I have done it and I didnt do it because I think I’m fat because I know I’m not. I did it because the mother for some reason decided to go on and on about my weight and I was determined to be a bag of bones and organs just so she can shut up and leave me alone.

you definitely should read Maggie Helwig’s essay ’’Hunger’‘

i think people starve themselves for various reasons, a need for acceptance, self-hatred/punishment, a protest against consumerism…

~Kate

I guess because people believe they need to be bone skinny to be accepted and attractive.

While there are some lookers who are skinny, I just want all the ladies to know that big booties are fantastic and anything that say otherwise is propaganda

i have starved myself to get to the weight i wanted. i was 210 lbs 5 foot 8 inches tall and i wanted to be 135 at least so i starved myself. i didn’t feel as beautiful when i was 210 as i did when i lost 5 lbs and then 10 and 20 and it just kept coming and getting better and iwas getting prettier. i admit i did it for my image and for a guy i liked but i do regret it because it messed up my body big time specially when i hit 115…if you have done i feel your pain if you haven’t don’t it is not a good thing it just shows weakness.

_Ash

i don’t think i have enough self-control to starve myself for a long period of time.

~Kate

I mean, i understand why people do it, but I don’t care that much about being skinny, and I’m pretty much in control of my life. I feel good when i eat. eating is happy, to me.

I’m a little over wieght, I’d guess any way, but I’m okay with that so I don’t diet, nor excersise excessively. I have a fear of eating disorders, but most people I know have one in some manner or other and I deal with that, and so do they… I’ll never understand it though

thats offensive to me

People starve themselves because they find a reason suitable to dedicate themselves to.

Anorexia causes people to not eat because they are geniunely afraid of becoming fat.

It takes self-discipline and a personal drive to will oneself to do anything that isn’t inspired by fear.

.. which coming from me, may seem a little odd. There’s something that appeals to me about being literally skin and bone; something that comes of not eating- a power, a fulfilment. It’s not that I loathe eating (the myth that ED sufferers hate food isn’t true; in fact, it’s often the opposite)- I loathe myself when I eat. It’s hard to articulate… but what do you mean by “starve”? Just plain not eating? Or anorexia? Because anorexics do eat- very little, only safe foods, according to rules, but they do eat. Fasting has many reasons- health, clensing, religion, politics… all sorts… (The generalisations here are drawn from an ED support site I belong to; they’re not just drawn from air). Man, if I could never eat again, I’d be happy with myself.

maybe you meant to starve, as a political statement or demonstration technique? Fasting properly, does not mean no food at all. Those who fast, may also eat a teaspoon of honey each day, for example. Just a way to clean the body so the Spirit of God can enter in.

is about control…not about the fear of becoming fat…....it is a way to feel like you have control when everything else in your life feels out of control….Except, eventually, it ends up controlling you.

Are you joking? Why would I deprive myself of food? You can kill yourself. For girls, they can become sterile. All for the sake of “feeling good?” Umm, I’ll opt out

I am a dancer in classical ballet, and unfortunetly in many carrers there are body types that you must comply with to make it. There are a select few who don’t comply with it, but overall you must. It doesn’t mean you depressed or hate yourself it just means that your working hard for a goal. JordanRene

I've been eating one small meal a day for the past two days, and I've lost 4 lbs.. but I feel weak. People starve theirselves to feel control and to lose weight

theres roughly two eating disorders concerned with starving, and both have many reasons (including control or lack of). anorexia nervosa is underweight people who want to lose more weight and often see themselves as having too much weight. there's also bulimia nervosa, which is usually fluctuating weight (always overweight, or overweight-underweight and back again) which is generally alternating between starving yourself and binge-eating huge excessive amounts of food. the starving is also accompanied by getting rid of food that was binged, like taking laxatives, enemas, vomiting etc. like i said above, numerous reasons, try google-ing it!

not crazy but mental issues are present in the way they perceive themselves for whatever reason

I starved myself nearly to death because i was having a real bad case of clinical depression.I had plenty of food in the house, but no appetite. I didnt even feel hungry, but one day i tried to get out of bed- and couldn't! I was too weak from starvation. I had to be taken to the hospital, and put on anti-depressants in order to get my endorphines back in balance. thats how I came to know about chronic depression and eating disorders