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26 Jul 2005, 2:13 pm

Mary-Kate and Brandy are doing perfectly well, aren't they? If they were doing worse, would we hear more about them?


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26 Jul 2005, 5:39 pm

They're probably well enough to function. But anorexia and bulemia are haunting disorders. They don't really go away. I'm fairly certain Mary-Kate and Brandy struggle with it every day. It's probably more likened to an addiction. It stays there. But the person learns better ways to deal with it.


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26 Jul 2005, 8:39 pm

Hello,

I'm sorry to just jump in without introducing myself formally...
But I just had to say that I was anorectic for many years (hardcore, details unnecessary), and am now 100% fully recovered (much to my own amazement). So it is possible, though unfortunately not as common as I would wish it.

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Guess I'm not lurking anymore. Well, nice to meet you all.

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26 Jul 2005, 8:42 pm

Hi, Aeryn. Nice to meet you and glad to have you from The Land of Lurk. And thanx for the info. :)


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26 Jul 2005, 9:01 pm

Sophist wrote:
I'm not well up on Eating Disorders but I believe most (and correct me if I'm wrong) anorexics and bulemics encur a lifelong struggle. I think success stories would have less sway with them often times simply because it's a matter of learning to see themselves as anything but fat and not always "hope".

It was almost painful to watch how much they hated themselves.


Exactly, for someone deep in anorexia, "success" means starving (even to death), while failure is gaining weight (the medical establishment's definition of recovery). I find it ironic that the standard "treatment" for the disorder is forced weight gain, which only multiplies the self-hate that fuels the disease.

Nice to meet you too, Sophist. :)
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26 Jul 2005, 9:03 pm

I'm, a very, very picky eater. It often takes me half an hour just to peel a manderine.

Plus I dont like burnt food because I have this fear that it may give me cancer.

I absolutely hate baked pumpkin, especially the Queensland Blue variety. My parents used to have to force-feed me every time they made me baked dinner

I want to try baby food again. I haven't had it since my brother was an infant.

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27 Jul 2005, 12:23 am

I sometimes think I have an eating disorder to.


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27 Jul 2005, 2:40 am

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27 Jul 2005, 2:42 am

By the way, I'm still waiting for the DSM to include Over-Eating as an eating disorder. Seriously. It truly is an eating disorder. Just one which doesn't seem as immediately unhealthy. Or maybe less immediately "deadly" is more accurate...


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27 Jul 2005, 9:50 am

Welcome, Aeryn. This is a true veteran posting right now. I hope you can come to some conclusions and find out the honest truth.


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27 Jul 2005, 9:57 am

jasonmc wrote:
Has anyone else had problems with eating due to asperger's syndrome?


I "don't know when to start eating and don't know when to stop eating."


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29 Nov 2005, 1:18 am

I'm very picky myself and I don't experiance normal hunger/craving sensations. I often forget to eat. People don't believe me when I say it slips my mind but it does. I never forget to drink because my mouth stays unbearably dry but I can forget to eat meal after meal and not realise anything until I'm dizzy.


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