There are many misconceptions about eating disorders. Watch this short video to discover some of the most common myths you may have heard about Anorexia. #edawareness #anorexia #eatingdisorders
@@gabeg.5329 So fake anorexia AKA attention seeking, gotcha. You people are just being intellectually dishonest, of course anyone can develop anorexia, that's not the point, the point is that once a person develops anorexia they all gradually end in the same place, if you claim to be anorexic but are the size of Tess Holiday and remain that size then you're simply lying.
I'd like to add that anorexia isn't always about weight Edit: My uncle was anorexic because he was made to feel ashamed of how much he ate. He felt he didn't deserve the food, it wasn't about weight
@@yuripiIIed are you dense? anorexia can be triggered due to a variety of reasons. Its not always about it weight, it can be a coping mechanism, for control etc.
@@ireh4770 liking your own comment doesn’t help your point. if you take two seconds to google anorexia nervosa it literally tells you the same thing. you’re just stating why people hold onto their disorder
Told my friend I was sad cos I chewed and spat fries when I was in recovery and she said "I don't get it. They're just fries. Are you sure that's what was making you upset? I think you're lying" 💀😭
My sister went through an eating disorder and she had to go through lots and when my dad picked her up because she refused to go in the car she looked like a skeleton with human skin and she kept saying she was fat. It was so stressful to me as well I remember kicking the wall screaming and crying from all of that. I am happy to say it took a while but she is better now❤ Ps. To that person you said she was fat I feel that you don’t deserve to be here.
I have anorexia but when I'm now 65weight my goal is 70 but I eat sometimes snacks and candy's and started to go to gym to get some weight and Ian now 67 and I'm proud
i have a hourglass body shape and sometimes my friends say that if i eat too much junk food i’ll get fat when i’m older, sometimes i feel guilty about eating but not all the time, i’m afraid it might get worse but i don’t even know if it’s symptoms for eating disorders
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@@yuripiIIed So anorexia is a cycle of eating and non eating, and I was curious if a diagnosis has like a required duration for each to be considered anorexia
I'll cure your anorexia, you feel the need to lower your weight? Ask a doctor for a review gor your ideal weight, then eat or exercise to reach that weight, then maintain it as much as you can, with healthy eating and exercise. ❤
If they can get people to believe that....they can get em to believe anything. How any interviewer could keep a straight face everytime she claimed she was anorexic is beyond me.
@@fsokh0 It’s not good to be this underweight and if you have this wish, please search for help. Underweight causes so much long term health issues, you don’t want that, trust me.
@@aklmnop_offical Underweight is not one specific number. Underweight is a low ratio from body height to body weight. This is what we call the bmi. Under a bmi of 18.5 you’re underweight and what you have is seriously underweight. Even if you’re not down 50kg you can still be underweight and it’s still unhealthy.
Well, if you're anorexic but NOT underweight, it simply means you just started being anorexic OR you're not "effectively" anorexic, meaning: you still are eating enough to NOT lose weight. Remember, the whole point of why someone would become anorexic is to LOSE weight. It's not a mental disorder for the sake of it. The goal is WEIGHT LOSS.
@barefootbandit941 Nothing in my comment above says that anorexia is a "weight disorder," however, the GOAL of anorexia IS weight control. And when you're really in the throes of it, you become severely underweight. If you're not underweight but you're anorexic, either you're newly anorexic or not effectively anorexic. Anorexia becomes a problem when you become UNDERWEIGHT. Clinical definition from the Mayo Clinic website says that anorexia is "characterized by an abnormally low body weight, an intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of weight." Maintaining a normal weight with anorexia clearly is not the cause for concern. It's when you start becoming underweight.
Wow, saying "not effectively anorexic" is really a punch in the gut. Imagine someone is overweight and develops anorexia. Yes, an overweight person with an anorexic MIND and behaviors. Them will it take a while to become underweight, but their body suffers as much. Just do a simple blood test and it will become a concern. But even if the person would maintain their weight, they still could be anorexic. Anorexia is indeed a mental disorder, so if your disordered behavior is doing the job or not shouldn't matter. Imagine you're stuck in a binge cycle, and they WILL happen, so of course you're weight won't go all way down, because surprise, these disordered eating patterns were never "effective". Many anorexics who managed to lose a lot of weight did it through high restriction and THAT'S more effective and doesn't trigger binging. And yes, you're gonna get diagnosed only if you're underweight, but the criteria is very much ridiculous for the reasons I mentioned and that's why atypical anorexia is a thing. It's about your disordered thoughts, obsessions and fears, which cause disordered behaviors, so focusing on what you can see, and not as much what's really happening behind the scenes, is just not the way to go.
@somebodyyoumayknow2280 Disordered eating and disordered thinking patterns when it comes to anorexia don't matter in the long run IF you continue to stay overweight or normal weight. Anorexia is about losing weight EXCESSIVELY. The medical system doesn't really treat things you CAN'T see. They only treat stuff when it actually starts to physically manifest in the body or if you literally can't function in life and work or do normal activities of daily living. Sure, there's "talk therapy" or you can unnecessarily take meds and let pharmaceutical companies profit off your misery. That's a personal choice. "Atypical anorexia" can easily apply to any overweight person dieting to lose weight and is just an extra unnecessary term to complicate a condition that's very straightforward. Anorexia is simply food restriction gone too far with the goal of weight loss but becomes excessive unhealthy weight loss. And honestly, it's silly to call someone "atypically anorexic" when they continue to stay overweight long term.
@@morselsofgold Yes, medical system does treat things you can't see. That's why I mentioned doing a simple blood test. Also in every anorexia recovery you NEED a psychologist, because anorexia will impact your quality of life through disordered thinking patterns and fears no matter if you're underweight. And no, atypical anorexia is very much real. Just because you don't fit in a small box of criterias doesn't make your condition any less real. Remember, not long ago period loss was once one of the criterias, which is even more ridiculous. And no, not every anorexia case is a "weight loss gone to far" scenario. People end up ill because of various reasons and some starve themselves instantly instead of going through healthy weight loss.