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I want to be really skinny and boney. I want to be anorexic.
I dont want all the downsides, like the bad teeth, being in a clinic being force fed, i just want to look anorexic.
I think that you can look/be skinny by normal things such as exercise and eating healthy, but do not become a bulemic or anorexic, I know you don't want the bad sides of it but there are not health benefits from it. A french girl who was so self concious about her weight became anorexic and saw the horrible thing she did to herself, she weighted slightly over 80 pounds. By the time she decided she wanted to change and become healthy it was too late for her and she died when she was 26 years old. I hope that you change your mind about wanting to be anorexic.
I don't want to sound patronizing or anything like that.
I'd just like to remind you: it is a mental illness. It really is a big deal and not something you can walk away from easily. I've been anorexic/bulimic for 4 years, from 14 to 18 and then slowly went better. And yes, there were times when I was very thin, but it's not an equilibrium anyone can keep.
You can't be than thin and stay like that. Either from that you get so skinny that you have to go to a hospital or you gain back everything you lost (or even more) and you feel disgusting. There is no avoiding the bad aspects:
- physically, you'll be weak (sometimes even too weak to even climb stairs), lanugo (a thin layer of dark hair) will grow everywhere on your body, your hair will fall or get really dull, you'll always be tired and fall asleep all the time, your teeth and gum will hurt, your nose will bleed all the time, your bones will hurt, your breath will go awful
- you'll hate yourself like you never believe you could, you'll deny yourself every pleasure and you'll try to control every aspect of your life, you'll draw away from everyone and will find it very difficult to speak to anyone, you'll start counting everything, you won't be able to be natural in public and you'll feel fake all the time, with everyone, you'll give more value to food (it'll occupy most of your thoughts) than to your friends or family, everytime you won't follow your plans, you'll break down and cry and hurt yourself, you'll be depressed everything you thought you were good in it will lose its value.
I'm not saying that because it happened to me (not everything in this list did). I was lucky enough to have my mother force me to see a psychologist from 15 to now. But in the hospital, this is how we all felt. Anorexia doesn't make you powerful, you just lose yourself in it. The effects on your mind are irreversible. You don't recover from anorexia. It scars you forever.
Of course, you can't really chose wether or not it'll affect you. But just think about one thing: would you rather look normal and be able to focus on something else than you wight (and get better once adolescence is over) or be a sick and sad girl sitting in a corner for what might be the rest of your life if you don't have the willpower or the energy to recover?
Another thing: looking sickly doesn't make anyone pretty or attractive.
This is not normal at all. You should want to strive for a fit and healthy appearance, not an appearance that will command surprise and shock from the people around you. An Anorexic look is highly undesirable for your social and sexual life as well.
Dont do it. Please please please please dont do it. Its not worth it. Thats all I can say.
No you don't want to. If you become anorexic you start getting characteristics of a man. You grow more hair all over your body and you can't have babies; it screws up your hormones and menstral cycle.
My friend who became anorexic in high school even had constipation issues and still has them even though she is in shape now and its been about 5 years since then.
I used to be anorexic when I was 19, I would eat like 10 crackers every 3 or four days. I did that for months, looking back I don't even know how I was able to go to work or walk. Sure it made me hella skinny, all my bones stuck out but it fucked me up, my hair became fragile and begain falling out, my face broke out, my skin was damn near see through and I became anemic. Now because of the anemia I have to eat every so many hours but I found that if I ate really healthy small meals, and worked out daily I could be very slender and toned. And working out has made me feel happier and healthy vs being scrawny and depressed.
you want to look like skeletor?
or do you perhaps just crave the attention that this would get you?
It's very common to want to look skinny almost to the point of anorexia. The amount of girls I'm friends with who have said this to me or shown signs of it is crazy! And I've definitely tried eating less if I want to look thinner at times. I think you need to try to understand how desperately you want to be skinny and if you would, like Avant-Garde said, rather die thin. Because there is no denying that anorexia can lead to serious health problems including death - although that's quite extreme. But the thing is, if you would rather die thin, then there might be a bigger problem that you're dealing with? My brother's girlfriend suffered from anorexia and he has told me how much it affects her whole life. Shes had depression, severe self esteem issues and can't really relate to anyone properly so their relationship suffers quite a lot because of it (and its so sad cause shes so stunning!! inside and out). Shes not happy. Lots of anorexic people (according to books I've read and what people have told me) will often feel imperfect in some aspect of their life and so they become anorexic because it's something they can control - like say they might be bad at school but they look good so it's like they're trying to make up for it in that way. The thing is it becomes like an addiction and you're never satisfied. I suggest you read a book on anorexia, to help you understand why you feel this way :) I hope I could help !
There is no such thing as being anorexic without the downsides. It's all downsides! I went to school with someone that had it and she nearly died, they have her a 5% chance to live. It's really sad
I kind of get what your saying! I want to be anorexic or even bulemic - anything to be skinny!
It's normal.
I have it, but I feel like I'm nowhere near perfection....
You want to look anorexic, I really don't blame you...
Some might call you a wannarexic. But I don't really think this is the case. Unfortunately, the "bad side effects" will kick in at some point. I don't want to think that I could die from it or became psychically ill. But if I died, I rather die thin...
It is dangerous. So be careful! I don't think you know what it is really like, but maybe I don't know either.... Just be careful. I started out a similar way, I wanted to look like the celebrities. Then, it slowly started creeping in and manifesting. It's not fun when people get the wrong end of the stick and start getting angry with you and forcing you to eat. It doesn't solve anything. It may push it deep down, but it's still there waiting for a chance to strike.... I'm now in a bit of a "relapse".
If you keep thinking like this "ana" may start developing. If it ever does kick in, make sure you try to eat healthy things...