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November 28, 2007, 4:59 am PST

Sandy, Thanks

Sandy, Thank you for your heart felt reply. I divorced the wife beater and had to raise my child in fear he would find us. He’s dead now, thank god. I’m glad you are no longer with the man that beat you. We deserve so much more. Are you with someone now? What does your diet n exercise program look like?

 
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November 29, 2007, 5:05 pm PST

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Sandy, Thank you for your heart felt reply. I divorced the wife beater and had to raise my child in fear he would find us. Hes dead now, thank god. Im glad you are no longer with the man that beat you. We deserve so much more. Are you with someone now? What does your diet n exercise program look like?

I am not with a man now.  Sometimes I am but he lies, my exercize:  I drink and just do things to keep my mind off things.

 
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November 29, 2007, 5:10 pm PST

why must i weigh 100?

so i went to the doctor for a sinus infection and apparently i have lost two pounds since august putting me at eighty eight pounds. both the nurse and the doctor told me if i lost any more weight they would be sending me to  a nurtritionist because i'm obviously am not eating enough to stay healthy and that i am underweight for my heighth. I am four feet nine so whatS wrong with me being under 100 pounds? heck before i had my daughter i weighed anywhere from eighty to eighty five pounds. i don't see what the big deal is anyone else having the same problem?
 
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November 29, 2007, 11:02 pm PST

Anorexia

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so i went to the doctor for a sinus infection and apparently i have lost two pounds since august putting me at eighty eight pounds. both the nurse and the doctor told me if i lost any more weight they would be sending me to  a nurtritionist because i'm obviously am not eating enough to stay healthy and that i am underweight for my heighth. I am four feet nine so whatS wrong with me being under 100 pounds? heck before i had my daughter i weighed anywhere from eighty to eighty five pounds. i don't see what the big deal is anyone else having the same problem?
 girl i'm 28yrs old 5ft tall and i never hit 100lbs. i weighed in at 88lbs a few months ago but it was because i was partying way too much and since i quit i gained 9lbs and i feel better about myself now because i look healthier. everyone was saying that i looked sick before. for your height i would think that you may be a few pounds underweight but i'm no doctor.  i don't  think that you should weigh 100lbs. just my opinion hope it helps. take care luv, Geji
 
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November 30, 2007, 6:18 am PST

Anorexia

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so i went to the doctor for a sinus infection and apparently i have lost two pounds since august putting me at eighty eight pounds. both the nurse and the doctor told me if i lost any more weight they would be sending me to  a nurtritionist because i'm obviously am not eating enough to stay healthy and that i am underweight for my heighth. I am four feet nine so whatS wrong with me being under 100 pounds? heck before i had my daughter i weighed anywhere from eighty to eighty five pounds. i don't see what the big deal is anyone else having the same problem?

I thing going to a nutritionist is a good idea. If you follow the nutritionist’s food plan it won’t mater how much you weigh. 100 pounds sounds good but not eighty eight pounds. JMO

 
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November 30, 2007, 2:57 pm PST

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I've always been considered "underweight." I was happy with how I looked and always felt that I was beautiful because thats what some people told me. My younger brother started developing an eating disorder (anorexia) almosy 3 years ago. Last year, he also developed bullima. He just turned 16 and is now doing somewhat better. Almost a year after he became anorexic, which was my freshman or sophmore year of high school, I started noticing my own weight and appearance. I started feeling fat and ugly. I cry when I go bathing suit shopping because I feel fat and that nothing looks right on me. Now, I am a freshman in college, I'm 18, and I'm constantly worried about my weight. I put on roughly 10 pounds since August and went from weight 103 to 114. I feel so fat and I don't even want to eat any of the food I used to liek to eat. I have a hard time finding clothes that fit and I'm always comparing myself to how I looked last year at 100 pounds. I don't really feel beautiful anymore.
Am i concnetrating on my own weight because of my brother's eating disorders? Or am I really starting to sink into what he has suffered from for years? I don't know how to let these feelings go. I don't ever think I could tell my parents that I think I might be this way.

