Is it normal that i like being able to feel my bones?

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I've always been extremely insecure about my weight. I've never been overweight, but when I was growing up I was surrounded by girls who honest to god looked like models while I was a bit chubby and awkward. Ever since then, I always felt that as long as I could feel my ribs through my skin, everything would be fine (or at least could be worse).

I'm 20 now, I am doing much better with my self image and I am at a weight I feel comfortable at, but I still feel obsessed with being able to feel my bones. It calms me down. I trace over my ribs, make sure my hipbones jut out, feel my spine and the bones on my shoulders whenever I can... Is this weird?

Is It Normal?
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  • rayb12
    5 years ago | pl

    What's your BMI?

    Death is the thing to look out for here. Not being able to hold down water, being bed ridden.

    The slope downwards is FAST

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  • brookelexx
    5 years ago | pl

    depends... are you eating healthy? starving yourself? is it a potential eating disorder issue? if your body is happy and healthy, yeah sometimes you might feel your ribs. but anorexia is a huge risk and from what you’re describing, a possibility in your case.

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  • Dustyair
    5 years ago | pl

    I've never understood why skinny girls are called "models". They don't look very good at all, and then to call some of them "super models"? Please.....many look like concentration camp survivors. They distort them image of how women should view themselves in a very unhealthy way.

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  • RedDaisy
    5 years ago | pl

    yes i think you haven't fully recovered yet and you are enjoying too much being thin. I am just afraid that you may get an eating disorder and lose too much weight if you like so much touching your bones. If you don't get an eating disorder then it is completely normal and soon you will feel 100% safe that you can keep your new weight. Just remember it is not a bad thing if you eat something more one day, don't feel guilty about that. Just think about the huge progress that you made and about the fact that keeping your weight doesn't have anything to do with eating more one day or less another. It is a lifelong process. That means that you can indulge some times and not feel guilty, feeling guilty makes you feel fat and you will be fat again.

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  • DingusKhan
    5 years ago | pl

    Yes it normal! I feel my bone all the time! If you pretty I let you feel it too!!

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