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“We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a thing that women just do. We forget that it is a violent act, that it bespeaks a profound level of anger toward and fear of the self.”
– Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (via abattoirette)
SOURCE: The truth about eating disorders – Read entire story here.
In a recent study, females with eating disorders in late adolescence were more likely to have lower levels of educational attainment and personal income in early adulthood.
Binge Eating Disorder. It affects an estimated 2.8 million adults (our own co-founder Lynn Chen included) and is a more common eating disorder than anorexia and bulimia combined.Tennis Star Monica Seles is currently raising awareness about B.E.D.:…characterized by regularly eating far more food than most people would eat in a similar time period, with binges taking place on at least a weekly basis for three months. Adults with B.E.D. feel that their eating is out of control during a binge and find binges very upsetting, among other symptoms. B.E.D. is more than overeating and, unlike other eating disorders, people with B.E.D. don’t routinely try to “undo” their excessive eating with extreme actions like purging or over-
The blood is not what is abnormal, it is the purging behaviors. Our bodies are not meant to purge up the food we eat (unless it is a natural reaction to being sick or eating something that does not agree with our body). If you see blood while you are purging it may be a sign of a ruptured esophagus or other internal bleeding, especially since it is not bright red. The only advice I have for you is to stop purging and seeking professional help. If after two weeks you have purged enough to make yourself bleed, that is a significant problem. Purging in itself is a significant problem. Please seek the help you need. A professional can help you recover and discover a more adaptive