Eating Disorders

[Silent_Wolf]

Only if it makes you quit eating altogether; a lot of people have weird fears like that.

I'm semi scared of puking too; such is why I make sure I chew my food up properly. ^^;

[Hannahmontanagurl123456]

Originally Posted by Silent_Wolf

Only if it makes you quit eating altogether; a lot of people have weird fears like that.

I'm semi scared of puking too; such is why I make sure I chew my food up properly. ^^;

thats what i do! ^^
No, i wouldnt stop eating! Some people are crazy!
i just chew good. =) lol

[xJESSiCA]

I think it is kinda hilarious, because people say they are fasting, and there are two problems.

1. They are not eating (or drinking) anything at all, except water.
2. They are not religious.

When you fast, you drink things like Slim Fast, because it is really unhealthy to not eat anything at all. My mom wants to get into fasting this summer.

Lately, I haven't been eating a lot, but only in the past couple of days. On Thursday, I had half a can of slim fast and half of a 100 calorie pack of chocolate and caramel chex. For lunch, I had one hot dog and a bottle of Powerade, and I had no dinner. Yesterday, I had a bagel and half of a popey-seed muffin (along with a mocha frapp). I went to a teacher's party (mom works at my school) for lunch, so I had a brat, three little cocktail shrimps, a pistachio pudding salad (really good), and a lot of dessert, but no dinner.

I am sure you wanted to hear everything I have eaten...my point is I didn't eat a lot because I stopped when I was full. That is what people's problem is. They eat all that they have on their plate, even if it makes them really full. I stopped when I was content. But then, they gain a lot of weight, and they develope an eating disorder.

[cwer]

I think if you have an "eating disorder" its mostly your fault. If YOUR the one doing it, its your responsibility. And also, the peer pruesure these days,whew.......

[Miranda_]

That's a very nasty and ignorant thing to say. If you'd ever had an eating disorder, you'd realise that.

[catewilliams]

Although I'm not entirely sure, I'm fairly positive my mother has an eating disorder. After taking a class on it, she showed all the signs of it.

I've never had one, but I would sugest that maybe you consult Teens Alone if they have it in your area? They're really great at /confidential/ help, and they meet at coffee shops, parks, on walks, etc etc or at school.

[Miranda_]

I live in a village; I eventually decided that the risk of everyone knowing was less than the risk of doing myself some damage. That was when I told my parents about both the self harm and the eating disorder. You need to think about what you're doing to yourself; constantly throwing up will rot your teeth and destroy your insides and starving added to that will give you brittle bone disease and could make you infertile. Is the thought of embarrassment really worth not preventing this?

[TheHayleyDoll]

Hm. Well, you have Kids Help Phone, right? You can always call them and talk it out. Uh, I can't think of any kinds of Teen Help facilities in Canada at the moment. None in my city, anyway.

[spirit_queen]

Originally Posted by Miranda_

I suffered from compulsive eating disorder while at school; it's as common as anorexia, but is rarely recognised as an eating disorder the way anorexia is. It took me a long time to recover from it, including losing all the weight with a normal healthy diet and exercise.

How can you be sure one has it? I'm worried that my little sister might, but I want to be sure before I suggest this to my mom.

If you want a list of what she does and why I susptect her of having this, I'll tell you in PM; it's long and complicated.

[Miranda_]

Well, if she's eating loads of food, that's a sign. Also, going on a starvation diet and breaking it after a day or so, and binging again. That's what I used to do; it's hard to break the cycle. Compulsive eaters tend to use food as a prop the way that an alcoholic would use booze.