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When I first started experiencing anorexia, it was to control a binge eating disorder. I had become almost 200 pounds and completely disgusted with my body. Not only was I struggling with a weight issue, I was also struggling with other emotional problems that caused me to feel as if I was not worth anything at all...I was single, not attractive, and practically as bland as could be. Then, I realized I could control my eating by not eating at all. It was the only thing I could control in my life. When I dropped 85 pounds in less than 5 months, I realized I had finally reached the place I wanted to be...skinny...thin...beautiful. My parents quickly caught on and surprised me with a visit to a nutritionist, who told me I would kill myself if i continued to abuse my body. Now, I'm married and expecting a baby. This website helps me continue to pursue my goals for being thin. It may sound crazy, but I love myself more than I ever did before...and will keep loving myself, pro ana.
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I never asked for an eating disorder, in fact, I didn't know I had one until my friend told me she was scared of what I'd done to myself. I just wanted to be skinny. I saw other girls, and I found myself trying to guess how much they weighed. It made me sick, but when I thought about how I looked better than them, I felt better. I wanted the flat stomach, I wanted the small thighs, and I got them. Nobody else saw the struggle I was going through for what it was, a fight to be beautiful. I'm so glad that I found a place where people not only understand what I'm going through, but can help me recover. I feel so strong when I see the number on the scale drop day after day, but somewhere in the back of my mind, I know it's not healthy, and one day I'll have to get over it... and I'll have a place where I can do that.
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fat,cutter and a person who cant sleep. a person who crys behinds her happy mask in front of her family because if i show any saddness they would pressure me somehow i wouldnt want them near me either way. in this website i belong cus theres people that can relate.right?
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sadly but surely, when i am dieting it is the only time i feel good about myself. not that i dont have alot to be thankfull for, but i plead guilty to the fact that i like to be under the ideal weight of a "normal" person. i just think it looks fat and fat is gross to me. do i want to change? sure. but can i give up this part of me that makes me happy even if its hurting me...i dont think i can. im just glad im not alone. lately everyone seems to think i am crazy. my friends are nearly gone. i do nothing but think about food and how to hide my eating habits. i wish ppl would just let me be me. id rather live this lie than give up this part of me that is so meaningful to my happiness in life.
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I watch my best friend SHOVE HER FACE. In whatever she wants to eat. I STARVE and cut calories and try so hard. And today someone was complimenting her on her tiny waist. Why? Just when I start to feel good about myself...does anybody else have this problem?
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ED made me do so many stupid things.. It helped me to push people away, cut myself so that I eventually had lost almost 50% percent of my blood and therefore got hospitalized etc..
I hate my life, because it is so sick, weird and nowhere near understandable! I don't know why I am like this.. Maybe it is because of the abuse from my stepfather, the bullying in middle school or simply just because I am different..
ED and I have a long story together, but for now it is an on/off relationship.. I hope someday I will be clean from all of this..
Thank you PT for supporting me and letting me know that I am not alone. It sure helps to know that someone else knows exactly how I feel! .
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I am so thankful for this site. I know a lot of people would think that it is damaging because it validates my eating disorder, but it keeps me safe from myself. On a couple of occasions I have been close to self harming or killing myself and the girls here have brought me back. It's an amazing support, and it's a great feeling to know that I don't have to hide my problem from everyone, and that there are some people out there that are in exactly the same place I am.
Without PT there wouldn't likely be a safe place like this for us. I am so thankful there is.
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I feel so alone, like I dont fit in anywhere. I have so much time on my hands but no confidence to do anything with it. I just dont know what to do. I dont have anyone i wasnt to call and speak to but i want to speak to people cause im sick of my own company but when the some one does want to meet up I can never find anything nice to wear that i feel nice in. Ill change outfits a million times and end up just saying i dont feel well or something as i dont want to go out looking like a big fat idiot with loads of pretty thin perfect people who make the right jokes and make everyone laugh and happy while id jsut be sat thinking of how shit i feel. I hate the self indulgence aspect of it. I just dont know how to get out of the trap. Im trying to make my body better so my confindence will rise and then maybe i will be able to just relax and have fun. Im not 'fat' as in obese im a 8/10 size clothes but i just dont feel happy in any of them and feel huge. Im not sure what to do.
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I feel so alone, like I dont fit in anywhere. I have so much time on my hands but no confidence to do anything with it. I just dont know what to do. I dont have anyone i wasnt to call and speak to but i want to speak to people cause im sick of my own company but when the some one does want to meet up I can never find anything nice to wear that i feel nice in. Ill change outfits a million times and end up just saying i dont feel well or something as i dont want to go out looking like a big fat idiot with loads of pretty thin perfect people who make the right jokes and make everyone laugh and happy while id jsut be sat thinking of how shit i feel. I hate the self indulgence aspect of it. I just dont know how to get out of the trap. Im trying to make my body better so my confindence will rise and then maybe i will be able to just relax and have fun. Im not 'fat' as in obese im a 8/10 size clothes but i just dont feel happy in any of them and feel huge. Im not sure what to do.
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i don't really know the way i ended up here writing this stuff that i don't really know what i really wanted to say , i am just so happy to see people being happy ,
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