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This is incredibly powerful. I have at least three male friends who have eating disorders, and if the nine years I have struggled with eating disorders has taught me anything (I'm in recovery now), it is that all of the stereotypes are wrong. It's not a rich kid thing, it's not a girl thing, it's...

@llama0carl The popular kid has the upper hand, though. When you're popular, people follow the example of the leader, and in the high school food chain, popular people are considered leaders. If you have a charismatic personality, then you can encourage people to do ANYTHING- including positive t...

She definitely could have tightened up the isolations more. What is her primary style of dance? I can tell it's not hip hop. She just seemed uninspired.

@svenypoodles I never insinuated that people abuse antipsychotics. That is almost unheard of. I said SOME people are drug resistant. Some people just don't respond well to medication. For instance, individuals with bipolar often fail to respond to meds, or find it difficult to be med compliant. I...

She says, "protect me, Daddy!!!"

That's actually a reverse sneeze. It's when they are clearing their airway, and usually occurs in small dogs or dogs with short snouts. We've had two bostons that do it, and it's pretty normal for them.

You are not your eating disorder. You have an eating disorder, but it doesn't have to have you. You can get through this! What kind of treatment are you getting? I've seen that you've been receiving medical stabilization, but are you in therapy and all of that good (yet difficult) stuff?

@Kslim07 Oh, she could definitely still be anorexic. She could be an overexerciser, and what little bit of food she eats could be protein. And she's beyond "too thin." Her BMI is probably in the emaciated range. There's no way looking like that could be healthy. I've been around a lot of people w...

To the people who are telling people to "grow a pair" or whatever, know that school SHOULD be the break that some people get from the abuse that they're getting at home. My mom was verbally abusive when I was growing up, and I got bullied at school, too. It was unrelenting. I ended up developing ...

My friend Amber committed suicide about 2 years ago. She was a beautiful, yet troubled, soul. She cared so much for animals, and for every other person but herself. She'd tried numerous times, and sadly, we knew that was likely how things would end for her. But it didn't make it any less painful....

Oh Lawd, Connor, you're still a mess and a half! But dude, you should totally remove the tags "Lebron" and "James". Your Ohio people may vom at the sight of it!

@goodintentions82 My cat, Snowflake, can open a door with his PAWS. He was long, so he could reach up and turn the knob with both front paws. I saw him do it one day when I laid down for a nap, and he had been under my bed (unbeknownst to me). Obviously, I closed the door when I laid down, and he...

things. You have more energy and time to spend with your friends, and you're not spending all of your time in the Dr.s office or hospital, and you're LIVING. You're capable of this. You're strong enough to do it. Have some faith in yourself!

I'm so glad you made it through this! You DON'T have to relapse. I'm 31 and have had an ED since I was about 22, with a two year period in recovery before I relapsed. I wish SO MUCH that I hadn't let the ED back into my life. I'm about 6 months behavior free now after a 1 year relapse, but I feel...

This was a very good video, but there are a couple of things that would make it even better. I think that it's very important to let people know that the majority of people with bulimia are either normal weight or slightly overweight. Not everyone with an ED is emaciated. As a matter of fact, the...

When I was a child, my dad spanked me, but I can count the number of times he did on both hands. He only did it after he had calmed down, and afterwards, he explained to me why he spanked me. He only spanked me if my offense put me or another person in danger of physical harm (such as running acr...

I thought the beginning part of the video was good, and very informative. I had a harder time with the last part, because people with eating disorders may draw a parallel between anorexia and the less fortunate. The people and animals in the video were abused or victims of famine. People with ea...

I think it's sad that you are using "Stand In The Rain." The lead singer of Superchick is RECOVERED from an eating disorder. BTW- when you get to 30, if you make it that long, like me, you'll have lost friends, THOUSANDS of dollars in medical bills, your health, your hair, sometimes your teeth, a...

Well said! Especially the part about not being emaciated in order for it to be a problem. When my ED started, I was obese. I lost over a third of my weight. That brought me to the low end of normal. Even though I've had an ED for 9 years, I've never reached an "anorexic weight", because my frame ...

@KingWithoutaCause Refusing to eat is the one thing they feel gives them control. They feel out of control in other parts of their life, so they obsess over one part they feel they can control. First, it may be a diet, but dieting causes changes in brain chemistry, so the disorder takes over, and...

And this is what happens to add excitement to a dry campus. ;-) SU class of 2003! I'm allowed to say that! :-P

Yep, they were students. I graduated a year ahead of a lot of them (I graduated December 2003). I recognized at least 3 of them. Dr. Holloway obviously didn't spend a lot of time outside of his office when not teaching.

@dividebyzerotentimes I'm pretty sure the OP didn't mean that they LITERALLY ate themselves to death. I'm pretty certain it was a metaphor used to get a point across.

@MijnSokjes People understand cutting just about as much as they understand EDs. To people who haven't been through it, we're all just attention seekers. But if you've lived it or studied it on any real level, you know that we've never been taught to cope in healthy ways, so we turn to self-dest...

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Just keep working on recovery and fighting. I've not purged in over 3 months now. It's possible! I'm making ED my beotch.

It's an owlet! Baby owl! Endearing and pitiful simultaneously!

I'm proud of you. I know that had to be hard, being a Bama boy, especially. I live in Birmingham! You never know if your parents will be cool with it or not, and in the "Bible belt", it can be especially scary. I'm a Christian, and I want to tell you something. There isn't a single mention of hom...

I don't think that the creator of this video has an understanding of the complexities of anorexia. For someone with anorexia, being told "there are starving children in Africa!" will probably result in them feeling guilty and eating less. It isn't about starving to be pretty. Advanced anorexia is...