alrighty...i am going to post a list that i have been forced to do many many times b4...only the difference now is that i am doing this willingly...and i urge everyone to make their own list to look back on and remind themselves.....
Anorexia
Positives
1) I stay thin
2) I am in control
3) I do not NEED much...I therefore am not needy
4) I don't have to rely on food like other people...therefore I feel stronger and more virtuous
5) My way of saying "fuck u" to my parents
Negatives
1) Tired all of the time
2) Get dizzy
3) Lose time in the hospital + treatment which I will never get back
4) Can't think straight alot of the time...thoughts revolve around food and calories
5) Skinnier I get the more it hurts to sit on chairs
6) Cold ALL of the time
7) Low pulse rate...possibility of death
8) Feeding tubes......nuff said
9) People can sometimes tell ur ill without u telling them
10) Get to a point where u look weird cuz ur soo thin
11) I got extremely scarily close to dying
12) Stress within the family
13) Tension point in the family
14) I might possibley have rendered myself infertile
15) I have osteopenia (pre requisite of osteoporosis)
16) Major mood swings
17) I isolate myself
18) Cannot participate in alot of activities because they seem to revolve around food
19) Feelings of hopelessness
20) Some of the enamel on the insides of my teeth has eroded away because of too much coffee.....
I could go on and on and on.....but I'm sure that the lists u guys make will cover anything I have missed...but obviously my negatives out number my positives....hmmm.....something to think about
Anorexia
Positives
1) I stay thin
2) I am in control
3) I do not NEED much...I therefore am not needy
4) I don't have to rely on food like other people...therefore I feel stronger and more virtuous
5) My way of saying "fuck u" to my parents
Negatives
1) Tired all of the time
2) Get dizzy
3) Lose time in the hospital + treatment which I will never get back
4) Can't think straight alot of the time...thoughts revolve around food and calories
5) Skinnier I get the more it hurts to sit on chairs
6) Cold ALL of the time
7) Low pulse rate...possibility of death
8) Feeding tubes......nuff said
9) People can sometimes tell ur ill without u telling them
10) Get to a point where u look weird cuz ur soo thin
11) I got extremely scarily close to dying
12) Stress within the family
13) Tension point in the family
14) I might possibley have rendered myself infertile
15) I have osteopenia (pre requisite of osteoporosis)
16) Major mood swings
17) I isolate myself
18) Cannot participate in alot of activities because they seem to revolve around food
19) Feelings of hopelessness
20) Some of the enamel on the insides of my teeth has eroded away because of too much coffee.....
I could go on and on and on.....but I'm sure that the lists u guys make will cover anything I have missed...but obviously my negatives out number my positives....hmmm.....something to think about
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Wow that is really true. Sometimes, you forget or at least don\'t want to remember those things. Thank you for the reminder
so how are you doing after you made this?
Man, the truth can be an eye opener even if for a moment.
Thanks for all you comments so far, I really do appreciate them.. And I do plan on creating a list of my own, prolly in the next couple of days. Thanks for being a good example!!