Hope it's okay to do this post, but I just wanted to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who answered in my last post about exercise.  I've read every comment and just haven't had time to reply yet, but I really appreciate it all :)

So my boyfriend of 2.5 years cant stand it when I self harm so I have promised I would stop. Ive been doing pretty good but ever since I stopped I have noticed that my anorexia has reemerged it's ugly head and I'm already getting stuck in that downward spiral. Has anyone in here ever stopped self harming only to find your eating disorder to get ( Read more... )

Do you deliberately injure yourself or have a history of self harm? We invite you to share your experience by participating in a quick online study to learn more about people’s experience with self-injury. The purpose of this research is to understand factors associated with self-injury. The results from this study are completely confidential and ( Read more... )

Today, I spent the morning and early afternoon in the ER.

Here’s the run down of what happened: I woke up feeling slightly nauseated, but okay enough to do my usual long walk before going to the lab. However, things went downhill during lab meeting. I was presenting today, and right before it was my time, I felt really nauseated to the point of ( Read more... )

This will be a short entry, really just a follow up on the findings mentioned in the last entry. In particular: the issue of EDNOS, transitions between eating disorders and how the DSM should be changed to reflect the clinical reality of eating disorders (and what is the clinical reality?). I do not want to repeat myself here, so for an ( Read more... )

I am a lazy purger. When I was younger and thinner I would throw up everything I ate without fail, and as soon as I had eaten it. I do it now when I feel full or unhappy with myself, so it is often acidic and unpleasant coming up, and I have been wondering recently just how effective vomiting is, in regards to weight loss. Clearly it is not ( Read more... )

I was wondering on anyone's experience/knowledge of recurrent stomach pain after having bulimia ( Read more... )

Hey I'm new and trying to recover from anorexia.  Does anyone else go to the extremes and are quite recovery focused but then swing right back to the eating disorder and are motivated in that?  I feel crazy.

How did your center/team determine your target range (if applicable ( Read more... )

Interesting article on the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and the crappiness of the Renfrew Center's campaign.
Also full of interesting offshoot links.

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/27/eating_disorders_open2012/