I don't think you're becoming self conscious about your weight because your brother is anorexic and bulemic. I think you are probably focusing on your weight because your brothers situation is a major stressor in your life. They say that eating disorders are developed partially because the individual feels a certain lack of control in their lives. In your case it could be that you are unable to make your brother completely better. If you are a perfectionist, I can think of at least 10 other things that could be stressing you out in such a way as well. I think what you need to do is find out what your biggest stressors are, try confronting them and accepting them (thus, alleviating some of the stressful feeling), and if you still feel like you are developing an eating disorder, seek professional help.
Although it may be difficult to do at first, talking to your parents about this might be the answer to your problem, as they are going through the same stress that you feel in regards to your brother's issues. Knowing people feel the same way as you do, and having those people there as a support system, will definitely be beneficial.
 
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November 30, 2007, 6:37 pm PST

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Sandy, Thank you for your heart felt reply. I divorced the wife beater and had to raise my child in fear he would find us. Hes dead now, thank god. Im glad you are no longer with the man that beat you. We deserve so much more. Are you with someone now? What does your diet n exercise program look like?

What I meant was I met a guy that lovd me for the way I am. But I got him in a few lies.  So I feel like I am back at Square one,
 
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December 1, 2007, 7:12 pm PST

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Hey y'all. My names Tiffany, and Im 15 years young. I dont suffer from anorexia because techinally Im too fat too. which I agree with, but thats not the point. Ive been suffering from ED-NOS (eating disorders not otherwise specified) for over a year now, and im afraid to tell anyone. Mainly because Im afraid of their reactions and Im afraid that they are going to force recovery on me. And Im most certainly not ready to recover. I just dont know what to do. Or how to tell people I want help. A lot of people out there dont know how people with eating disorders think or feel. Heck, most of us dont even know how we think or feel... so im terrified of everyones reaction. I want to be happy, I want to live a good life, and I want to make a difference in this world. But on the other hand, I have an unexplainable desire to be thin, beautiful, and perfect. I dont know what to do anymore. This disorder is runing my life. Its lead me to self hate, and self mutilation. I want to tell someone, because I want to be happy. But it feels like I wont be happy until I am thin... and I will never be thin in my eyes. What do I do?
 
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December 7, 2007, 5:15 pm PST

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Hey y'all. My names Tiffany, and Im 15 years young. I dont suffer from anorexia because techinally Im too fat too. which I agree with, but thats not the point. Ive been suffering from ED-NOS (eating disorders not otherwise specified) for over a year now, and im afraid to tell anyone. Mainly because Im afraid of their reactions and Im afraid that they are going to force recovery on me. And Im most certainly not ready to recover. I just dont know what to do. Or how to tell people I want help. A lot of people out there dont know how people with eating disorders think or feel. Heck, most of us dont even know how we think or feel... so im terrified of everyones reaction. I want to be happy, I want to live a good life, and I want to make a difference in this world. But on the other hand, I have an unexplainable desire to be thin, beautiful, and perfect. I dont know what to do anymore. This disorder is runing my life. Its lead me to self hate, and self mutilation. I want to tell someone, because I want to be happy. But it feels like I wont be happy until I am thin... and I will never be thin in my eyes. What do I do?
Your are in the beginning stages of developing anorexia.  Usually full blown anorexia occurs in early adulthood late teens.  It usually starts with the obsessive desire and over preocupation to be thin.  I am sure you are picking one part of your body that look fat and overemphasizing that area.  It is a form of body dymorphic disorder.  What type of self mutilation are you engaging in? cutting, burning?  I wonder have you been sexually abused?  I think starving yourself is a form of self mutilation.  I think you need to go to a therapist who specializes in this type of issue.  There is a book called Self cutting that an expert writes about patients he helped and enlightens the reader with what trauma a person who self mutiliates has endured.  I think if you have a family friend or aunt or someone you are able to speek with you should go to them and tell them your feelings.  I would like to know what your family life is about because that is what is helpful to know to help you move into the correct direction to getting help.  My brother used to self mutilate by burning himself.  I know he was sexually abused by family members.  He too is over obsessed with his body and I think he engages in bulimic rituals to control his weight.  He has a form of body dysmorphic disorder.  So please if you feel comfortable please tell me about yourself.
 
