i usually am in a eat/purge period but somethimes I restrict and when I am in a restrictive period, I eat 20 kcal a day those periods always end in the hospital :/
Whatever people say, attitudes toward anorexia are ambivalent. The fact is that it requires considerable self-control, self-discipline, self-denial and obsessive single mindedness to maintain the kind of Calvinist lifestyle demanded by the illness. Those are all traits viewed positively in a society of abundance and constant temptations. Impulse control and intelligence are the two most important characteristics for success - anorexia, in a perverse way, is an expression of both.
No, I dont think you have to be diagnosed to be considered ill, You would still have a broken leg with or without seeing a doctor, its no different. Well it is but you know what i mean :). I have the opposite with people and food, i tend to binge then have to starve for days after
I can't believe you could manage a whole day eating only a chocolate bar. I don't think I would be able to sleep on such a starve diet.
Anyway, social anxiety is not a permanent disability. In essense it's a trust issue and a result of traumatic social experiences, like bullying. It's actually really common among teens, but most ppl grow out of it as they get older and more confident. Some ppl need only a year, while others might need 30 years.
@pite9 I know it's not, but I don't believe I ever had it in the first place. I dreaded social situations because they often come hand in hand with food and eating.
Sounds like we have a similar past with ed...I related to a lot of what you said and the whole "Can you be sick without being diagnoised" I think you can, Maybe someone won't meet the guidelines for it but when it comes to mental health, for example eating disorders, someone who makes themselves sick or starves themselves is clearly sick. something isn't right.
People with a cold can be sick but not go to the doctor and be told their sick. Doesn't change the symptoms or the illness in their life. It's not like be awarded with something.noone has to announce the pain that is in the daily life of a person with an E.D. for them to be true. In fact, the more people ignore it, and the more it's kept a secret, the more it thrives.Also, I hate how people use it to show off. It's not a medal! UGH! :) good luck in recovery, any ways. Sorry for my rant!
I am also anorexic but people keep saying that I am bulimic because I have times where my body urgently needs the calories and I start to binge and purge.
But that's also an anorexic bulimia because I mostly refuse food at all and it really hurts when people say I suffer from bulimia.
Because I worked hard to become an Anorexic (which is not sth you should be proud of) but I hate that nobody really cares about my feelings and don't know anything about ED, but still act like they would..
Your story is a lot like mine :( At first I restricted so well... even too well to the point that if I even happened to have a piece of bread one rare day... it would trigger a binge that would leave me so uncomfortable... after the first time I did that... it happened again about 2 weeks later.. the first time I ever tried to make myself sick for the point of "erasing" my binge.. after that I was hooked on purging on those odd occasions. Diagnosed with anorexia with bulimic tendencies.
I think that your videos are really helpfull. I am from Argentina, I love hearing from you and what you have to deal with in your life and trought your sickness. I am bulimic since I was 13, but I am recoverd thanks to god. But sometimes I have times that I am not so strong and I vomit, but it has really been helpfull listening to your videos.
The whole "not easy to purge thing" really hit home. I am diagnosed with bulimia and it's a living hell. It's kind of sad you had to go through all of that and not get a proper diagnosis. I love you videos, even though I have a completely separate problem. <3 Xxxx
I love your videos so much. It scares me thinking about how easily I could've ended up as ill as you. I slipped in to the same kind of habits during secondary school but thankfully, although my relationship with food still isn't great, I've never actually suffered from a serious eating disorder. You inspire me to try and stay as healthy and ''ordered'' as I can with regards to my relationship with food. Stay strong lovely you are doing so well. Love xxxx
I was diagnosed with social anxiety. I don't think you have it Charlotte. Like you said, it's not something you just go in and out of. I started having issues with food around the same time, entering middle school.
You are so wonderful to watch, honest.. just 10 minutes of hearing your story helps me remember that I'll be able to recover again.
It'd be really great if you accepted my video response and check it out, I'm hoping to get support from the eating disorder community here on youtube.
