should i get some help?I'm 16, and recently I've started to have so issues with my image. I have never been fat, just average looking but to me it doesn't seem thin enough. So I've started cutting out how much I eat, and when I do I find myself counting all the calories I eat, after I eat something I always seem to regret it. Other times when I feel like I've eaten to much I get upset with myself and want to go make my self throw up all the food I've eaten. I'm becoming desperate to lose weight, that I've wanted to look like people like Mary Kate Olsen, or Nicole Riche but I don't know why. I'm beginning to wonder if I developing an eating disorder. It kind of runs in my family, my aunt has it, and my cousin had it. What should I do? I'm getting a little scared.
my aunt and cousin denyed ever having an eating disorder:(
Posted by Mel
Your the exact same as me, but its good that u want help, so talk about it with your aunt and your cousin and they will tell you everything :):)
Posted by Q
Yes, it sounds like you are developing an eating disorder. Get some help before it becomes too bad, and while you still are rational enough to realize you have one!
Posted by hope
Yes you have an eating disorder. You thoughts and behaviors are consistent with someone who suffers from an eating disorder.
You should be scared because what you are doing to your body and brain is very dangerous. 50,000 people die from an eating disorder every year.
No matter how thin you get you will never be happy. Eating disorders make you more miserable. The more malnourished you get the more depressed and anxious you become. You also have mood swings, poor memory, loss of concentration, irritability, irrational thoughts, and distorted perceptions. MRI studies show that people with eating disorders have less brain mass compared to normal people because the poor nutrition causes the brain to atrophy. You will also develop bone loss, hair loss, muscle loss (that includes your heart), and infertility.
The first thing you need to do is throw away the scale--Don't define yourself or your self worth by a number. The second thing you need to do is stop looking at pictures of people with eating disorders and stop comparing yourself to other people. Everyone is unique. The third thing you should do is get into therapy before this gets any worse. The longer you put off treatment the more difficult recovery becomes. You are missing out on life!
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