From Crystal, Age 16 - 08/05/01 - IP#: 198.145.251.xxx  Click here to reply  
Hey, I've studied alot on Anorexia and Bulimia. I just wanted to tell you guys a little about it, for those that are thinking about it or have it. Starving to death is NOT pretty, it is an UGLY and painful death. Starved bodies ache all the time, the skin bruises, the muscles cramp and deteriorate, the brain slows and slurs. (There is nothing glamorous about that), the bones splinter, hurt and break. The body is constantly weak and cant sleep restfully (why? because your body thinks it needs to stay up and find food.) the mouth dries, the eyes fog (some ppl will go blind from starving), the heart beats hard and painfully, and there can be many scary moments prior to actual death where the body feels so sick and like it's dying (Because it is). Only a doctor can tell the amount of damage and decay that has already occured inside of you. But dont lie to yourself that you cant die or you aren't really sick just because you dont look positively terrifying. You should be scared. If you have an eating disorder you could DIE if you are lucky you'll cause minimal permanent damage to your body. You only have ONE body in this life.
And for you bulimics...Bulimia is life threatening every time you purge. Most bulimics die over a toilet bowl, and most die in the act of purging, and are found unconscious next to the tooilet. You know this cause you feel your own heart racinng each time you make yourself purge. The sudden change in electrolyte balance can stop the heart from beating. The truth is that if you are willing to Die to look a certain way you have something more complicated going on and this is when it becomes a "Disorder".......There ought to be Internal Mirrors instead of External ones. Anyway I hope you all understand what you would be doing to your bodies and the risks your willing to take to "look" skinny.