Boney girl

I know this is gonna sound bad, but the ONLY time I'm happy with myself is when I'm super skinny. I love seeing my bones sticking out. I've been battling anorexia for years. When ?I gain weight, I am EXTREMELY unhappy with my body and want to die. But when I'm "too thin" I am so happy and think I look great. Is this normal?

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18% Normal
Based on 98 votes (18 yes)
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Comments ( 16 )
  • Ember

    Anorexia is a psychological disorder, thus it is considered abnormal.

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  • Nokiot9

    I don't get this about girls. If a guy says u look fat and it gives u a complex, or they say u look good when you've been purging and binging (reinforcing the bad habits) why doesn't it work the other way? Like when someone's says you look sick and dying because you are so skinny or they say you looked so much prettier before? Wouldn't that make you wanna eat more? Or is that the inherent danger itself? Being so vulnerable to what others think? Or just having low self worth and image in General?

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  • robbieforgotpw

    I stay pretty thin with all the dumps I take

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  • cynderella

    Normally, an anorexic would find this normal.

    To me, extremely thin is deadly, and no matter what you think of how strong you are.: You will die.

    You're not going to be pretty, and make up won't cover up all your flaws.

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  • Avant-Garde

    Shit! I accidentally hit "No". Scratch that out and mentally add a "Yes". I get where you're coming from on this:)

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  • stephaybabe

    ofocurse its normal i love seeing my rib cage. my bf says im crazy lmao and should eat more but nah i think its awesome!

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  • LuLu99

    Well you said youve been "batteling it for years" so thwn you know its not normal? If youve been batteling it i guess youve been diagnosed? So you know this is a mental illness and its not normal, you dot need public reasurrment of this

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  • VirtualMannequin

    you just answered your own question. You have low self-esteem and a skewed body image. I suggest going back to a therapist ASAP before the problem gets worse.

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  • kindnessnlove

    He made you feel bad about yourself because he could tell that you would let him. You can't trust him so you don't really know how he felt about your weight.

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  • Sarcasm70

    You said you suffer from anorexia. So you have a distorted image of yourself. You%%u2019re hurting yourself emotionally and physically. There%%u2019s only so much a body can endure. You should see a specialist or either enter a group therapy. It would do you good. It%%u2019s no life what you must go through every day. Take care. ;o)

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  • thundercat

    Of course it isn't, beginning because the normal thing is to want to be liked by others and not by oneself. And I can tell you that any real man, with healthy instincts, prefer plumpy ones to skinny ones every time.

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    • Really? I was once with a guy who only liked skinny chicks. He often made me feel bad about myself.

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  • myplanet

    Just because you feel good about something doesn't mean it's healthy for you. Don't let your feelings over-ride your common-sense.

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  • rina123

    um all i gotta say is a lot, in fact most all people would think that you wud look A LOT better with some weight on you!

    take lindsay lohan for example, i used to think she was soooooo beautiful, until she got all skinny. at that point i wasnt really a fan any more and neither were a lot of other people, she just looked gross and healthy

    but i wish the best of luck to you :]
    and im sure u look pretty now, but i think a lot of people would think you look beautiful with a litle weight on you XD

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  • guys dont like skinny chicks, no one does. im very skinny!!! but its because i have high metabolisam(i cant spell) i weigh 8 stone so im not underwieght, just really skinny, and i eat more than 3000 calories a day, im gonna be like a blimp when im older!

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    • VirtualMannequin

      It's not that nobody likes skinny girls.
      Nobody likes skinny girls who are obsessed with their weight... or really any woman who is obsessed with their weight. Beating anorexia is about being healthy, not filling out. Just like beating obesity is about being healthy and not being thin.

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