From ray*ray, Age 13 - 04/27/04 - IP#: 66.67.111.xxx Click here to reply
Ok a lot of people on here are posting things like "I'm going Anorexic for a couple days to lose a few pounds..." or "I tried going Anorexic but it didn't work." YOU CANNOT DECIDE TO BE ANOREXIC. You can't just say one day "Oh, I'm going anorexic today." It just doesn't work like that. Anorexia is a complex disease in which the person is suffering not only physically but mentally also. I don't know anyone personally with Anorexia but I've heard that people suffering from Anorexia usually are Depressed to. Saying that you're going to go Anorexic is like saying that you've decided to get Cancer...its not something you can decide...so everyone stop saying that you've decided to be anorexic!!! ~!~*ray*ray*~!~
Reply from anne, Age 17 - 04/29/04 - IP#: 216.66.107.xxx actually- the person who is becoming anorexic is the one who is taking those first steps to anorexia. it could possibly be stopped if they would go there in the first place, but usually anorexic people really don't see themselves as starving themselves- it's more about control over your body...
Reply from allie, Age 15 - 04/29/04 - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx NO. okay no people. I have a LOT of backround with anorexia. And some people may think that its a disease that u can't decide on, and others say otherwise. There both rght. I personally was anorexic because i was depressed and not eating and exercising was my way to work through depression. not a good way yes i know. My best friend was also anorexic. And she became anorexic because she saw that by me not eating i lost a lot of weight. She wanted that to...so yes she decided to become anorexic. and of course after it was serious enough to where her family and friends noticed...by then it was a mental disease, because she couldnt stop. she thought she was on a role with her fasting and exercising. so yes and no. it can be decided. dont judge if you dont no.
Reply from Selbia, Age 11 - 04/27/04 - IP#: 68.107.148.xxx OK my best friend is anorexic and you're both wrong. I want you both to email me at graywolf813@aol.com so i can tell you why.
Reply from Claudia, Age 14 - 04/27/04 - IP#: 24.67.253.xxx Ya you know youre right. And anorexic people go through alot, if you just decide like that and have to work like that to convince yourself to do it to lose weihgt for a day or week or whatever... youre not anorexic!!!! I hate it when ppl say im gonna be anorexic... its a disease!! Anorexic people get to the point where they just can't control it they don't say I wanna eat but I think I'm gonna just wait another day to lose more weight or something... they wanta eat... but they cant! ppl dont get that its a disease and it affects the people who have it in a way that they almost sometimes dont even seem to own their body anymore in the way that they can decide whether to eat or not... i knew a girl that was actually anorexic, she was friends with one of my friends and she just couldnt help it, she was sick... its a disease people!!!! That's a really good way of putting it... it could be like saying you choose to have cancer... of course it could start off with you wanting to be anorexic and eventually actually lead to it... but still, its a disease so people think before you talk okay, say youre gonna fast or something, dont say youre gonna b anorexic. Youd never want to be anorexic! youd never even get to enjoy losing the weight because you would be so sick, and thats what you wanna do it for in the first place, to lose weight. It's not worth it saying that or anything,a dn its a disease people you got 2 understand that.
Reply from chelsea, Age 15 - 04/27/04 - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx i agree completely. Anorexia is totally with in the mind...its not something you can choose to have. I had anorexia for 4-5 years and it was terrible. I thought I was fat and I wasn't. I didn't realize i was giving up everything in life..friends..school..all that. All I worried about was what I put in my mouth and how much I weighed..or what size pants I fit in. I didn't even know I had it until I was hospitalized for nearly dying. I get really annoyed when People come on here talking about anorexia and how they want to go..or try it.. It just doesnt work like that. I'm overweight now because after I was out of the hospital I became really really depressed..more then I already was and I ate and ate and ate..now I'm 145.5.. I went from 85 to 145.5..and My goal weight is 115. I just wish ppl could stop talking about it cuz I'm trying to put it in the past..if you want to become anorexic then you are soo stupid because its not just about being skinny..its like a different world..a horrible life. It's not a diet or a fast. It took me 5 years to get over my eating disorder and to tell you the truth..I'm still struggling with the thoughts of anorexia ..so please stop talking about it unless your trying to stop it. thanks everyone who is not supporting it!! really. I want it to stop..but i guess it never will.
Reply from me!, Age 12 - 04/27/04 - IP#: 65.69.58.xxx are anerexic ppl who don't eat AT ALL?? or just only like one thing a day or somethin?
