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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I went through a bout like that while I was in law school. I was horribly depressed, and just stopped eating. One or two bites would practically make me gag. After about a year, I was down to 103 (size 3) and would have made Kate Moss look like a linebacker.
I knew there was a problem. I could see bones sticking out everywhere. People kept telling me that I had a "body image" problem. I didn't. I knew I looked like a stick, and I knew that I was starving to death, but I just didn't care.
It probably didn't help matters any that, in order to counteract the depression, I used to hop on my bicycle and pedal 50 or 60 miles to the beach and back every Sunday.
Anyway, I finally found a doctor who understood what was going on. He put me on medication for the depression and told me to tell anyone who gave me any lip about my weight to just stuff it. Being anorectic isn't the same as having anorexia nervosa.
Eh, what it comes down to is, there are basically seven types of people in the world:
1. People who are carrying more weight than their bodies can tolerate and that are miserable about it;
2. People who are carrying more weight than their bodies can tolerate and that are ok with it;
3. People who are at a weight that is above or below where they should be according to cultural norms (but where their body functions just fine) and they are miserable about it;
4. People who are at a weight that is above or below where they should be according to cultural norms (but where their body functions just fine) and they are OK with it (very rare beast);
5. People who are carrying less weight than their bodies can tolerate and are miserable about it;
6. People who are carrying less weight than their bodies can tolerate and that are ok with it; and
7. Perfect people who should be shot on sight.
I'm working towards becoming a type 4. It's a life long effort.  |
Be careful shooting at #7's. They shoot back at #1, 2, 3, 5, and 6's, (and fire warning shots at #4's).