I'm losing a lot of weight. At the beginning of the year, I wanted to lose 5, maybe 10 pounds tops. But lately I've been eating more and more and more...

Is it possible to be anorexic without WANTING to be? I don't want to end up in a hospital. I really don't -_- And I've had self esteem issues my whole life and my sister has an eating disorder, but I never wanted to be anorexic.

Sometimes I thought that it would be a good idea to stop eating to lose some weight... And one time I got the flu and didn't eat for a couple of days and LOVED how I looked... but I've always known that not eating was not the answer.

I can see the ribs in my chest. Possibly because I'm not especially endowed, but... I don't know. I look sick. My family is worried about me and I'm worried too.

I won't say I'm not preoccupied with my weight. But I never INTENDED it to be like this. But I'm so scared and I don't know what to do. I'm starting to not like wearing certain clothes because you can see how skinny I am in my shoulders and upper body.

So, any advice? It's not like I'm starving myself- I'm just NEVER hungry. Yesterday I ate half of a cookie that I didn't want... and I was stuffed. I didn't have the desire to eat at all. But that seems very abnormal to me.

So if anyone knows of anything... please let me know. I don't want to go down THIS path.

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people are just people like you!

you can take pills that make you eat, thats kinda what i do. but i dont think i need them anymoar

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just don't let me down...

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yes, you can be anorexic without wanting to be. just like, people are shy when they dont want to be. i guess, its an anxiety related disorder.

you can take pills that make you eat, thats kinda what i do. but i dont think i need them anymoar

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that makes sense- i never thought of it that way. but its not happy news xD i just... i don't have an appetite. it's been going on for MONTHS. I used to love that i was losing weight. now it really scares me...

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people are just people like you!

Don't assume something so serious on yourself.

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No. An eating disorder isn't being about shy. Like that dumbass said. An eating disorder is equally mental and phsyical, it's about starving or purging to lose weight. If it's just falling off even though you continue to eat, then you might have a health problem, or maybe you're just thinning out naturally.

Don't assume something so serious on yourself.

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Thanks. Yeah, I don't WANT anorexia of course. I'm just not very well learned in the subject. I talked to my mom. She's leaving for five days soon, but when she gets back she'll take me to the doctor.
I'm healthy now, but if I continue to get sick just THINKING about food, then I'll get very unhealthy very fast.

thanks so much for the advice!

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people are just people like you!