I think i may be bulimic

Is it normal if I sometimes make myself puke when I eat too much ?
I don't do it very often; varies so twice a day to every two days. I just feel very fat when I really know I'm not... I just feel so guilty every time I eat, yet I love eating and hate making myself puke.

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  • UrbanArtLover

    This is very serious. Please get immediate help!

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  • theanswerisprobablynotnormal

    yeah you are pretty much trapped in a house of mirrors with no way out of your guilt and distorted body images besides REAL help like from doctors and self-esteem rebuilding people or support groups.

    it may not seem like a problem with doing it just a little bit, but eventually from puking enough, your stomach lining will get screwed up. your electrolytes will get off balanced and you'll be malnourished. you might even get a seizure from the binge and purge cycle and die.

    there's a book i read about a guy with bulimia if you're interested. it's called "nothing" by robin friedman

    good luck, hope you can recover

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  • activecatcow

    Go get help.

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  • RockWebcast

    Nope, not normal honey. Get yourself some professional help, soon.

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  • butterflygal

    Yes! You are Bulimic and are headed down a very dangerous road! You are not fat so just eat and don't worry about it. As long as you eating healthy foods you will be fine. But seriously, get help. Because the bulimia only gets worse from here kid, and the end result if you don't get help soon is either the hospital or dead.

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  • 21542893

    yes you probably are bulimic. tell someone and get help

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  • lisac1919

    i do that sometimes too...it started because i thought i ate too much...then i realised that i can eat as much as i want and just get rid of it. thats how my addiction to food came about. i started to eat anything and everything i wanted knowing that i could just puke it out.

    however i have gotten better and definatly dont do it as often. for me, it was because i loved food, not because i had bad self esteem issues, and it was nothing weird like some bulimics actually get high off the vomiting part or something. you just need to control yourself when eating and not binge...then you wont feel the need to puke. get your mind set when you start eating that you are not puking this out, you actually have to digest this so choose what you eat and how much you eat carefully.

    and btw, if i go for a while without puking i lose weight. also sometimes right after i would puke i would just want to eat again because i was hungry, and it would keep repeating...so i realised there is no point in doing it. as soon as i filled up completly the food just looked bad and i felt sick and the 'high' from eating just isnt as good as it seems. unfortunatly we rarely realise this until weve already eaten.

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  • bludeath13

    ohh me too, i used to feel guilty about throwing up the food.. like i used to think "man my parents buy me food with their own money and i just go and throw it up" but then i realized.. it has to come out sooner or later ahah so yea anyways you should stop for your own good. As you're probably already aware it's unhealthy. Try something different...like eating heathly then you won't feel so guilty

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  • penrose5833

    You are bulemic yes. And that's very bad you have an eating disorder and should get help. Plus making yourself sick makes you gain weight in the long run. And I knew a girl who did it after every meal and her body shut off basicly because she wasn't getting any nutrients and her hair started to fall out and she should have died. No she grows facial hair and I don't like her. Hahahah. Seriously that's a true story.

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  • im getting a bit sick of all these bulimics. i feel like its some sick sympathy thing and people are posting so they feel someone cares. "oh. gosh, im making myself barf, but i just need someone to specify that i do in fact have an issue"
    YES! PEOPLE ARE AWARE!

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    • LuLu99

      People who are open about it and telling everyone are the ones who like attention from it. But bulimia isnt some sympatht thing? Its a mental illness and. Disease, the ones who just do it to lose weight dont really have what i would call an eating disorder more like wantint one.

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  • HarpoonedAlaska

    no, not normal, but then again what is?
    get help, dont be afraid to ask, to tell someone you trust not to go blabbing
    there are serious, serious side effects of bullmia,
    the valve in your throat can errode after serious acid decay from vomitting too much, and when it erodes you wont be able to keep any food down
    your teeth will rot
    your hands will get scars
    you'll have serious vitamin deffcientcies
    you hair will start to fall out
    your face will be pudgy and constantly swoollen
    you'll gain weight ( most likely)
    your throat will have scratches
    you'll be in constant fatigue
    get help,i hope you havent been doing this for too long

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