
Eating Disorders Support Group
Eating disorders are marked by an obsessive need to control the intake and/or purging of food. This community is dedicated to those struggling on the road to recovery. Join to discuss your experience with others and find support. Get advice, ask questions, and meet others who are going through similar struggles.

Slimpics
For me, I've always been ashamed that I'm a purger and I go to great lengths to hide it. Everyone knows I have anorexia and bulima, but nobody says anything if they suspect I'm purging.
How about you? How "out in the open"
are you with your purging? Do you try to hide it from your husband or family, all of the time, some of the time, or do they just accept it for you as common as it is for them to take a pee?
Just wondering :)
How about you? How "out in the open"
are you with your purging? Do you try to hide it from your husband or family, all of the time, some of the time, or do they just accept it for you as common as it is for them to take a pee?
Just wondering :)

deleted_user
My husband is aware that I purge but I still try to hide it when I actually do it. And I try very hard not to do it at someone elses house, only at home.

sleepingbeauty
I try and hide it too, i am so ashamed of it.

deleted_user
I am extremely secretive about my purging. With me, I am always telling everyone that I am okay and everything is fine, so nobody really knows the truth about how I am doing. one day I hope I will be able to be more open with my family and friends, but I don't see that happening any time soon.

deleted_user
I'm 99% anorexic so I purge maybe every two or three months if even that. I never tell my husband. I tell my therapist but am totally ashamed.

deleted_user
i tell my therapist about it, and i'm honest about it in my journal. but i deny it to the very end with my friends and family (that goes for the laxative abuse as well).

LillyAudrey
You raise a very good discussion. I've always hidden it, then I finally opened up about it to my boyfrind (now my husband) about 2 years ago. He helped me get to the point where I didn't do it, and didn't want to. Then suddenly back in August of this year I did it again for the first time in a year and a half. I was so ashamed, I couldn't stop crying. But I haven't told him. It would crush him. I feel so afraid by it. I never do it when he's home, never ever.

deleted_user
I dont have anorexia and I am acctually overweight due to a throid problem. So nobody even suspects that I purge, my support worker caught me one day being sick when they done a flat check but I just said I wasnt well and she belived me so the subject has never been brought up with any one else

deleted_user
My husband and my sister are the only ones who know i b/p. Tho i'm only honest with my sister cos she does it also. My husband knows i do but he doesn't ever bring it up. I'll make excuses if he's home like i'm going for a bath or I'm constapated. But mostly i do it when he's at work or when he's in bed at night. I'm so very ashamed of it. I'm so sure he knows when i'm doing it but its an unspoken fact of our lives.

deleted_user
Hide it...definitely i'm ashamed of how i am...x

deleted_user
i tried that a few times, but nothing ever came up. first time i am saying this outloud

deleted_user
i hide it......but mostly i just try not to eat cuz thats easier 2 hide.xx

deleted_user
I have battled on and off for years now, i still try to stay as closet as possible.But sometimes people catch on. Im not proud of it, but it makes me feel better after its gone.

deleted_user
I attempt to hide it as best I can. Its been a daily thing for me and I have a routine that I follow =[ I wouldn't want to hurt my family by letting them know, and I'm also ashamed of the fact that I do it.

deleted_user
I have always hid it from my friends & family, but my 2 best friends & my boyfriend know i do it, but they dont talk about. i wont do it at other peoples houses but i will do it when im out if i know im alone in the toilet!

deleted_user
I am definitely ashamed of my purging. I go to great lengths to hide it.
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