Anorexic...Im 14 and photos?

You can recover. However, you must make the choice to do so. It is not easy, it is difficult. It is painful, it tears your heart apart because eating disorders, as you probably have figured out, aren't really about food at all. You need to just give into the treatment. You say you want to go back to school, see your friends and family, etc. You know you can't do these things without recovery. Again, this is not going to be an easy process. However, you CAN do it. You have a therapist and others I imagine, that would be very supportive of your recovery. Anorexia may feel like a comfort sometimes, but it isn't. It controls you now, you don't control it. And I imagine that you know that as well. My advice to you is to take it one day at a time. Eat for your friends, your family, and yourself. As many eating disordered people think, you won't suddenly gain a huge amount of weight overnight. This is a gradual process. Once you finally do begin to gain weight, you'll need to do some intense work with your therapist. You can do this, you can. Don't let that anorexic voice in your head tell you you can't. EDIT: You're going back to your old behaviors when you get out of the recovery center, correct? That's the problem. You can't expect anyone to do this for you, only you can do it. No one here can give you some magical solution to this problem. When you leave the recovery center, you have to remember what you have learned there. You also (hopefully you do this anyway) need to stay in touch with a therapist that you trust.

First of all, my heart goes out to you for what you have had to put up with at your age. I have never been anorexic, if anything i'm a little porky! But what I have been is sucisidal since the age of around 14. The fact you have asked for help is the first step, and by realising you have a problem you can now accept that you are very ill and do something about it. All I used to care about was being happy for myself, I didn't have a care in the world. If I died, I died. I used to try and take pills from the cupboard, cut my arms, lie in bed and think of ways I would like to die. And didn't have a care in the world. The thing is, is I know you probably think ' What does she know', but I never realised how it felt to loose someone until my grandad died. It tore me apart, but opened my eyes. Imagine how your family feel, how your friends feel.. probably a lot worse than what you do. There is a lot of people around you that are going to support you know, a lot of people. There are groups you can join, people you can talk to. You have your whole life ahead of you and you can be anything you want. I pray you get better or at least head toward recovring. All my love.

Hi there, You obviously know you have a problem and that is a huge step on the long road to recovery, so well done. I haven't looked at your pictures because I think it would be very upsetting and keep in mind, there are a lot of trolls on Y!A and some people might be cruel. Just ignore anybody who says anything mean, you deserve to be treated so much better than that. Anorexia is a very serious problem but it sounds like you're getting help, you'll have ups and downs, you're bound to be physically and mentally exhausted, it's heartbreaking to know somebody as young as you is having such severe problems and I sincerely hope you'll get better soon. I don't have much more advice to give other than, well, maybe you should show this entry to your therapist so he/she can understand your inner thinking more thoroughly and will be able to give you more precise help. Also, it certainly sounds like you have a strong incentive to get better, you want to see your friends and go back to school and be "normal" as you put it (I don't really like this expression, nobody is "normal" exactly, but I do get where you're coming from, you want to be healthy, better.)

First of all, my heart goes out to you for what you have had to put up with at your age. I have never been anorexic, if anything i'm a little porky! But what I have been is sucisidal since the age of around 14. The fact you have asked for help is the first step, and by realising you have a problem you can now accept that you are very ill and do something about it. All I used to care about was being happy for myself, I didn't have a care in the world. If I died, I died. I used to try and take pills from the cupboard, cut my arms, lie in bed and think of ways I would like to die. And didn't have a care in the world. The thing is, is I know you probably think ' What does she know', but I never realised how it felt to loose someone until my grandad died. It tore me apart, but opened my eyes. Imagine how your family feel, how your friends feel.. probably a lot worse than what you do. There is a lot of people around you that are going to support you know, a lot of people. There are groups you can join, people you can talk to. You have your whole life ahead of you and you can be anything you want. I pray you get better or at least head toward recovring. All my love.

Hi there, You obviously know you have a problem and that is a huge step on the long road to recovery, so well done. I haven't looked at your pictures because I think it would be very upsetting and keep in mind, there are a lot of trolls on Y!A and some people might be cruel. Just ignore anybody who says anything mean, you deserve to be treated so much better than that. Anorexia is a very serious problem but it sounds like you're getting help, you'll have ups and downs, you're bound to be physically and mentally exhausted, it's heartbreaking to know somebody as young as you is having such severe problems and I sincerely hope you'll get better soon. I don't have much more advice to give other than, well, maybe you should show this entry to your therapist so he/she can understand your inner thinking more thoroughly and will be able to give you more precise help. Also, it certainly sounds like you have a strong incentive to get better, you want to see your friends and go back to school and be "normal" as you put it (I don't really like this expression, nobody is "normal" exactly, but I do get where you're coming from, you want to be healthy, better.)

Eating disorders, especially anorexia, can be chronic (life long) if left untreated. You are lucky to have a supportive family, to be monitored and at the hospital, and to have a therapist helping you. Continue to go to counselling and just try to eat what ever you can. When you are anorexic, there is a certain chemical (well, I forget what exactly it's called) in your body that makes you not even want to eat, because this slowly builds up as you progressively eat less and less. And your metabolism slows down, so this also contributes to not wanting to eat, and when you do, you will start to put on weight at a different rate than normal. Therefore, you can feel disgusted when you try to eat anything, and can only eat small amounts. Hopefully eventually you will be able to eat normal amounts, just keep trying :) I hope your development and puberty is not too badly affected by your disorder, because this is sometimes the case. Anyway, stay positive and good luck! The stress of the situation may be making you feel a bit depressed, so it's important to tell your therapist all these thoughts you're having. Good luck, and I hope you can recover from this!

try forcing yourself to eat. i know it can be tough, but just start with small portions, or even try drinking protein shakes or something.

I would suggest protein shakes for bulking up abit of muscles and giving you energy. When you eat just eat small amounts but more often so have 5-6 small meals aday becuase your stomuchs capacity will be samll and quick to fill and over time it will increase allowing you to eat more.

Try eating, that should help. Act like your 10, before you were anorexic. Eat like everything they have! And drink a lot of water too. You cant last very long without water. Man your gonna hurt yourself if you don't follow my rules! I know it'll probably be hard, but If your that worried about it, just eat salad and pasta. Even that should help you get on your feet and be healthy :D