Anorexia - xoJane

How Not To Be A Dick To Your Anorexic Friend

Suzie Claire — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:00 -0400

I get that it can be challenging -- and frustrating -- to deal with a friend who is sick.

It Happened To Me: I Was a Member of Pro-Ana Groups on the Internet

IHTM CONTESTANT — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500

We gave each other tips: how to throw up, how to hide our weight from the doctor, how to not pass out, how to stay warm, how to kill the appetite.

Starvation as Source Material: Laia Abril's "Thinspiration Fanzine" Turns Anorexia Into Art

Jodi Sh. Doff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:30:00 -0500

Part of what art is supposed to do is upset sensibilities and shake up the status quo. But there are other, unintended consequences.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Survived Anorexia

IHTM CONTESTANT — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:00:00 -0500

Eating again was confusing at first -- after not listening to my body for so long, I honestly couldn’t tell the difference between when I was hungry and when I was full.

My Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Makes It Almost Impossible for Me To Eat

A. Tamara Ware — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500

I haven't been able to determine what came first: the aversion to germs or the aversion to food.

My Grandmother Died From an Eating Disorder

Claire Glass — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:00:21 -0400

My grandmother, Flossie, died from anorexia in her 70s, but it wasn’t until I got to college that I realized how many little things are ingrained in me from this experience of loving someone so much who did not love herself.

It Happened to Me: I Can't Stop Binge Eating

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:00:29 -0400

No matter how careful I am during the day, in a cubicle, or in with a group of girlfriends at dinner, there is some part of me that knows when I am alone and I can and will buy and eat an entire box of Fig Newtons and a whole sack of Cheeze-Its.

It Happened To Me: My Eating Disorder Support Group Dumped Me

Giulia — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:23 -0400

Like a lot of bulimics in recovery, I believed I didn't deserve treatment. For me, bulimia was a hobby, and these women were pros.

The Same 5 Questions We Always Ask: Tracey Gold

Jane — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:00:09 -0500

The former star of "Growing Pains" and that infamous Lifetime movie is no longer scared of food, the Same 5 Questions We Always Ask, or your even more probing ones (Kirk Cameron's evangelism!)

It Happened to Me: I Recovered From Anorexia

Casey Conan — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:00:10 -0400

(Fun fact: Every patient on an eating disorder unit farts. Constantly. Everywhere. It’s a symptom of re-feeding. And it is HILARIOUS.)

This Makes Me Wanna Eat 7 Million Fun-Size Candy Bars

Eve — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:00:14 -0400

About 7 million women and girls have an eating disorder. Happy Halloween!