Gaining Weight After Anorexia Posted: 08-24-05 15:11pm
Hi, I just turned 16 yesterday and over
the past year i've been struggling with an
eating disorder. A year ago my 2 best
friends ditched me just simply because
they hated me, and since then my life got
worse and worse. But in about january a
family member introduced me to pot to help
me with insomnia and just to help me
chill. Also, pot helped me eat more (in
fact, I over-ate sometimes). A few months
ago things got better, I met some cool
people and i've been a lot happier.
But now, i'm back to looking in the mirror
and seeing only fat. Before, when I
wieghed less I was pretty satisfied when I
looked in the mirror but now i'm
horrified. I hate getting dressed, I hate
going out, I hate thinking about food and
more than anything I want to lose the
wieght I gained. I only gained 6 pounds
but that's almost 10! And all the clothes
I bought when I was smaller don't fit like
they used to and I look hideous in
everything. I told my mom I need to buy
new clothes because I gained weight but
she flipped! She was like "how can you
say you gained weight?? You gained 6
pounds! That's nothing!" but she doesn't
understand that it's not nothing to me!
And some of these new people that I met
are always talking about how they want to
do coke or speed to lose wieght and how
they try not to eat and stuff and it's
driving me crazy! I really really want to
have friends because I went through the
worst year of my life and was so lonely I
thought about killing myself everyday, but
it's really really not good for me to be
around people like this.
Since I hit peuberty all I could think
about when I look in the mirror was how
fat I was. I hate looking at pictures of
myself, except for the ones taken about
half a year ago. Now my ribs don't show
on my back, my arms are fat and manly, I
can't wear jeans because I feel too much
like my sides are spilling out of them and
my face is round again. All I want is to
lose the weight I gained. I don't really
want to do that, I really want to be
healthy, but i'm too fat to be healthy! I
know that makes no sense but honestly, I
feel like i'd rather be skinny and have a
cold than feel like this.
Uuuuummm I was just wondering if anyone
who might have gone through this has any
advice for me, cause I have a councellor
but for some reason it's like she avoids
the subject of the eating disorder...I
could just really use some advice.
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tunasushi
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 37
Posted: 08-30-05 05:23am
Ive gained like 7 lbs and I feel sooooo
fat too.....