Wanarexia

So what is "wanarexia" exactly? Well, wanarexics and fauxlimics are people who PRETEND to have or are trying to get an eating disorder. For example, someone who thinks that just not eating for a day qualifies them as an anorexic, someone who is trying to lose weight and thinks "anorexia" is a diet, not a psychological disorder.

In otherwords, people who are completely ignorant.

Why on Earth, would ANY one in their right mind WANT to develop an eating disorder?? Do you people WANT to ruin your lives? Do you want to give up your body, mind, and sanity for the sake of losing a few pounds?

Someone who has an eating disorder rarely ever developed it because they wanted to be thin. For many, it's a case of needing a sense of control in an abusive situation or during a chaotic period in their life. For many more, it is a physiological need to self injure, to the extreme of depriving the body of food to the point of near-death starvation or excessive purging.

Many eating disorder sufferers also suffer from other mental illness, be it depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, other personality disorders (schizophrenia, avoidant or dependant personality disorder, ect). Many more are self injuring, through cutting or alcohol/drug abuse.

In short, eating disorders (in this case.. UNDER eating disorders, meaning bulimia, anorexia, and EDnOS ) are NOT glamorous!
There are of course, over eating disorders such as binge eating disorder and compulsive over eating, but no one WANTS to develop those.

I'm off topic. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE LIKE THAT?? What wanarexics simply don't seem to understand, that anorexia and bulimia are not just diets that you can stop and start whenever and where ever it pleases you! They are serious disorders, and the road to recovery for a real sufferer is NOT a pretty one! Most sufferers will fail recovery and relapse at least once or twice. For many more, it will be a life long battle.

These disorders are like a disease. They control your mind and warp your senses. They take over your entire being, until you are no longer the you that once was, and could be. It will consume your life, destroy your relationships, ruin your beauty, deprive you of all self-confidence and self-worth.

So I beg of you, educate yourself, and those around you, about the truth of what an eating disorder is! Its not a diet or way to lose weight. And those of you who think they are, are seriously ignorant and misinformed. Wanarexics make me so, so angry. People are truly suffering at the hands of this beast, and you are doing nothing short of giving them ALL a tarnished reputation.