You can't just make yourself have an eating disorder. People with eating disorders didn't just wake up one day and think, "Hmmm I do believe that today is the day I will develop an eating disorder!" It is a psychological disorder. The thoughts and emotions that go along with having anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and even binge eating disorder or compulsive overeating are distorted and cause the sufferer immense emotional turmoil. Google eating disorders and read the personal stories of people that suffer through every day of their lives with these disorders and you will see how much pain they are in. It's not only about weight loss for them, it takes over their whole lives. Wanting to lose weight is not bad, but saying you want an eating disorder is insulting to those that suffer. I'm not trying to attack you and make you feel bad. I just urge you to educate yourself on the severity of what having an eating disorder is truly like so that you don't unknowingly insult the people that suffer with it every day. It's not at all glamorous like the media portrays it to be.
Is it normal to want a eating disorder ?
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You can't just make yourself have an eating disorder. People with eating disorders didn't just wake up one day and think, "Hmmm I do believe that today is the day I will develop an eating disorder!" It is a psychological disorder. The thoughts and emotions that go along with having anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and even binge eating disorder or compulsive overeating are distorted and cause the sufferer immense emotional turmoil. Google eating disorders and read the personal stories of people that suffer through every day of their lives with these disorders and you will see how much pain they are in. It's not only about weight loss for them, it takes over their whole lives. Wanting to lose weight is not bad, but saying you want an eating disorder is insulting to those that suffer. I'm not trying to attack you and make you feel bad. I just urge you to educate yourself on the severity of what having an eating disorder is truly like so that you don't unknowingly insult the people that suffer with it every day. It's not at all glamorous like the media portrays it to be.