THIS BRINGS BACK TERRIBLE MEMORIES. NO ONE GETS THAT THIS DISEASE CONTROLS YOU UNLESS THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. YOU ARE NEVER HAPPY, EVEN THE THINNER YOU ARE THE CRAZIER YOU GET ABOUT EXCERCISING AND COUNTING CALORIES. IT IS ALL A HUGE TRAP. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE I STARTED IT WHEN I WAS 12 AND RECOVERED AT AGE 17. I WAS LUCKY. MY PARENTS GOT ME HELP FOR YEARS. I HATED THEM FOR IT. I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO LEAVE ME ALONE, TO GO AWAY. THEIR IS SO MUCH PAIN INSIDE YOU. YOU HAVE TO GET HELP TO EXCEPT WHO YOU ARE. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU WEIGH, THEIR IS MORE TO THIS. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF IS THE KEY THING. BEING 5'10 AND A 100 LBS ISN'T BEAUTIFUL. THESE GUYS WRITING IN ON HERE SHOULD BE ASHAMED. HAVE YOU EVER LIVED WITH ANYONE WITH ANOREXIA? IT IS TERRIBLE TO WATCH SOMEONE YOU LOVE HURT THEMSELVES AND BE SO UNHAPPY DAY AFTER DAY. MIND YOU, THEIR PROBABLY ISN'T TO MUCH SEX GOING ON. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SKIN AND BONES TO BE ATTRACTIVE OR TO ACCEPT YOURSELF. FIND ANOTHER WAY. GIRLS, I KNOW YOU CAN. I DID. AND YES THEIR WAS TIME WHEN I COULD NEVER EVER SEE MYSELF ACCEPTING ANY OTHER WAY, BUT BEING ANA.

The girl in the Rainbow Brite outfit is one of my friends who does not have Anorexia. I've already let her know, so please remove it.

...shocking pictures!

who think that being this thin is a joke, or you think its "hot" or "trendy", believe me its not.
and to all the men or women on here who want to perv over these struggling girls. your the reason why more and more people are forcing themselves to look this way.
anorexia nervosa isn't something admirable, you lose your hair, potentially your sight, you get bed sores,you suffer mentally on a level i cant explain.
I had anorexia when i was 11, i was around 9st and went down to 4 and a half in 5 months. the pain and misery i put my family through i will never forget, and anyone who thinks this is a cool thing to go through, you really need to sort out your priorities.i lost weight again and turned to binging,gained too much weight and im now a healthy weight, but it doesnt stop it haunting me, as it does to many of the girls and boys suffering.

other people on here will understand how it feels to lose a friend to this illness, the sadness is nothing i can express, she will always be in my heart, and to anyone who needs help or advice or needs someone to tell them its okay, find someone, dont sit in silence, beauty is more than skin deep, and it tears me apart to think all these girls don't realise how beautiful they are on the inside.
once anorexia takes hold you have it for life, maybe not physically but mentally, these girls are asking for help, no one this thin is truly happy, and its because the media portray this as beautiful or modern or a way to make money, if beauty is the price of money then i'd rather be poor.

stay beautiful and true to yourself.

just discharged my self from hospital i hate what they have turned me into, does anyone have a recomended calorie intake to lose about a kg a week?they got me up to 40kg and im going crazy feel like i have no control left, really scared that i won't beable to be as strong as before and ill just get fat.

this post includes very serious matter. most of the girls have complex to loose their weight. so its very dangerous for their health. thanks Sam

I am very sad because of the many people that think this disease is a joke. Some of the comments I've read are horrible! I really can't believe people can be so heartless, crule and perverted. This is not a matter of being sexy or atractive. This is about living. These women/men are killing themselfs and don't even know it. This is about mothers, daughters, sons, uncle, aunts, grandmas, and other loved ones hurting themself and not knowing what they are truley doing. If you know someone that is suffering from this get them some help please before it is to late. SPEAK UP!!! This is no way to die. Enjoy life and don't let others judge who you are no matter what. Skinny, fat, shot, tall it really doesn't matter at all. Please, please consider getting help if you are suffering form this disease or know someone who is suffering from this ):!

