Do I have an eating diorder? I eat a small, low calorie *vegetarian* dinner (and occasionally throw it up), but i skip breakfast and lunch. I feel fat and gross, but my friends are always telling me to eat. Sometimes I eat for their benefit, and then throw up. Also, im about 10 pounds-15 underweight, according to the calculador (5 feet tall, 93 lbs). But i look grossly obese. I think that all I'm doing is trying to keep thin, but my friends have nicknamed me hanorexic.
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10/15/08 2:20pm
Hello Lilherbivore17,
This is not the place to diagnose a condition. However your friends are right to want you to eat more and not throw it up. They shouldnt call you hanorexic, your condition sounds like bulimia. It is very serious and yes it an eating disorder. However it can be helped and if you do the right things you can be any weight or sexyness you want. The first thing you need to do is go to the doctors office and tell them everything. Dont leave anything out. Also you need to make sure your best freinds and family know about what you are going through. (even if you dont think they'll care, tell them anyways) But make sure you go to the doctors. They will direct you in all the right directions. You are not making this up in your head and eating disorders are diseases just like any other. They can be cured and you had no control over getting it in the first place. It wasnt your fault that you are the way you are but that doesnt mean you cant do something about it. But you must go see a doctor, they will know just what to do. And dont hide anything from your family or the doctor. They will help you feel better about the way you look.
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