I don't understand why anorexics do that to themselves..?!


Question: I don't understand why anorexics do that to themselves!.!.!?
i Saw a programme about a girl who was lying in hospital nearly dying, and her parents and the doctors where trying for hours to get her to eat, and she wouldn't even touch a piece of lettuce!.Then they realised she was dying there and then so they had to force feed her and put stuff into a tube!. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF!? I know it's a mental problem and everything and that unless I experience it i'll never understand, but i want to at least try, It makes me sad and angry that people do this to themselves, when the majority of them are better off than most of the worlds people!. The girl was 5!.5 and 4 stone or something ridiculous!.!.!.How can anyone think that is attractive!?!!?!Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Anorxics have body dysmorphic disorder!.!.!. They see fat in the mirror, when they aren't!.
They are NEVER happy with their body weight, no matter how low!.
It's not always about being skinny - it's the fear of becoming fat!.
Sometimes they feel they would be better off dead than worrying about food all the time and constantly being cold and tired with little or no concentration!.!.!.
Most anorexics don't know that they have anorexia until it's too late, because they feel their behaviour is normal!.
It's also about control, because anorexics are usually perfectionists!. They NEED to feel in control about everything

Yeah!. I think you're right, you wouldn't understand it unless you have/ had it!.
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Hope I helped you try to understand!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

There are two groups of anorexics, one group that really have a mental disorder and cannot help what they are doing, the Second is the group who somehow think it is cool and attractive to be anorexic!. It isn't of course and I agree it is very worrying and disturbing!.

No, I have to disagree with the first poster, Anorexia is a mental disorder, it isn't just a case of someone wanting to look good, it of course runs deeper than that with psychological problems!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It's great you're trying to understand, but you never fully will if you haven't had an eating disorder!.

Anorexia is about control; the need to lose weight is more a symptom than the actual illness!.

Bulimia is wanting to fill a void using food, then feeling guilty and out of control, so they purge!.


People with anorexia and bulimia also have a very distorted view of themselves, so while you could see an emaciated, dying girl, she could see someone hideously fat!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

They're ill!.
If you saw somebody in ITU, unconscious and all wired up after suffering a serious heart attack you don't say 'why are they doing that to themselves!?'!.
Mental illness is just the same as physical illness - it happens, and the person has to get treatment and learn to manage the symptoms, a process we call recovery!. They need help, support and understanding!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Anorexics believe they are fat (which is why its a mental disorder) when they arent, and they just want to loose weight to feel better!. The believe when They dont eat they're superior, and better than you because they can survive without food!.(they cant really)

Also, stupidly people tell them they look great usually!. So they just loose more and more!.

NEVER TELL A SKINNY PERSON THEY LOOK GREAT!.

You are not ignorant!. I understand :( I dont think ribs showing is attractive at all, I think im attractive :)Www@Answer-Health@Com

their minds tell them they are fat!. you see them as these little twig ppl!. they see fat!. i had a friend that went blind because of it!. she was 5'4" and weighed about 50 lbs!. scary!. but they need to go to an impatient treatment program to get real help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Their mind isn't wired the way yours and mine are!. I don't know if they are born that way or made that way but for them, one plus one equals a sack of potatoes and there's just no other possible, rational answer!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

its not because of our looks we can control what we eat and what we do b/c we have no other control in our lives except food and me when i was i felt strong like nothing could stop me and no one could tell me what to do!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

Is this a problem for you!? If not then just let it go and be grateful!. Knowing their psychological motivation won't add anything of bentfit to you!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

well it is a mental disorder and mostly not even about food, but other demons they are fighting and anorexia is just a way of taking control!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

It's a condition or a fear of foods kinda phobia!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

I have an eat disorder which I maintain now but before I got help I was a size 00 which is hard to come by and I thought was the hottest thing walking because I was skinnier than just about every model and actress and when I looked back at those pics I looked a mess!. I went to the hospital because I almost died and my 2yr!. old said mom you should eat because you look dora the explorer and I realized that being skinny wasn't that important, I still hate to eat but I do it for my kids and I stay away for skinny chics that say am I fat no thank you I surround myself with healthy ppl who love themselves fat or thin!. You can't understand something that you haven't lived sweetie :-/Www@Answer-Health@Com

It's an obsessive compulsive thing!. The anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a fat person, and decides not to eat!. Of course, is isn't a fat person in the mirror, it's someone who is skin and bone - but they don't see that!. It's not that they think being skeletal is attractive, they don't in fact believe they are skeletal!. They believe they are fat!.

And it is related to control issues also!. Can I make myself be this way!? It gets to such a point that they can't do anything else!. It's like going down a path, but a path that's sunk so low in the earth that they can't see what's around the path, and can't climb out, the only way is forward!.

Many people have a predilection for some kind of obsessive compulsive behaviour that has the control element, and in some cases it is manifested in cutting, bulimia, addictions !.!.!.!. and it is triggered by some kind of emotional trauma!. You do hear of girls who suffered some kind of abuse getting caught in anorexia, but abuse is by no means the only cause!.

I suppose you could compare it to to separate wires with separate functions getting caught in each other and interfering with each other's function !.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Anorexics that have it as bad as you describe have control issues and issues with feeling their value!. It usually stems from some emotional distress in their life which they feel they have no control over so they control their food!. Controlling their food and getting that skinny is also a way to control others around them!. They usually have body dimorphic disorder too!. Regardless of how horribly skinny they are they still think they look fat or normal!. I know this because in my own head I didn't look any different at 98lbs as I do now at 130lbs (I'm 5'7")!. They also usually feel like they are disappointing to all those around them and don't deserve to eat or they use food as a reward not necessity!. Eating wasn't a matter of survival but whether or not I preformed well on certain tasks!. I could only eat if I finished my essay then did this or that!. Inevitably I never would get around to eating because you find some other task to accomplish before you eat!. And another theory is that some people don't digest food well and so if it hurts to be full or eat you learn to avoid what hurts you!. I had stomach problems for most my life and it was easier to deal with hunger than how I felt after I ate!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

for most anorexics it's nothing to do with wanting to look good/thin!.
for me and for alot of people it's all about control!.
i couldn't control my life situation, but i could control my weight/food!.
alot of anorexics use food/weight to deal with there problems!.
such as concentrating on thier weight rather than dealing with thier problems!.
it's a mental disorder that makes you scared to gain weight, you will do anything to lose weight and stay as thin as possible!.
some because seriously terrified of eating, so much so they stop eating completely!.

you're right that it is very hard for someone to understand unless they've had anorexia!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

it starts off with people just wanting to be thin to look good, but when they start to loose loads of wieght, and get complimented alot they feel rewarded so they want to loose more weight but are terrified of putting it back on, so they don't eat because they fear that if they eat they will gain weight!. they do realise they've got a problem but they just can't bring themselves to eat because if they do they feel so much anxiety and guilt about it!. its a mental disorder, and after a while the anorexia actually controls the person!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

I'm not trying to offend anyone, but basically anorexics only care about their looks, they don't want anyone to make fun of them if they a bit of fat on them and everything!. They would do anything just to lose weight, thinking having no fat and looking like a skeleton would be attractive!. Www@Answer-Health@Com





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