There are a number of reasons a person would be anorexic, bulemic, etc. Mainly control and vanity/appearance. It starts out that you just want to lose a little weight so you think, hey if I don't eat I will lose. But eventually your perspective changes. And to you, eating 500 calories worth of food a day is alot and you've let yourself down.

So that can continue and you feel guilty for eating, so why not throw it up? Or if you restrict too much, your body will crave food and nutrients causing you to binge, and then if you are mia, to purge.

Personally, if a person were ana because they wanted to improve their appearance, they wouldn't purge because that ruins your teeth and mouth and all the rest of that stuff there, which just makes you uglier. But then if you are really anorexic, and you're mind has been changed so much that you do see girls who are emaciated (sp) and think thats beautiful, then I guess it wouldn't matter...

I don't know where I was going with that ^

Compulsive Overeating is really a sad eating disorder. Because even if you really try to be Ana, you will always end up overeating, without your control. And that really sucks because if you're ana to have control over something, you've just lost it. And it's also annoying, because no matter how bad you want to not eat, sometimes you just can't help it.

I don't know where I was going with that either. ^

I was looking at a poll that some girls took who have been diagnosed with an ED, and they were asked if they think their ED controls them, or if they control it. And most of the girls know that they are controlled by their ED, because once you get into it, it's very hard to get back out.

In my opinion, when you have an ED you do have control over something. You have control over what food you eat or don't eat, and if you throw it up and also how much you are going to exercise to burn off the food you chose to eat. But you do not have control over if you're ever going to be normal again. That wasn't said very well... basically you can control what you eat, but once you start controlling that it becomes your whole life no matter how bad you want to get out of it. You will constantly worry about your weight and what you're eating and if you've gained or if you're losing, and you can't get out of that state without outside help.

I don't know what else to say. I don't think I made my point clear at all... if I even had a point.