I Have a Question for Anyone Who has or is Currently Recovering From Anorexia. Plz Help?
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 at
1:50 am
Giggles-for-life asked:
Can anyone please share their experience recovering from anorexia? Also, how did you cope with the voices in your head telling you that you were fat? Any advice you would give to an anorexic struggling to recover? Please share any, and all, details if you can.
Can anyone please share their experience recovering from anorexia? Also, how did you cope with the voices in your head telling you that you were fat? Any advice you would give to an anorexic struggling to recover? Please share any, and all, details if you can.
Thanks
Tagged with: Anorexic • Recovering From Anorexia • Voices In Your Head
Filed under: Eating Disorders
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i’m messed up, i cut and am sad and i want to be anorexic too. I need serious help, try to have someone force feed you a cupcake and have them stay with you and watch you eat it then stay with you forthe next 5 hours to make sure you fully digest it, so as not to throw it up
Hi, I used to have both anorexia and bulimia for many years. I always thought I was fat even when I was considered skinny. I learned that they are loaded with stuff that hooks you in and you want more. Over 10 – 20 years of that stuff, people get fat, get chronic health issues, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, age faster, etc. This is by design!!
Once I changed my diet to strictly organic fresh fruits and veggies, nuts, and seeds, and whole grains, all my mental issues about my weight went away. Gee, I wonder if the mental problems were a result of the crappy food I was eating? Also, most of my health issues went away too, and my husband lost over 30 pounds.
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best wishes!
Lauren
I am trying to recover from anorexia/bulimia. Some of the things that are helping me are my therapist, and some of my freinds, but I am no where near recovery. I know how it feels, and I know where you are at, keep fighting, thats what I’m doing.
here’s my story with anorexia~
it first started when i was 12 and my p.e. teacher called our whole class obese(and only a few kids really were), then sadly half of the girls in the class including me became anorexic. at this time i was 5’5″ and 115lbs which was healthy. then i started starving myself by hiding my breakfast, giving away my lunch, and eating very little at dinner. most days i only ate a diet bar if that. i started passing out after p.e. but luckily not 2 many people noticed. i rode my bike vigorously daily until i passed out(i lied and said i ran into a tree if someone noticed). my life literally became obsessed about what i was eating or what not 2 eat. one month later after i started i lost 15lbs. but i still thought i was fat. my parents didn’t notice a thing cause i’ve always been on the underweight side. then as i lost more weight i started lossing hair, i constantly was passing out, i was always tired, my muscles ached, and my period stopped. but i kept trying 2 lose weight. finally once i was 5’6″ and just 85lbs, one of my friends told an adult that im close 2 what was going on and she helped me realize that if i kept going i was going 2 die very soon. i gained 5lbs and learned 2 be ok with it with the help of my friends and boyfriend. and my period restarted 4 months after i stopped losing weight. at this point everything seemed perfect. until…
i learned i was moving away from the town i grew up in and loved very much! i went into extreme depression and gained 35lbs in only 5 months! i was “healthy” at 5’7″ and 125lbs. and surprisingly i was ok with that. but that soon changed once i was forced into a horrible public school! i was taken out after only a month there 2 be homeschooled. after dropping 15lbs i gained them back. but i slowly became more and more depressed and developed panic disorder, which led 2 a horrible relapse of anorexia.
i started seeing a phyciatrist and therapist for the panic disorder, but since my weight was being monitered by my phycitrist she could tell something was up.
she told me that i have an eating disorder i still don’t believe her though. i went from 5’7″ and 125lbs to 5’8″ and 100lbs in about 2 months.
currently im 5’9″ and 104lbs. and im again having fainting spells, constantly tired, losing hair, and haven’t had a period for 6 months.
in short living with anorexia is not fun and once you start it’s hard to stop!
right now im starting on recovery but it’s hard! im forced 2 eat unless i want 2 go 2 a hospital and be force fed there. my weight is constantly monitored, and i get so mad at myself if i just gain one pound. i still have those thoughts saying “im fat” and “don’t eat”. the bad part of anorexia is that a majority of people never fully recover and have many relapses throughout their lives. hope this helps you! good luck!