check out this ANOREXIA forum.

Busyman's an asshole.

taken from yahoo health...

i highlighted the bit that i especially wanted you to read...

Results 1 - 10 of about 16,400,000 for "anorexia"

seems like a hell of a lot of sites dedicated to treating anorexia etc... for a "made up" illness

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Originally Posted by Busy

Anorexia is not an illness

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Quite. It's a term to describe loss of appetite. It can be a symptom of an illness.

Now, anorexia nervosa is a psychophysiological disorder. This means that mental illness has manifested itself in such a way as to affect the sifferer in a physical way.

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Originally Posted by Busyman

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Originally Posted by manker

Don't take it seriously.

He knows that he is wrong but has this image problem where he absolutely cannot admit that he has written something incorrect to anyone, lest they'll think he is weak.

Any normal person would have apologised for any offence caused when you guys turned up. But not Busy.

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Wrong about what? It's dumb not to eat. It's dumb to kill yourself. It's dumb to make yourself look bad then saying you hate the way you look.

Get off your ass and do something about it?

The same goes for fat people that have the means to exercise and (unless they are anemic or something) just sit on their ass. I don't have a problem with a fat person. I have a problem with a fat person that is dissatisfied with how they look and do nothing. Many of them are depressed too.

Strengthen the mind.

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It's a mental disorder. Same as OCD. You can't 'think' your way out of it.

Why can't you comprehend this simple fact.


I levelled the stupidity charge at you with my second post in this thread - you really didn't have to go to such lengths to prove me right, a simple acknowledgement would have done :huh:

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Originally Posted by megan343

ARE YOU A FUCKING MORON?

Anorexia IS a disease, pick up any highschool psychology textbook and it will tell you so.

Although I'm sure you were one of the ones never to get to level of schooling.


For the only retard left on this post...

What is anorexia nervosa?

Anorexia nervosa (anorexia) is an eating disorder with both physical and emotional traits. A person with anorexia severely limits food intake, has a distorted body image, refuses to maintain a normal body weight, and is intensely afraid of gaining weight, despite being very underweight. Long-term or severe anorexia can lead to serious health problems and even death. Anorexia can become a lifelong illness, although it is possible to fully recover with proper treatment.

What causes anorexia?

The cause of anorexia is not known, although certain personality traits (such as perfectionism) and a family history of eating disorders may contribute. Anorexia is more frequently found in athletes or people in professions that require thinness, such as modeling or ballet. 1

What are the symptoms of anorexia?

Common symptoms or characteristics of anorexia include: 2

Intense fear of gaining weight.
Restricting food or types of food, such as food containing any kind of fat.
Weighing less than 85% of expected body weight or failure to make appropriate weight gain for a period of growth.
Stopping or never getting a monthly menstrual period.
Seeing your body as overweight, in spite of being underweight.
Overexercising.
Secrecy around food and denial of a problem with eating.
Some people with anorexia make themselves vomit. However, bulimia nervosa is the eating disorder characterized by binge-purge behavior.

How is anorexia diagnosed?

There are no specific tests to diagnose anorexia. However, a medical history and physical examination, including assessing body mass index (BMI) to determine whether the person is underweight, will be done. A mental health assessment may also be taken to help the doctor decide whether anorexia and associated medical conditions, such as depression, are present.

How is it treated?

Anorexia is a serious illness. Early, specialized treatment may prevent a lifelong battle with anorexia and related health problems caused by malnutrition, such as osteoporosis or heart problems.

All people with anorexia need treatment, which includes taking steps to maintain a healthy weight, learning good eating habits, and receiving professional counseling. There are no proven medications to treat anorexia. However, some people with this illness may need medications to treat other conditions that often occur along with anorexia, such as anxiety or depression. Some people may need hospitalization for specialized treatment.

People with anorexia see weight loss as an accomplishment, so they usually do not seek treatment on their own. However, extreme thinness can cause serious health problems that eventually require urgent medical care. Loved ones often become concerned about the weight loss before the person with anorexia acknowledges there is a problem.

How common is anorexia?

Anorexia affects less than 1% of the general population; of that group, 90% are females. 3, 2 Anorexia usually begins during adolescence but can develop in early childhood. A few cases first occur in adulthood. It occurs in all races, although white females are most often affected. There may be a genetic link, since a person's chances of developing anorexia increase if a sister, brother, or parent has the condition. Young people who participate in sports or are in a profession that requires a certain body type (such as ballet, modeling, or wrestling) are also at increased risk for developing anorexia.

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Uh megan, in that case everything is an illness. There alot of things I knew about anorexia just from how I've seen it before (sans the googling). I've been accused of anorexic athletism (something like that) as a joke and found out the lady was semi-serious. The only thing is, I always ate like a fat boy.

Genetic link is bullshit. Anorexia is learned, mimicked, suggested, or the result of ridicule.

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Originally Posted by megan343

Results 1 - 10 of about 16,400,000 for "anorexia"

seems like a hell of a lot of sites dedicated to treating anorexia etc... for a "made up" illness

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That illness, if anything, would be depression and anorexia is a bad habit.

Ok i'm going to break this down for you. As you're too dumb to understand it in any other way.

You are arguing with PROFFESIONALS now. It didn't say THERE WAS a genetic link, it said THERE MAY BE. very different.


1. Anorexia Nervosa is a disease. This I think everyone has established by now except you.

2. The sufferer CANNOT help getting it, they may be predisponed to it, WE DONT KNOW, there havent been enough studies yet.

3. You are obviously a retard. and i bet you voted for bush.

There is growing evidence that some mental illnesses, including depression and EDs are linked to wonky seratonin and other hormone levels, in times of trauma or stress. In some people it goes as follows... You have a hard time, your brain chemistry changes, you spend ages trying to recover. This is why excersise (in the case of depression, not ED, where it can become part of the problem) can help as it raises seratonin levels.

Mental issues, grounded in physical causes, in reponse to stress.

People in the throws of an ED often do not want to help themselves, but this is part of the abberant behaviour CAUSED by the disorder, NOT because they don't deserve help or are attention seeking or something.

Eating, to most people, is a pleasurable activity necessary to feed the body and the soul. To some it can be hell. Because it's an activity necessary to survive, those who have problems with it make us uneasy. To those not suffering EDs, eating is easy, so they don't understand how or why people have problems with it.

Busyman, would you tell a person with parkinsons to stop shaking because they are attention seeking, or a person with tourettes to stop being rude, or an epiliptic to stop fitting? These are all as far as I know, disorders where the brain misfires in some way, but they have outward physical manifestations. Mental illness can be caused by the same thing but the symptoms are all inward. Personally I think need to go and do some more research before you judge people who are suffering and in distress.

Blythe. (Lass)

YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON. I hope you have a child with anorexia one day, not that i would wish it on anyone, but just so you see.