7 Reasons Why Girls Become Anorexic ...

The name of this article should be changed to "7 reason why people develop Anorexia" For one thing, no one can simply "become" anorexic-anorexia strikes people unexpectedly-its never a choice-by saying people "become" anorexic, you are making it sound like people somehow are responsible for making themselves sick like this-and that's wrong-no one with anorexia chose it and no one that suffers with it should be blamed-also. boys get anorexia too-its not just a disease strictly for girls

I have had Anorexia for 8 years-Anorexia is stereotyped all the time and everyone assumes its all about being vain and skinny-that is why there is all that horrible "pro anorexia' nonsense online-Anorexia is an incredibly complex, powerful psychological disorder with really serious mental/physical health effects-for people to assume "its all about being vain and skinny" is just not true-I am a naturally skinny person and there is no reason I should have developed anorexia, but I have had it for 8 years-people just want to be ignorant and think its dieting gone too far-its not-its a mental disorder, an addiction-that is really hard to get over-I have been in three treatment centers already and don't see myself getting better any time soon

Also, celebrities don't cause eating disorders-celebrities can trigger them-just because you look at a photo of a thin person, doesn't mean that will drive you into Anorexia-Anorexic people-this is a fact-already have something wrong in their brains-genetics, biology, the way the person thinks, all these things have an affect on whether or not a person will develop anorexia-Anorexia is also the least common eating disorder-in fact, most people today are being diagnosed with Eating disorder not otherwise specified, because you have to meet a strict criteria to be diagnosed as Anorexic-Anorexia doesn't just happen because a girl flips open a magazine, sees a skinny celebrity and decides to eat less at meal times-this disease is way, way more complex than that-also, most anorexic people are highly intelligent, talented, deeply thoughtful and insightful people-we are not vain and superficial like people like to assume

thanks for the photo credit, I'm glad you liked it :)

While good points, a lot of the things you brought up seem like the more shallow reasons. Anorexia is a psychological disease with many underlying psychological causes which I didn't really see you touch on in this article. I don't think it's fair to say that all anorexics just want to be skinny and beautiful when a lot of them are in significant emotional pain.

"When one has anorexia as a teenager, they could become overweight when they are an adult and finally start eating." -

I am 13 years old and am 5,1 I weigh 96 pounds. I mean I guess I should eat more. I don't throw up on purpose I just don't eat. People say I have an eating disorder. So if they r so sure what's the name of my eating disorder.