Technically, by DSM standards you do have to be underweight, or else your disorder is classified as EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). I think the standard ought to be changed, actually, because right now, too many people aren't getting diagnosed until they're already very sick. Also, for me, it makes being thin enough to be diagnosed as anorexic a sort of goal, because a diagnosis of anorexia would feel more validating than being diagnosed with bulimia (with anorexic behaviours) or EDNOS.
Can you be anorexic and fat?
← View full post
Technically, by DSM standards you do have to be underweight, or else your disorder is classified as EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). I think the standard ought to be changed, actually, because right now, too many people aren't getting diagnosed until they're already very sick. Also, for me, it makes being thin enough to be diagnosed as anorexic a sort of goal, because a diagnosis of anorexia would feel more validating than being diagnosed with bulimia (with anorexic behaviours) or EDNOS.