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I see eating disorders as serious, and they ARE mental disorders. People assume that all eating disorders are based around weight loss. They're not. With stereotypes given by society today of what each sex has to look like people are going to EXTREME lengths so they can be socially excepted, but not all eating disorders are caused by society, sometimes it's caused by situational reasons, or someone's anxiety.
I have an eating disorder called ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) which was caused by situational trauma. None of which was my fault. I had eating problems as a kid and then I didn't know eating disorders existed.
I actually firmly believe I don't weigh enough. But my diet isn't healthy neither is my lifestyle. And while I can admit that changing that is SOO hard. I've tried dozens of times to forfeit sugar, it lasted maybe a week.
I'm 17 years old, five foot three, and I've never hit 100 pounds in my life. I stopped growing at 15 because of ARFID. Eating disorders are serious, very serious, one thing people forget whenever they talk about how it's a choice and people suffering with an eating disorder are doing it for attention, is eating disorders kill people.
People with anorexia or bulimia don't want to die they want to be skinnier.
Because of mine I went 3 days without drinking water, and eating anything healthy. I got a UTI and sick from that. I didn't want that, I just couldn't stomach anything at that time besides chips and sweet tea, anything else made me sick.
