I get so frustrated when I finally share a little bit of my struggles with someone - usually someone I'm fairly close to and spend a good bit of time with - and they don't get the severity.
I have a friend that keeps telling me about how her sister used to "do that" (binge) and when she stopped the weight just dropped off. She tells me this by way of encouragement, but she doesn't see that it is more than be just being bored and greedy. Her sister never sought help, never say a professional and was never formally diagnosed with anything, but I feel like she is comparing me to her and saying, "well she did it, why can't you." This isn't the only person I've talked with who has reacted this way, but she is the most recent. I really want to scream. "You have no idea how hard this is." "You have no idea the HELL I put myself through every day." If it were sooooo easy to just STOP, then it wouldn't be a disorder, would it? Why are so many, highly intelligent and educated people clueless about the severity and reality of this disorder. This is not just a "bad habit" or "poor diet." This is a real medical condition and no one seems to get that, which just ends up making me feel horrible and worse. I feel like it is my fault and I should be able to just buckle-down and "fix-it" when my friends talk like this. It makes me feel like it is an issue of will-power, which is completely and totally irrelevant in regards to an Eating Disorder.

Also, just "wanting it" - that's not enough by itself either. People ask me that too sometimes. "You just have to hit rock bottom so you want it enough." or "When you get tired of it, you'll quit." or "You've just got to want it more."

F- OFF people!!!! (That's what I really want to say - but what I do say is "Thanks for the advice. I'll think about that.)