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Amanda vs. “Ana” Part 1
If you are familiar with the nickname, (for lack of a better term) Ana, I want to first and foremost apologize to you because that means you are for some reason familiar with Anorexia, just like me, Amanda Olejniczak. Welcome to my first story. This could potentially be triggering so read at your own risk. I want this story to be educational but also real and unfiltered, so here it goes... I was no older than 4 when I first heard the crazed voice of "Ana." I was sitting directly in the middle of my preschool's gymnasium floor crying because something in my own little 4 year old brain told me that my thighs were too big and should not be able to jiggle. Keep in mind that at this age, I was very small, smaller than most other kids my age, according to the percentiles I was in. This didn't matter though, I looked down at my legs, fiercely grabbed at them and shook them until my friend came over to me and asked what was wrong. I told her simply "I am fat." She tried to calm me down and even showed me that her thighs jiggled too and that they were supposed to be able to move. I didn't care though that her thighs could jiggle, I cared that mine did.
Amanda OlejniczakPublished 6 years ago in Psyche"Miracle" Weight Loss Pitfalls for a Bulimic
An eating disorder is defined as developing an obsessive and unhealthy relationship with food—which often leads to an obsession about weight. Although bulimia is primarily to do with binge eating and purging, weight loss is easily intertwined with these stressful times.
Nancie HolmesPublished 6 years ago in PsycheTurning Points II.
A boy who teased me in elementary school was accepted to the same magnet middle school I was in sixth grade. The middle schools in my district were horrific, and parents fought tooth and nail to get their “gifted” children into magnet schools. We had two STEM magnet schools and two art magnet schools in the area. At my school you had to choose an art major which was your priority. Most of the “cooler” kids did drama or dance, some of them did art. The “others” did choir, band, orchestra.
Turning Points
On my journey to self-confidence, which is still equivalent to walking a tight-rope that sometimes catches on fire, there were moments I refer to as “turning points.” They are points in time that are stamped to the inside of my skull, moments in my life where I realized I had issues with body image, food, addiction, and the loneliness that came with harboring those things.
The Invisible Curse
When most people hear the phrase, "Beauty is pain," they think of plastic surgery or bikini waxes. But what I think of is the hunger pains and the fainting spells. Or the mind numbing, excruciating feeling of my organs slowly eating themselves to death.
Miquela WallacePublished 6 years ago in PsycheHer
My body jolted awake as the sound of the alarm clock rung throughout the room. She’s already awake. Sleep is the only time she leaves me alone, although I know she is always there watching, waiting for me to wake up. Sure enough, there she sat in an almost contorted position.
Tara HarrisonPublished 7 years ago in PsycheLife With an Eating Disorder
I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the mirror, teary and red-eyed. The feeling of satisfaction having again purged my body of food over-rides the shock of my appearance. My stomach hurts from the forcefulness of the vomiting, I flush the toilet several times and spray deodorant to mask the smell. I then return to my office desk feeling slimmer and more in control. Of course, I am completely in control.
Tracey EvansPublished 7 years ago in PsycheAnorexia Kills
I became anorexic when I was 16, and did not stop until my periods ended, and I weighed ninety pounds, which is thin for someone who is 5'7" tall. I never felt so good or free in my life as when I had anorexia, and still long for that feeling again, but I chose life instead.
Denise WillisPublished 7 years ago in PsycheBattling Anorexia
"I wish I was skinny." Ever since I was a child, those words have escaped my mind and my lips tirelessly. Growing up, I was an overweight kid — no doubt about it. I was the fat kid who sat in the back of the classroom with no friends. I was the fat kid everyone picked on. To everyone at my school and even most of the people in my family, I was nothing more than just that: the fat kid.
Lucius HolmesPublished 7 years ago in PsycheDealing with Daily Battles
Feeling like you are eating too much fat every day and feeling like everything you eat can make you fat, yet inside you know it's what you have to do to be healthy and to be normal. Many would say this is an advantage because it's easier to gain weight than to lose. But having tried both, gaining is a lot harder than you would think, losing is the easy part. Most people in society don't meet their fear more than once a year. However, people with any degree of anorexia have to face it every day. These people have to face it in various degrees the most commons fears are:
Rebecca JensenPublished 7 years ago in PsycheDefeating Anorexia
Anorexia: a lack of loss of appetite (as a medical condition). An emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.
What NOT to Say to Someone with Bulimia Nervosa
Telling someone you have an eating disorder is never easy. For the most part of my disorder, no one knew how sick I was, yet as I continue recovering, I decided to start telling people that I had a problem. This helped immensely as it meant that the element of deception and dishonesty in my bulimia had been reduced. I suddenly felt less alone and more willing to get better, simply because all these people who I had told had expressed their concern and their support.
Isidora CMPublished 7 years ago in Psyche