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Q: Distorted image and no appetite

asked by: NoMoreTears on July 31st, 2008

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hi,

my names natalie.
I'm 14 years old.
Last year my best friend died of a stroke and i also previously lost my sister to cancer. I haven't ever had much of an appetite so no one ever notices when I'm not eating. I don't like eating and now even being around food makes me feel sick. I always look in the mirror and check how I look and i always seem to look fat but my friends seem to think i am way too thin. I am worried because each time i think i'm getting fatter they think im getting thinner.

I am worried about if i actually have an eating disorder which has been suggested to me before. I don't know what to do because i need to keep losing weight it's as if i can't stop which sounds utterly ridiculous but it's true. I can't help it but just being around food makes me feel disgusted. If i do get hungry i eat lots then i end up being sick though i don't do it on purpose i just sort of happens is this an eating disorder.

I honestly don't know what to do but my friends seem so concerned i wonder if you could help me. IS it so wrong that i want to be thin and look like a model does. I love fashion and I know if i lose a little bit more I will be one but i know what I am doing isnt healthy though i'm not sure what to do.

If i try and stop I only feel worse and then I get all depressed

Please of you have any advice or tips ar anything to say please reply.

Luv natz .x.

Replies(3)

nightangel73

replied on August 1st, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

Yes your friends are right being concerned about you because you certainly have an eating disorder, anorexia. You have a distorted image of yourself and all that it's the typical symptoms of this condition. I think it's great that you are realizing about this problem and want to look for help. You seem to have supportive friends. I suggest you tell somebody older about this to help you get through it. Your parents sounds like a great start. It's nothing wrong in being thin so as long as you eat healthy and you maintain a healthy weight, in your case you are not eating at all and well if you continue like that you will die eventually. It is wrong that you want to look like models, pretty much what you see in magazines is airbrushing and most of those women have eating disorders, they are not real. Real beauty goes beyond thin looks. And you can always look fashionable with whatever your weight is.

Good luck!

NoMoreTears

replied on August 2nd, 2008

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hii

Thankyou for your reply. I understand what you are saying but I don't want to talk to my parents because they very often dont care. I know i need to stop but ther is alwayz something stopping me. I feel like I'm stuck on a cycle and everytime I try and get out I simply get dragged in further. Do you have any ideas about how to get out. I know it sounds stupid but i dont want 2 die yet. All the models in my magasine are so beautiful though and in my mind I feel that if I was as thin as them I could be in the magasines aswell and I don't know what healthy eating exactly entails because I have missed alot of school because I have been ill.

Thankyou .x.

tessssyy

replied on February 28th, 2009

New User

idk what to do

the same thing is happening to me. and when I lay down my heart beat is loud and I feel it in my stomach. all my friends think i have a nice body but i dont see it at all and i was told i had distorted body image but that just seems so unreal. idk how i could see myself different than other people see me. it just doesn't sound right. a part of me wants to go back to eating and being normal, but an even bigger part of me doesnt want to because i want to be thin.

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