I am sorry that you were put in a tough situation. But you servived...and it sucks to have to go through that and hear others talk about it. But they dont know. It must have felt awful. Just know that you are not alone....and there are prob a few more people in your class who feel the same way, and prob have ED as well. Maybe try to eat a small snack for now....

We just talked about EDs in my anatomy class and it made me very sad for two reasons: 1 I wanted to scream I suffer from this and it's hell and 2 the misconceptions even my teacher has about ed. Hope you feel better by now.

It was hard for me too when we talked about EDs in my health class this fall, and I remember being really triggered by it. We watched a video about EDs and at one point the video showed a girl who was bulimic and it said how she would binge and purge several times a day, and people in my class were grossed out by that, and I remember feeling really uncomfortable because at the time I was binging and purging several times everyday. I hope you're feeling better now that it's over.

It's tough when something so personal is suddenly discussed in an analytical way in front of a group of people. It's not always easy to speak up and say something, but for those who feel their profs are giving bad info, you can always speak to them privately after class or even send an anonymous note. A good reference for a prof can be found here:
http://www.something-fishy.org/whatarethey/edordiet.php

I'm so sorry, that is so difficult. Once when I was in college, I was seeing a counselor for ED, and that counselor came to speak to my sorority about eating disorders. If I had known she was coming ahead of time, I would have skipped the sorority meeting. I felt like everyone could somehow tell that I have an ED, just by looking at my reaction that I tried so hard to hide.

I understand, and if it helps at all, there were probably others in your class who felt the same way.

Hope you're feeling better. xxx Ali

thanks all. karrin, didn't know you were in school. what do you want to do.? the class wouldn't have been so bad, but i sometimes have times as a writer where i find a topic (usually a topic i have some kind of connection with) and i sort of camp on it for a bit . right now, that topic is ED's. i suppose it's because mine is staring me in the face 24/7. so i wrote that magazine article, tons of poems, and now i've been assigned a paper tying fiction lit with psychology. i followed the old advice write what you know. so i chose to write about wintergirls-a beautiful novel about a girl with anorexia. plus, i have started two short stories about women w/ ED's. so it was all just too much. to add to it, i just transitioned to a brand new therapist. and i just told my friend margeret about my ED. she asked why i ate alone so much. too much at one time i guess. ever so slowly, i ate half my sub last night, and kayla and i had an honest conversation about some stuff that's bugging us.

I just started going back to school Jasgall. I'm going for medical receiptionist.

awesome!