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Did you ever have an eating disorder symptoms?
I know that self-injury and eating disorders are related somehow. Harm to the body, self-distruction. I can really relate to both, so I was just wondering.

I've dabbled with eating disorders. I purged off and on for over two years. Around ages 17-19 (20?) when I was hospitalized there were measures taken to keep me from purging and/or restricting. I did go below one hundred pounds at one point but the doctor at the psychiatric hospital put me on one to one and had the bathroom locked unless I requested it be unlocked, which led to my one one standing outside the door with the door partway open. Became vegetarian for about three years to hide any weight issues. It was never my main form of self-destruction, though. More an afterthought. When I wasn't self-injuring I might turn to purging. Stopped restricting because it led to a lot of stomach pain because of the regiment of medication I was on.

I still deal with body image issues and recently relapsed into purging briefly. It's been that way for years. Will start purging for about a week to a month when I start feeling insecure about my body.

However, I am no longer underweight or even remotely thin and I can't say I've ever had a serious eating disorder (or at least one that felt serious to me).

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Kates

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  I'm surprised that a change in diet is linked with self-injury. I never really thought about it before, but when I'm anxious or depressed, obviously I take things out on myself, and come to think of it, I have always done so with food as well.

  I've never developed a full-blown eating disorder, but if I am feeling particulary upset I will tell myself to not eat as much as I want because I will be bigger and uglier than I already am. I become disgusted with myself. I just recently met my goal weight of 110lbs., and wasn't even that excited about it, I honestly thought I would feel so much better about myself...but I looked the same 10lbs ago.

  I guess this all stems from wanting to control, and obsessive thinking.

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