This one comes from “Emily”:

“what do you blame for the start of your disorder, or the instance that caused the disorder to become greater than yourself?

i’m asking this because i don’t have the answer for myself after five and a half years of dealing with this.”

This is a topic we’ve brought up before.  We’ve even wondered if the blame could be placed on someone else, like one’s mother (or maternal figure.)

I struggle with this subject quite a bit. 

While I take full responsibility for my decisions, I do believe that had some of the adults in my life taken my rapid weight loss and obvious depression symptoms more seriously, I might have avoided some of the lasting effects of this disease.  But that may just be wishful thinking.

What’s your take on this topic?

Post from: Blisstree

Ask ED: What’s to blame for your eating disorder?

In response to this post, “S” writes:

• How many anorexics, in the process of recovering, have cycled through the entire range of eating disorders?

Personally, I did not cycle through them all, thank goodness.  However, I do think it’s common.

What’s your answer?

Post from: Blisstree

Ask ED: The Cycle of Eating Disorders

The first question I received is:

• Do anorexics secretly (or not so secretly) really think less of bulimics? Or binge eaters?

I think it’s a fair inquiry and I encourage you to reply in the comments section. 

Honestly, when I was actively restricting, I didn’t even think of bulimia or binge eating.  It wasn’t “my thing” and I was too self-absorbed to worry about what someone else was doing.  But I’ve heard that there is indeed some “class warfare” among different ED sufferers.  (Want to read some scathing comments about yours truly?  Check out this post.  Wow!  What a can of worms that opened!)

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Ask ED: The Real Scoop