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i sometimes look in the mirror and see only fat i feel like im ugly and i know i am. im 5"6' and i weigh 135 people tell me i look healthy but i constantly find myself compareing myself to more beautiful skinny women and for you guys who think its hot your fuckin sick and you obviously dont realise that these girls cant help the way they are. my mother was anorexic/bulimic. she went to two mental hospitals. she was 5" 11"ans weighed 63 pounds. for those of you who admire there willpower although it may look like they can help it, like they choose it they cant and they dont. they cant controll themselfs.im a drug addict i weighed 103 6 months ago. i thought i looked good but i didnt i looked dead.i just got out of rehab.i feel as good as can be. and to you parents dont underestimate your children it starts at every age i started everything when i was 9 i am now 15.i wish i could take alot of my life back. stay strong girls as well as boys. just remember you are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

looking at these pictures brings back some really horrible memories, i was anorexic for 3 years and looking back not a single good thing came from it. trying to think what i actually did in those 3 years is weird because i can hardly remember a day of it, i knew i was ill but never thought i was as bad as anyone else i just thought i was a bit skinny, but i was completely and utterly obsessed with food and calories and completely image obsessed, i thought it was normal and struggled to imagine what else other people might think about. there are pictures of me from when i was ill which i saw the other day and when i looked at myself i struggled not to be sick. Everyday was a routine, everything in my whole life revolved around food, infact it was my life. always thinking of ways to hide food and pretend to people i was fine and eating healthily always thinking of ways to decieve the doctos. but WHY?!?!?! still know even after being ill with anorexia and people ask me why i did it i dont actually have an answer. and that's what any sufferers out there need to ask themselves, what good is it actually doing? even though its a struggle to eat [i say a struggle, i mean one of the hardest battles you've ever fought] pushing your self to the absoloute limits until you want to cry and tear your hair out really is worth it, even if your not thinking normally inside looking normal is a step in the right direction, once your not classed as an anorexic its easier for you not to be one, it takes A LOT of time to recover and start thinking normally again, even now a few years after recovering i still have some anorexic thoughts but they don't get in the way of my life im able to live happily and healthily and think NORMALLY.
im going to be blunt.
anorexics are not attractive, your ugly and scary to look at, when people stare its not because they're jealous, they're staring in the same way people stare at disabled people, its because they're frightened.
dont you just want to live your life?
what are achieving? right your skeletal, great, what else? weigh up the good things about being ill and the good things about being healthy and i think you'll have an answer to is it worth it?

im so sorry to all of you who are still struggling out there, i wish you all the best and hope you get better soon ♥

i am just under 6ft and weigh 85lbs. i have been at this weight for the past 2 years, but have had anorexia/bulimia for about 20 years. I am now 29 and completely alone. I went from anorexic to full blown bulimic and have only my small dog as support. Last year I lost all my teeth (some i pulled out on my own) and was forced to pay $47,000.00 for dental implants. the surgery was not covered by any insurance as it was considered cosmetic. NOw, instead of focusing on taking care of my self and finding help, I have to work two jobs to pay of the loan...i don't think that I can hold on for much longer. the only thing that keeps me alive is my dog, who wakes me up every morning after I stay up until about 3am each day purging!\\help

unbelieveably i used to be that thin but now ive gone over the top and become that fat person everyone tries not to look at.the main point is trying to find the balance becausew fat or thin like this you will kill yourself and think of your friends and family.if you need help say something.i know its hard i have been both anorexic and bulemic.i nearly died at 5ft6 and only 5st.now im overweight at 14 st but at least im not on drips and im working to lose some weight.listen to me people...anorexics and bulemics you need to lose control of what you are eating and enjoy the taste of a good balanced meal.good luck.xxx