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December 11, 2007, 3:35 pm PST

Anorexia

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Your are in the beginning stages of developing anorexia.  Usually full blown anorexia occurs in early adulthood late teens.  It usually starts with the obsessive desire and over preocupation to be thin.  I am sure you are picking one part of your body that look fat and overemphasizing that area.  It is a form of body dymorphic disorder.  What type of self mutilation are you engaging in? cutting, burning?  I wonder have you been sexually abused?  I think starving yourself is a form of self mutilation.  I think you need to go to a therapist who specializes in this type of issue.  There is a book called Self cutting that an expert writes about patients he helped and enlightens the reader with what trauma a person who self mutiliates has endured.  I think if you have a family friend or aunt or someone you are able to speek with you should go to them and tell them your feelings.  I would like to know what your family life is about because that is what is helpful to know to help you move into the correct direction to getting help.  My brother used to self mutilate by burning himself.  I know he was sexually abused by family members.  He too is over obsessed with his body and I think he engages in bulimic rituals to control his weight.  He has a form of body dysmorphic disorder.  So please if you feel comfortable please tell me about yourself.

Great. haha (sarcasim) its pretty much the same way you described it. I do tend to pick apart my  puggy stomach and my huge thighs more than i look at anything else as being fat. and im very obsessed with trying to make them thinner. Uhm, well usually I just cut myself... but i've burnt myself 2 times, and punched myself so hard that its resulted in major brusing.

 

And... about the sexual abuse thing, i've never told anyone this before, because im embarrassed by it. and when i say never told anyone... i mean anyone. including my parents, but when i was four my cousin told me we were going to play a new game... and being the fun loving four year old that i was I jumped with joy at the excietment of a new game. He told me that to play we both had to take all of our clothes off and get in bed together. =/ Then im sure you can imagine everything else that happened.

 

Trust me, i have no family member i can talk to. The only one i could talk to was my nana, and she passed away in June. And i mean, i could talk to my best friend, but i know how eating disorders and self mutilation pull people away from their friends, and i dont want that to happen. I need all the friends i can get. I guess i could talk to my youth pastor. maybe. if i could some how find the courage to.

 

You said that you think i need to go to a therapist who specializes in this type of issue, i would. but that would mean telling my parents. and this is my secert. its a secret that runs my life, but still its my secert. I cant tell them. They wouldnt understand. They dont understand anything i do. Plus, I really dont think we have the money to send me to a therapis. Besides. Although this is going to sound really really weird, Im terrified of therapists. =/ They just creep me out. They seem to calm and rational about everything. And they always want to know how your feeling. My phobia probably stems from the fact that i dont think anyone cares, and if you have to pay someone to listen to you... you know they dont really care. They are just pretending to listen and give advice so that they get their money. (which is probably totally inaccurate, butttttt its they way i think.)

 

I really dont think you want to know about my family life. Its not a good one. And it really pains me to talk about. But, I guess I'll let you know. i mean after all, its always easier to tell someone about your problems who you dont know! =D Well, lets see to start off with my biological father left me before i was born. He wanted nothing to do with me and because my mother refused abortion he left her and wished death upon me. i've since tried to contact him, and he told me to die and go to hell. then my adoptive father has had 5 affairs on my mother. yes... 5. with 5 different women. and hes mentally abusive. Hes not physically abusive, well he use to hit us when we did bad things, like spankings, but he hasnt for a few years.  Hes at work all the time. but thats okay with me, considering he yells a lot and tells me he hates me and that im a screw up. then my mom. shes just dumb. she stays with my dad even after 5 affairs. the only real reason as to why i can think of is because she is disabled and cant work. so i do all the work around the house. i clean, i do dishes, i cook, i do laundry, and i watch my sister while she goes to gamble. every day... every single day... my mom and my dad fight. they threaten divorce everyday. last week my mom kicked my and when i got back from church that night, he was back in the house. oh thats another thing. im a very strong Christian and my parents are both athiest. which for some reason everyone finds soooo weird. so they are constently on my back about how stupid i am for believing there is a higher power and that he saved me and that one day im gonna go to heaven and live happily for eternity. oh, and if i ever do anything wrong im called things like b*tch and dumb @$$ and stuff like that. yea. my family life pretty much sucks.

 
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