This post has been taken down because it was being misinterpreted. This post was me, honestly me, making a serious reference to the dangers of anorexia. I’m a survivor of anorexia/ bulimia and when people continue to post comments on this that are irrelevant and ill-minded, I cringe. I made this post to help me cope, but now I clearly see how this post was being used as “a guide to become an anorexic” — which is wrong.
“How to Become Anorexic!”
June 23, 2008 by Cassandra
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hi my name is erika and i have been anorexic for 4 years .when i read this article i felt really stupid cause most of this thing i do at home and ona daily basis .being anorexic changed my life and its something that i dont wish anyboby to go threw it really those suck ..thanks to this article i have learn that im not alone all over the world their are so many girls with this issue and all of them should get ..just like im going to get it …..thanks and dont stop posting and making this articles
I have an eating disorder.
I really want the public to know that we’re not all crazy ‘pro-ana’ chicks who tell people how to ‘become anorexic’.
A lot of us actually hate the term ‘ana’ or ‘mia’. I personally can’t stand these ‘tips’ because in my opinion, it’s the same as giving someone tips on how to get AIDS. An eating disorder is an illness and the girls who squeal about ‘Ana’ being their BFFE frustrate me to no end.
shutup u dnt have any right to critisize this girls this girls way to cope i really hope u feel stupid and dumb ….as forcasandra i solute and your way to cope:) hope u get well
ive been anorexic for about three years now, but i’m not really ana to the max. i eat but in much smaller portions than i used to and i run about a mile or two a day. my inspiration was the french, because i began learning the language and about the french culture. if you havent noticed, the french are usually much skinnier than americans (mainly because of the way their food is made) so i decided i wanted to be more like them. im not really hurting myself… ive never been to the hospital or anywhere close. so honestly i dont think there’s anything wrong with being anorexic if you do it the right way. in fact, i dont even think anorexia is a proper diagnosis for my condition (despite what my mother may believe), because if it’s possible to go from 130lbs to 102lbs in two months and look great (and it is because i did it), why not? and for all of those symptoms listed above, none of those things have ever happened to me…
Theese “tips” show people just how hard our life is and what we go through . I have no pride with this disease and I wish that nobody had to go through it . It literally tears families to shreads and ruins you . I get made fun of every day for this, and I can’t even help it .
This should tell those little wanna-be’s how to look like a complete ass, “means your gut is rotting..” Hell ya this isn’t something to toy with…
i’m anorexic. have been for two years. none of this has ever happened to me. its not a big deal. you just have to know how to do it, and be smart about it. we’re not all freaks with no control, or should i say too much control. i like being skinny, this is just how i do it. i’m sick of people bitching about how horrible it is, because believe it or not, its only a problem when you make it one.
You are wrong – just plain wrong. Anorexia is worse than what this post describes and if you haven’t started to experience the side effects, then you are merely in denial. Anorexia kills… EVERYTHING!
i solute u and your way to cope casandra
P.S. thanks for sharing
same with me. i go back and forth between bulimia and anorexia. it’s addicting because even though you feel horrible in the process, and you know that it’s not healthy, it relieves anxiety. gives you more control over something. and it feels manageable.
is it rly that bad?
i am probably just sayin this as i suffered from binge eating disorder so no eating actually feels like a relief to me! it was horrible and id be anything as long as not binge eating!
wat i wanna know is wat the physical problems i would get later on. it is unbelievable how easy i found it to stop eatng. but i know that i will get physical problems soon enough. form small things like teeth weakening and serious things. so i rly wanna know. i do want to stop. but im at a bad place right now due to binge eating so pls don’t judge
i realize it’s terrible. wanna stop as soon as possible.
In true reality, it is much worse than this list could ever describe. My body is so damaged, even after entering recovery and maintaining recovery for nearly 2 years (as this post was written almost 4 years ago). Every single day, I’m aware of the damage this disease has done to my body… and I hate it. I take medicines constantly for my digestive system and not a day goes by that I don’t remember what caused this personal hell.
Recovery and healing are possible. Choose to get better and choose life!
.thanks to this article i have learn that im not alone all over the world their are so many girls with this issue and all of them should get ..just like im going to get it …..thanks and dont stop posting and making this articles
Don’t think this is silly, it merely points out the facts that this ain’t no joke! Shame it’s aimed at women coz men are equally as bad, I would know well as I used to be bulimic and trust me long term this runs your insides!
Thank you – it isn’t a joke and that is why I originally wrote this post many years back. Anorexia and bulimia kills! Since this post was originally posted, much more light has been shed on the fact that males experience it too — you are very right!
my name is chris . i am a male who is 42 and have benn bulimorexic since 13 and i wish this hell on no one
You are right, it is hell. I lived it for years and years. Now, I eat and I’m healthy and I’m fertile again. This piece is the reality of the disease and I hope more people see and read the FIRST PART so that they know it is really a list of warning signs.
Shame on you for having this post up. You have no idea about life and what you are doing to many young girls and boys that happen to come across this atrocity. Shame on you!!!! If I could I would close your blog down and report you, then you would know what life is all about. You are in a sense creating second degree murder. How do you feel about that? Maybe a season in jail will wake you up. My daughter is suffering because of people like you and she does not want to be in that place. I praise God that He is bigger than the rot that you post. Shame on you!!!!
Are you not reading the first portion of this post or are you skipping to the parts that you want to read, so that you can condemn the author (me)? Anorexia KILLS PEOPLE and I state this directly in the beginning. This post is to show the stupidity and extreme behaviors that are truly out there from someone who is suffering.
I have since been in recovery, as I wrote this post YEARS AGO. I was tired of girls trying to find the tips online, so I thought I would simply post them all together — in one place — with the warning and reality in the beginning that it can and will kill you. I’ve seen it kill others and it almost killed me a few years back.
The bahavoirs are there, but even the behaviors do not “create” the disease. You cannot “catch a mental illness” and anorexia/ bulimia is not something that anyone chooses to go through.
No. No shame on them. You completely misunderstood the point of this. Reading it scared me and reminded me that this is a disease. They posted this so that whoever decided they want to become anorexic, would understand the terrible consequences. I thank the person who posted this. Really. You helped me understand what these people go through.
Wow, I was honestly thinking of trying this to lose weight but after reading the do’s and dont’s I can see this is obviously not the right path to take. Thank you for all the facts and warnings if I hadn’t had read this or come across this website I would have ignorantly followed through risking my own life.
With gratitude
Valerie