Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic I don't get it Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post TheatreMinelli Posted at 4:23 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 How do you guys maintain your eating disorder (im not saying this because I want to follow your path) i'm just curious. I mean if I don't eat for a day I feel woozy and I can't do anything and I get all shaky and stuff. How do you go days with eating very little or not at all and manage to carry out day to day life.

Replies TheatreMinelli Posted at 2:14 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from Helios at 1:46 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Its like with a drug addict, Do you think they enjoy stabbing themselves with needles...no it is the rush that comes with it. Normally anorexics do it in order to be skinny and that is there motivation. For bulimics losing weight is a motivation as is the fact that when you vomit youre body emits dopamine to help you feel better and done enough times can give you a high. Thats not really what I was asking. I was asking how they do not pass out and whether their body gets used to that little food, because If I don't eat of eat very little i get shaky and feel faint. Helios Posted at 5:46 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Its like with a drug addict, Do you think they enjoy stabbing themselves with needles...no it is the rush that comes with it. Normally anorexics do it in order to be skinny and that is there motivation. For bulimics losing weight is a motivation as is the fact that when you vomit youre body emits dopamine to help you feel better and done enough times can give you a high. amiee Posted at 5:28 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 eh. i don't have an eating disorder but i'm pretty much constantly on a diet. i suffer from headaches and general shittyness daily but it's something i just work through. i am hungry and i do get cravings, but i find ways to distract myself and keep busy, or i drink lots and lots of water. or i exercise. i feel the shitty physical effects of not eating a great deal but i see the physical effects too and that's nice. my body has also gotten used to what i'm putting into it now so it's not so bad, the worst is hunger. as i said, i haven't got an eating disorder, but i would imagine that it's not really about "maintaining" the disorder when it becomes a way of life that cannot be changed. i suppose it all depends on how much someone with an eating disorder is taking in. TheatreMinelli Posted at 5:12 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 1:09 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 4:32 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:30 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 4:29 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:27 am on Jan. 9, 2009 I've lost my appetite for, like, week-long periods of time. And I just have no desire to eat. I used to keep it up because I was insecure and stuff, but when I start not feeling well I eat more because I'm a reasonable person.    I figure it's something like that, but without the being reasonable part.     Because if I don't eat for a day like I feel super faint   But how did you function, like I said I get light headed if I don't have breakfast sometimes.   The want to be thin must override any sense of maintaining well-being.    Yeah but like don't you pass out? I don't know, that's around when I start eating normally. I watched a video in health about three years ago and the girl ate very very little and lost a ton of weight and exercised and stuff and eventually she passed out and had to be taken to the hospital. But I think that was a few months in. All I can do is speculate. Cily Posted at 5:09 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 4:32 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:30 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 4:29 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:27 am on Jan. 9, 2009 I've lost my appetite for, like, week-long periods of time. And I just have no desire to eat. I used to keep it up because I was insecure and stuff, but when I start not feeling well I eat more because I'm a reasonable person.       I figure it's something like that, but without the being reasonable part.   But how did you function, like I said I get light headed if I don't have breakfast sometimes.    The want to be thin must override any sense of maintaining well-being. Yeah but like don't you pass out? I don't know, that's around when I start eating normally. I watched a video in health about three years ago and the girl ate very very little and lost a ton of weight and exercised and stuff and eventually she passed out and had to be taken to the hospital. But I think that was a few months in. All I can do is speculate. anc8469 Posted at 4:50 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 I've gotten use to the feeling. I also like the feeling of being hungry it just makes me feel light. blufindr Posted at 4:44 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 11:33 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from blufindr at 12:32 am on Jan. 9, 2009 You ignore it after a while. I don't notice I'm hungry until my body makes a massive protest about it, and sometimes that doesn't happen for like a week.    (I do actually eat, but in very small, very few portions) Do you not get cravings and stuff though. I've reached that point where the thought of food makes me feel physically ill. TheatreMinelli Posted at 4:33 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from blufindr at 12:32 am on Jan. 9, 2009 You ignore it after a while. I don't notice I'm hungry until my body makes a massive protest about it, and sometimes that doesn't happen for like a week. (I do actually eat, but in very small, very few portions) Do you not get cravings and stuff though. blufindr Posted at 4:32 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 You ignore it after a while. I don't notice I'm hungry until my body makes a massive protest about it, and sometimes that doesn't happen for like a week. (I do actually eat, but in very small, very few portions) TheatreMinelli Posted at 4:32 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:30 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 4:29 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:27 am on Jan. 9, 2009 I've lost my appetite for, like, week-long periods of time. And I just have no desire to eat. I used to keep it up because I was insecure and stuff, but when I start not feeling well I eat more because I'm a reasonable person.   I figure it's something like that, but without the being reasonable part.    But how did you function, like I said I get light headed if I don't have breakfast sometimes. The want to be thin must override any sense of maintaining well-being. Yeah but like don't you pass out? Cily Posted at 4:30 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from theatreminelli at 4:29 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:27 am on Jan. 9, 2009 I've lost my appetite for, like, week-long periods of time. And I just have no desire to eat. I used to keep it up because I was insecure and stuff, but when I start not feeling well I eat more because I'm a reasonable person.    I figure it's something like that, but without the being reasonable part. But how did you function, like I said I get light headed if I don't have breakfast sometimes. The want to be thin must override any sense of maintaining well-being. TheatreMinelli Posted at 4:29 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Cily at 12:27 am on Jan. 9, 2009 I've lost my appetite for, like, week-long periods of time. And I just have no desire to eat. I used to keep it up because I was insecure and stuff, but when I start not feeling well I eat more because I'm a reasonable person. I figure it's something like that, but without the being reasonable part. But how did you function, like I said I get light headed if I don't have breakfast sometimes. xoximperfection Posted at 4:28 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 from personal experience, you dont really lose your appitite, you have this empty feeling. i love feeling empty Cily Posted at 4:27 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 I've lost my appetite for, like, week-long periods of time. And I just have no desire to eat. I used to keep it up because I was insecure and stuff, but when I start not feeling well I eat more because I'm a reasonable person. I figure it's something like that, but without the being reasonable part. TheatreMinelli Posted at 4:25 pm on Jan. 8, 2009 Quote: from Craziie at 12:24 am on Jan. 9, 2009 Hmm... its like feeling fed up with being fat. I know what anorexia IS, I just wonder how people function...also do you lose your appetite completely or are you just always hungry and ignore it. Most recent 15 of 17 previous replies displayed.