A bit confused..

Postby Jordahn » Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:32 am

For about 3 years now; since i've started highschool, i've had this need to look better. I felt disgusted with myself and wanted to change so many things. The most important thing I felt was my weight, I wasn't fat or anything.. but I felt really chubby all the time even though people said I wasn't. Here I am 3 years later, people say I am a very good looking guy but something tells me that's not enough, I still feel like I need to lose weight. I'm not sure if I do have an eating disorder to be honest.. I mean I don't eat breakfest or lunch at all on school days and try to always make sure I eat around 1,500 calories or less. When I think I've eaten to much I make myself throw up. The thing is I still think I weigh a healthy weight, which is around 116 pounds. I'm a 16 year old male and i'm about 5'10 if that helps. My mother and sister say I need to gain weight but it really makes me mad when they say that. I know I am not fat but I definetly don't need to gain weight. I'm starting to get sick of this though, I mean feeling depressed almost all the time. I have become a lot less sociable at school.. sometimes even literally ignoring new people I meet. I just feel so tired sometimes at school that I just want to pass out and go to bed. I get irrated and mad very easily, especially if somebody is eating food. When somebody in my family constantly eats food or chews loud I feel like going insane. They call me bi-polar and say I need help alot, that hurts the most because it feels like they make fun of me and don't care at all. I don't know exactly what is wrong with me.. but I know something is. I feel like there is a big empty whole inside of me, and like i'm useless. I also don't feel much emotion anymore like I use to.. such as happiness, guilt, or even crying, most of what I feel now is sorrow, anger, and 'empty'. I try to put on a fake smile as much as I can because I don't like looking pathetic. I'm just tired of it all.. of being fake and insecure. I just want to know what is wrong with me. I feel like talking to somebody but I wouldn't know where to start.. which is why I am here.

I just want to know if all these things I feel is just because of how i'm eating or if there is more to it. I also still am confused if I even have an eating problem, it's not like i'm starving myself. I just need guidance and I am really afraid.
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Postby jurplesman » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:40 am

Hi ordahn,

For you weight and height you are definitely underweight! An eating disorder usually starts off with the idea for a girl that they are overweight and therefore ugly or unattractive.

The problem is that when you suffer from hypoglycemia or insulin resistance, this can cause you to put on both weight AND be depressed. Another illness that can bring this about is hypothyroidism, and I advise you to have this checked out with a doctor. I suggest you read:

Eating Disorders

and discuss this with a doctor. It should be treated without recourse to drugs.
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Postby mapanoy » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:53 am

You might have eating disorder. it's hard to tell
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