Am i Bulimic?!
Question: Hi. My names Katie and i'm 16 yers old. Since i was 14 i been able to make food come back up without sticking my fingures down my throat or anything. All i have to do is tence my tmmy in a certain way and the food will come up. It desnt come up really fast so i hav to stick my head down the toilet, it comes up "controled" ( i knowit sounds stange, just hear me out) s since itsnot going every where i often get emty milk cartens or empty water bottles and i make m self sick n to there... imust fill up 2 liter botles once a day. Thats if i binge. I go through days where i only have 800 calories..i can d that for weeks! its just some daysi feel week and if i even have ONE crumb of digestive or ONE speck of chocollate it sets me off in a uncntrollable binge! its actualy as if i've been taken over by another person who just wants to shove FOOD down my throat!! Once its finnished i cry. Thats when the bottles come out and i tence my tummy so that all that binge food is up.
Answers: Hi. My names Katie and i'm 16 yers old. Since i was 14 i been able to make food come back up without sticking my fingures down my throat or anything. All i have to do is tence my tmmy in a certain way and the food will come up. It desnt come up really fast so i hav to stick my head down the toilet, it comes up "controled" ( i knowit sounds stange, just hear me out) s since itsnot going every where i often get emty milk cartens or empty water bottles and i make m self sick n to there... imust fill up 2 liter botles once a day. Thats if i binge. I go through days where i only have 800 calories..i can d that for weeks! its just some daysi feel week and if i even have ONE crumb of digestive or ONE speck of chocollate it sets me off in a uncntrollable binge! its actualy as if i've been taken over by another person who just wants to shove FOOD down my throat!! Once its finnished i cry. Thats when the bottles come out and i tence my tummy so that all that binge food is up.
It sure sounds like you are...and it is SO dangerous. You know Karen Carpenter died from the complications of an eating disorder. Even though she had stopped the behavior, it left a lot of damage in her body: her heart basically stopped, because it was all screwed up because she had been messing up her electrolyte balance with her eating problems.
There is now plenty of evidence that eating disorders and all the feelings that go with that behavior are often related to what you eat - some people just have imbalances in how they respond to different sorts of food...and sometimes that imbalance swings different ways on different days of the month and even at different times of the day for a very unfortunate few, making it hard to figure out what foods to eat and what foods to avoid. The good news is that there are doctors with lab tests that help pinpoint the problems, and when you learn to eat according to your body's pattern of imbalances, your digestion will behave better, your weight will stay normal without having to binge/purge, and your mood and feelings about yourself will actually change for the better. If you still feel awful about yourself, more like psychological wounds, please check out Mercy Ministries, International. They have helped SO many girls in so many ways, and don't charge for their services. Their success rate is phenomenal. They have waiting list, though, so get on early. But please don't underestimate the power of a food imbalance, or succumb to the temptation to think that your cravings, binging and purging cannot be healed, because they can. It is happening for other girls, and it can happen for you. Please, please talk to a parent or adult friend who will help you get the help you need, and do it today!
What the hell!? Of course you're bloody bulimic! You MUST see a doctor IMMEDIATELY - don't wait, book an appointment today. Tell him what you've done and he can put you on a recovery programme that will help you overcome this. Making yourself throw up isn't good, the acid in the sick can effect your teeth and turn them yellow.
Please, go to a doctor. Stop it now. While you still can.
Hello Katie!
I think you are suffering from a problem that has to be taken very, very serious. I would recommend for you to go to a psychologist or a doctor and to let them know about your problem. If you throw up on a regular basis, you have a high risk for other diseases because of the acid going up your throat. You definitely need to do something about this NOW - before it will get even worse. Going to a psychologist is one of the best things you can do if suffering from problems. Something you should consider first thing to do in the New Year... Good luck with it!!
Go to a doctor, School nurse and tell your parents or a friend. This is not normal or health. It is Bulimic and what you are doing is very damaging to your body. Please get help.
With food issues like these, Katie, you really need and deserve help. It sounds pretty miserable. Please check in with your family doctor and if they aren't sympathetic and helpful, use some of that powerful will of yours to find someone to listen. Your life is in danger. I'll be praying for you!
sweetheart - you must get help via doctor, school nurse etc...
This is serious - but can be sorted. This is not just about food either.
Doing this can give you long term health issues, may stop you becoming pregnant etc.... I know that may not mean much to you now, but need to think beyond the now.
Complete recovery IS possible
You certainly have a problem in your relationship with food. If the label bulimia will help you to find out more about what might be the reason for your behaviour and then do something about it, I would say yes. But if it doesn't help you to look at other ways of addressing you stresses then keep thinking about it as an abnormal way of behaving that needs sorting out. Relaxation techniques like deep breathing or increasing you level of physical activity (if you get breathless you get a high that's similar to throwing up!!)
visit a psycgologist as soon as possible
hey uh you uh katie. GO. TO. A. DOCTOR. NOW. IMMEDIATELY.