In that more people just suddenly drop dead without warning.
Anorexia is not healthy either, especially long term. I think that most anorexics are identified by others before they have serious damage. I have read though that anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness though.
Anorexia varies on how severe it is. If you fast completely, you will drop dead within a couple of months. Other anorexics do eat what might look like a "healthy diet" to an outsider, but it is not for them because they continue to lose weight even when they are underweight. Obviously the healthy diet anorexics would do better longer than the complete fasters, especially if they are also taking vitamins.
You do come to a point though where you just don't have reserves of stuff anymore. Your body suffers as you are chronically malnourished vitamin wise. You get cold. You get tired. You get moody. You don't have spare fat, protein, or carbohydrates floating around in your body like the average american. You come to the point where your body can't handle trying to be normal if you continue with what you are doing. If you restrict even more, you face serious health problems. Your organs are protein too, after all. I think that's perhaps why long term anorexics have a higher death rate. It becomes progressively more damaging with each passing month.

Both diseases are deadly ~ 10% of people with these disorders die of them (probably more, but some deaths remain undiscovered because of the shame). Many people switch from one to the other ~ I did, several times. Anorexia is easier to spot so anorexics often get help faster, but they are weaker so they die anyway. Even if you don't die, it's kind of a living death to be so screwed up every day. I spent many years in that hell. Comparing diseases is not really the point ~ the point is to recover from either or both as soon as you can!

Hey I know that both are really bad it's just that the people who are doin it really don't think about that type of stuff though. Like they know whats happening to their bodies they just well I don't know it's hard to explain I have been bulilmia for about a year now I always know what I am doin to my body but it doesn't really phase me though, and I purge like 1-2 times a day. But living with it really sux I just don;t know how to tell my parents though thats the hardest thing for me to do and I am scared about how the treatment will go also....
~de~

How can you really say which is worse? I don't know if there is really any way to say which is better unless its factually supported by some medical studies... Anyhow, its like the moon and the sun - both in the sky (so similar) yet appearing at completely different times of the day/night (so opposite).

Neither are fun... I see how my cousin has suffered from both and now mainly ana - it's horrible. I've had my difficulties with mia exaserbated by oe and that's been horrible. Still I struggle with what I choose to term disordered eating habits or whatever; regardless, according to my psychologist the chances of seizuring while over the toilet are pretty high.

So, I guess it depends on the eventuality of the pistol you choose and how you want to die, if you continue. Over a toilet or in a bed or wherever else. The whole toilet scenario kind of helped me during a period of b/p. Anyhow...

They aren't really opposite tho...The sun shines bright the moon is dark...Bulimia makes u lose tons of weight as does anorexia. Both are unbelievably dangerous and should not be practiced by anyone. There is no justification as to which is better. None are ovbiously better, you have all these girls on this website telling their stories about how they hate thereselves because they are anorexic or bulimic. Both are unhealthy ways to lose weight and you cant choose whcih one is better because they both ultimately result in death. I think we should all choose which candybar is best and all of us should eat it with no shame....Easier said than done im affraid. So you see, neither are better...Im personally bulimic and im going on a year...Its tough and a literally disgusting habit but im working on it...Or trying to...But I dont look at it like...Damn..I should of been anorexic, I ultimately wish there was an option where I could be happy with myself and anorexia may be cleaner! But in no way is it healthier...No way!




Much love,
mandy

i think its worse because you are not putting any nutrients into your body at all. at least with bulimia you are putting something into yourself and you cant possibly purge every single nutrient. dont get me wrong both are terrible diseases that need to be treated.