Anorexia Nervosa Reviews

Anorexia Nervosa: My Personal Story OK, I'm Emma, 24 and from Ireland. Currently living in England, Nottingham to be precise. I am a 'goth', well, that's what people tend to label me as. I have the black hair, the tattoos, the piercings e.t.c, yet i am not into the music, i much prefer music with meaning. I was born in Dublin, born with ...  Read the complete review

I have been undecided about writing this review for some time. Why? Because it is not me that has been through it.......although I may have contributed to it......and it is not your "typical" case of an eating disorder that I am writing about. Or is it? Because I don't believe that there is anything such as "typical" about ...  Read the complete review

Anorexia is a severe psychological condition, usually leading to dangerous weight loss and self-destruction. Having suffered with the condition myself, I think I can give a good, informative account of this psychological disease. Most people have heard of this condition but it is commonly misinterpreted as just being severe weight loss; many ...  Read the complete review

It took me a long time to decide to actually share my experience of Anorexia with the world, but I'm pleased I've finally climbed over that hurdle and released the worms. This can also be purchased in book-format or downloaded at www.lulu.com/uk (link at bottom). It was an emotional write though piecing everything together in such a way did help ...  Read the complete review

i decided to write thi9s review as i think anorexia is a big issue and i used to also suffer from an eating disorder and want to raise awareness. Anorexia is an eating disorder, it's a psychological disorder. A person who suffers from anorexia tends to start losing weight as they think their fat and feel they need to lose weight. The ...  Read the complete review

Ok, now this should be a fun review to do (sarcasm at its best), but there's several reasons why I've chosen this topic. Firstly because I keep looking at it and thinking I should but never quite plucking up the courage...secondly because I think I can have something useful to say because I've been there...some would say still am there...and ...  Read the complete review

Some people say that anorexia it´s a teenager issue, it starts in our teen years that´s true but once you have it it remains on you for the rest of your life with many ups and downs but it is always there with you. Normaly people who suffer from this disorder have many problems with their body and appearance, they always think they´re and ...  Read the complete review

**** ?The weight issue?: Who?s responsible for the increasing occurrence of anorexia? And how can we deal with Britain?s weight problems? **** [I recognize this is perhaps not the most ideal category to post a review of this title, however, due to the fact dooyoo are currently not adding any suggestions for the ?Discussion? section, I ...  Read the complete review

My name is Sarah and I live in England, I have been diagnosed with anorexia within the past year and a half but...theres one problem (please excuse me if i get carried away) I have been extremely underweight ALL of my life , i was premature. My mum was severley underweight ALL through her life...my dad was underweight, ALL my brothers and ...  Read the complete review

When I was 10 I got called fat by boys at school. I'd play sick, so I wouldn't have to go. I sit and I cried and somewhere along the line I was led to believe I was a fat disgusting pig. When I was thirteen I stole a bottle of Ipacac syrup from a drug store. I was going to make my self vomit. I read the directions, it said something ...  Read the complete review

I also suffered form anorexia like many others. I suffered for almost 9 years. I personally never saw that I was fat, it was the fact I didn't feel that I deserved to eat. I felt guilty and often deprived myself of food and life. During my last hospital visit, I was down to 87 lbs. Being only 5' 2 this was my attempt at knocking on ...  Read the complete review

Ok, ive never written down anything about my disorder before, so, it'll be interesting. I first started to diet about 2 years ago, after a long period of over eating. I was 6ft and 10st9. Then i disliked my beer gut so i started to run. Then i came out and my role models started to turn towards women. I started to diet, i was ...  Read the complete review

OK so at the moment you look good, but do you feel good? And will it stay that way? The first comments made to me at a yearly christmas reunion, Roxanne.... not 'oh my your tall' or 'oh how you've grown' standard family remarks but, 'blimey your all skin and bones'. I was rather a chubby child, but hey, ...  Read the complete review

My story is probably similar to all the other issues with eating. I had annorexia and I still do, or I got help and then I just fell back into it. I am a guy which is really unusual for this disease. I am a sophmore in high school. I first fell into annorexia my eighth grade year. I was a chubby kid my whole life and this one guy always made fun ...  Read the complete review

I thought it's about time it was brought to everyones attention that there are websites out there specifically aimed at those that are unfortunatly suffering from anorexia. Now before I go on let me make these points: 1. I'm not anorexic(love food too much), 2.This review is not meant to insult anyone in anyway. There are ...  Read the complete review

Wow, i was searching the internet for fitness programs, i am desperate to be thin, always have been. I came across 13 "Pro-ana" web sites. I've been annorexic i was less than 6 stone, not too bad but still bad. It took me along time to get beck back to a "normal" weight. Its a struggle all the time not to go back there. ...  Read the complete review

I thought long and hard as to how to go about this opinion. I set off by wanting to write an opinion on an excellent diet book called “5 days to a flatter stomach “ by Monica Grenfell. The more I thought about it I realised that I could only do it properly if I explained a lot about my background of anorexia. But, it struck me that the ...  Read the complete review

I first became obviously anorexic at the age of 14, towards the beginning of the year. By October I had been hospitalised, in an isolation cell of the psychatric wing of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. I finally left the hospital four and a half months later, but it took me another five or so years to recover from my eating disorder. ...  Read the complete review

Imagine, for a moment, sitting alone in your bedroom crying because you have just seen what you look like in the mirror for the first time in several months. As you glance in the mirror, you begin to wonder if that talk almost transparent figure with the sunken eyes and bony shoulders in the reflection is really you. That unsettling feeling in ...  Read the complete review

Anorexia Nervosa,is the most evil disease I can think of. I suffered from this condition for twelve years,and nothing any body said could have helped me. I got down to four and a half stone at my worst, I never saw what people were telling me,"that I was too thin". I lived by the motto "You can never be too thin or too ...  Read the complete review