Hey I'm reading this book called, "You can heal your life" by Louise Hay.
I seriously recommend it, it has calmed me done so much! I even ate a muffin without feeling any guilt and I am very much in the anorexic stage. Although I am mentally getting better.
However, please trust me on this book, because I'm not a 'self-help book' believer really but this book I think, is slowly saving my life! I've downloaded it on my kindle :P xxxxxxx
Ahhh, your videos make me smile Charlotte! They're inspiration for when I get lost. We all need to remember that even the miserable parts of recovery are necessary challenges, and will make us stronger. Keep loving life m'dear! x
none of my family know, i'm exactly the same. i'm only like this because one person called me fat, they don't even know how they've ruined my life.
caiteex 1 week ago
How did you get out of eating breakfast and dinner at home with your family? like without them knowing about your eating disorder? xx
ThinspoMe 1 week ago
i usually am in a eat/purge period but somethimes I restrict and when I am in a restrictive period, I eat 20 kcal a day those periods always end in the hospital :/
lunatheawesomee 2 weeks ago
Charlotte, you are lovely and beautiful. Glad to have you as a fellow Eating Disorder survivor on YouTube. Love LouF xx
LouFederer 2 weeks ago
Whatever people say, attitudes toward anorexia are ambivalent. The fact is that it requires considerable self-control, self-discipline, self-denial and obsessive single mindedness to maintain the kind of Calvinist lifestyle demanded by the illness. Those are all traits viewed positively in a society of abundance and constant temptations. Impulse control and intelligence are the two most important characteristics for success - anorexia, in a perverse way, is an expression of both.
thisaccursedman 2 weeks ago
watching your videos is so refreshing to me. i can really relate to them. sending all my love and support to you, lovely charlotte ♥
ChaosInAGlassCage 3 weeks ago in playlist General ED Videos
No, I dont think you have to be diagnosed to be considered ill, You would still have a broken leg with or without seeing a doctor, its no different. Well it is but you know what i mean :). I have the opposite with people and food, i tend to binge then have to starve for days after
kayfaceisthebest 3 weeks ago
i really love watching your videos:)
awesomemirjam 3 weeks ago
I can't believe you could manage a whole day eating only a chocolate bar. I don't think I would be able to sleep on such a starve diet.
Anyway, social anxiety is not a permanent disability. In essense it's a trust issue and a result of traumatic social experiences, like bullying. It's actually really common among teens, but most ppl grow out of it as they get older and more confident. Some ppl need only a year, while others might need 30 years.
pite9 3 weeks ago
@pite9 I know it's not, but I don't believe I ever had it in the first place. I dreaded social situations because they often come hand in hand with food and eating.
magicalcharlotte 3 weeks ago
You are beautiful as always
Kursk431 3 weeks ago
Sounds like we have a similar past with ed...I related to a lot of what you said and the whole "Can you be sick without being diagnoised" I think you can, Maybe someone won't meet the guidelines for it but when it comes to mental health, for example eating disorders, someone who makes themselves sick or starves themselves is clearly sick. something isn't right.
srf5116 3 weeks ago
People with a cold can be sick but not go to the doctor and be told their sick. Doesn't change the symptoms or the illness in their life. It's not like be awarded with something.noone has to announce the pain that is in the daily life of a person with an E.D. for them to be true. In fact, the more people ignore it, and the more it's kept a secret, the more it thrives.Also, I hate how people use it to show off. It's not a medal! UGH! :) good luck in recovery, any ways. Sorry for my rant!
morikahjo 3 weeks ago
I was diagnosed as a purging anorexic. I mostly restrict, but there are times where I fall into a long episode of binging and purging.
killkrissiez 3 weeks ago
Can I meet you in person? You're so awesome :)
THINSPIREDANA 3 weeks ago
I love your videos :)
What are you wearing? It looks very pretty and so do you!
