share my story with all you girls/guys. Well I...

My Battle With Anorexia

I was aware of weight issues since I was 7. I had a doctor who told me I was a fat kid. He told me I could never get a boyfriend, he wouldn...

I Had It Because the Ones Who Love Me Have It.

 Throughout highschool, I always wore a size 6 and never catagorized myself as fat or skinny until junior year when i joined the gym...
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  • "but i find myself engaging in my eating disorder's behavior again..."
  • "One day he told me that he had arranged an appointment for me at an eating disorders unit in Wokingham..."
  • "After three years of voluntary starvation, hunger was not a sensation of pain, but one of the few things that still allowed me to feel alive..."
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100% of people in this group believe this is a bad experience. 100% say this experience makes them sad. 100% believe this is a boring experience. 90% believe this is a scary experience. 100% believe this experience is hard. 100% believe that, if they had the choice, they would not do it again. 80% believe this is better experienced alone than with others. 100% say they would not recommend this to others. 80% believe they find this experience unattractive in others.

70% of people who have this experience are in their teens, 27% are in their twenties, and 11% are in their thirties. 100% of people who have this experience are women.

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