Jranunculus 3 weeks ago
@Jranunculus I'm wearing a blouse from Miss Selfridge, assuming it is my top you are referring to. And thank you! :)
magicalcharlotte 3 weeks ago
you are so beautiful O_O
thenameaintjim 3 weeks ago
I think you are so beautiful and love your English accent
Kursk431 3 weeks ago
I think you are soooo beautiful and love your English accent
Kursk431 3 weeks ago
I think you are soooooo beautiful and love your English accent
Kursk431 3 weeks ago
I am also anorexic but people keep saying that I am bulimic because I have times where my body urgently needs the calories and I start to binge and purge.
But that's also an anorexic bulimia because I mostly refuse food at all and it really hurts when people say I suffer from bulimia.
Because I worked hard to become an Anorexic (which is not sth you should be proud of) but I hate that nobody really cares about my feelings and don't know anything about ED, but still act like they would..
AikoKyoko 3 weeks ago
Your story is a lot like mine :( At first I restricted so well... even too well to the point that if I even happened to have a piece of bread one rare day... it would trigger a binge that would leave me so uncomfortable... after the first time I did that... it happened again about 2 weeks later.. the first time I ever tried to make myself sick for the point of "erasing" my binge.. after that I was hooked on purging on those odd occasions. Diagnosed with anorexia with bulimic tendencies.
GabriellerCouture 3 weeks ago
CAMHS tried to diagnose me with binge eating disorder too, such a far off diagnosis for my symptoms of self-starvation..
elysiansoul 3 weeks ago
I think that your videos are really helpfull. I am from Argentina, I love hearing from you and what you have to deal with in your life and trought your sickness. I am bulimic since I was 13, but I am recoverd thanks to god. But sometimes I have times that I am not so strong and I vomit, but it has really been helpfull listening to your videos.
Love and hugs.
TheSkycielito 3 weeks ago
The whole "not easy to purge thing" really hit home. I am diagnosed with bulimia and it's a living hell. It's kind of sad you had to go through all of that and not get a proper diagnosis. I love you videos, even though I have a completely separate problem. <3 Xxxx
missmaddisonrose 3 weeks ago
Your so pretty! Love your videos girly :)
ellalaurent 3 weeks ago
I love your videos so much. It scares me thinking about how easily I could've ended up as ill as you. I slipped in to the same kind of habits during secondary school but thankfully, although my relationship with food still isn't great, I've never actually suffered from a serious eating disorder. You inspire me to try and stay as healthy and ''ordered'' as I can with regards to my relationship with food. Stay strong lovely you are doing so well. Love xxxx
VickatronBlogs 3 weeks ago
I was diagnosed with social anxiety. I don't think you have it Charlotte. Like you said, it's not something you just go in and out of. I started having issues with food around the same time, entering middle school.
RonnieInOC 3 weeks ago
OMG i was the same with CAMS they didnt even diagnose me for the whole 18months i was there! christ...
BabyKitz1 3 weeks ago
I LOVE YOU! :)
lalalalaura12345 3 weeks ago
And I love you too :) You're so sweet, and your videos are really helpful. Thank you!
siwlindaa 3 weeks ago
You are so wonderful to watch, honest.. just 10 minutes of hearing your story helps me remember that I'll be able to recover again.
It'd be really great if you accepted my video response and check it out, I'm hoping to get support from the eating disorder community here on youtube.
xx
nakedboxes 3 weeks ago
Hey I'm reading this book called, "You can heal your life" by Louise Hay.
I seriously recommend it, it has calmed me done so much! I even ate a muffin without feeling any guilt and I am very much in the anorexic stage. Although I am mentally getting better.
However, please trust me on this book, because I'm not a 'self-help book' believer really but this book I think, is slowly saving my life! I've downloaded it on my kindle :P xxxxxxx
Ariariarioable 3 weeks ago
@Ariariarioable that's a great book suggestion. I recommend it too.
PrincessEliBu 3 weeks ago
Ahhh, your videos make me smile Charlotte! They're inspiration for when I get lost. We all need to remember that even the miserable parts of recovery are necessary challenges, and will make us stronger. Keep loving life m'dear! x
partyunicorn 3 weeks ago