I made an account on this website only because i was so shocked by what i had read here. I was doing a project for school on anorexia and needed pictures, so i googled it and this came up. i was absolutley shocked. these beautiful girls are suffering from a horrible condition, disease, mental disorder, whatever youd like to call it. see how very few of them look happy? they look tired and sad. i hate to say it, but most of them are walking dead. this can cause many physically disturbing things, like growing small hairs EVERYWHERE. i dont find that attractive, and i dont think anyone does. to you male pigs out there who think this is hot, i dont see the fun in holding a bag of twigs in bed. i just dont. think of it this way. your in bed with an anorexic girl, and the strain of whatever your doing kills her. then youve got your hands all over a dead person. girls, you too. i am not some fat depressed chick, i am very happy with my body and weight and would even be comfortable with gaining a few pounds. and to you absolute idiots who are saying horrid things about these girls, i really think you need to move far, far away where you cannot talk to anyone. i hope one day you meet a person with anorexia, befreind them, and understand what its like. then you may learn to keep your mouth shut.

These girls are skinny but they are gorgeous. there is nothing wrong with being skinny. This is what this world is about. Anorexic girls are hot! i wish i was that thin!

this is not serious

I remembered the docter telling me i had two weeks to put on weight or he was puttings me in hospital. I used to look in the mirror and think eww i look disgusting im getting soooo fat im not eating anymore. I couldnt handle the hunger and i started trying to eat i even tryed complan but it only made me feel sik. I started making myself sick after every meal.

Eventually i to became pregnant with my first daughter who is now 11 years old and very healthy. I also have a 2 year old son who is also healthy. Sometimes (like now) i still look at myself and i think im becoming fat again. It's so hard to remind myself that im not fat at all but at a good weight gain. My only hope is that my daughter doesnt end up with the same sickness.

I'm now at eit studying social services and my plan is to help people in need. I just want to say good luck to all those out there that suffer such a horrible hard journey in life.

Kia kaha
Be Strong
Diana

First: I wish people wouldn’t label us all the same and put us in a little box called “disorder”. Some of us have a “problem”, some of us don’t. All of us are slim, many of us are (I think, judging by the photos above, and by the way I’m not in any of the photos … yet!) beautiful girls. (By the way, why no boys? They get anorexia too…) Personally I prefer to keep my weight just at or very slightly above the level where I can keep control over other people’s interference! At or below a certain level, you end up being hospitalised, which is generally no fun.
But these others who say we have a “problem” … have they ever thought about their own “problem” of greed and obesity? And have they ever thought about what their problem of obesity is doing to a world where many people don’t have a choice whether to be thin or “normal” or fat, because they can’t just afford to eat in any case? Someone once said “there’s enough for everyone’s need, but not for everyone’s greed”. So let’s have an attitude of gratitude: at least we in the US and Europe have a choice whether or not to eat, and let’s hope (and for those who are religious, pray) it won’t be too long before people in less economically-wealthy countries can share that choice.
Thank you for reading this.

every girl in these pictures look, like the WALKING DEAD! i am gonna go eat now;)

I am 37 now but when I was young I had a gorgeous, spectacular body like these beautiful girls. I ended up having three children (whom I love very much.)However, I ruined my body with pregnancy and childbirth.
I am very tall, 5'8, I am too ashamed to even admit how much I weigh now but my sister age 36, is also 5'8, and she weighs 104, she has also had 3 children but somehow managed to avoid disgusting stretch marks, potbelly, etc. I wear sizes varying from 5/6 all the way up to "obese" size 9/10 tall or long since I have long legs. It just makes me sick how I have let myself go. People tell me I look "healthy" and "normal". I am not medically overweight but I am way too heavy to ever be content this way. My sister wears a 00 or 0. We are the same height, bone structure, etc. except she is blonde, blue eyes and has a nice trim figure. I just wonder if it is too late to recapture at least some of my former beauty? I lack dicipline, I eat too much but I hate how hideously fat I have become. Make no mistake, guys do not like fat girls! My Dad's advice and how I wish I would have listened and followed his wise advice, "Keep a skinny little hardbody and you will find a man to take care of you." Oh, I am single, have a jackass "boyfriend" who just uses me when he has nothing else going on and I KNOW it is because I am fat now. So stay thin girls, you are beautiful, you have will power which I lack. It is bad enough getting "old" it is even worse to be old and fat!!! I will not ever let myself get bigger than a 9! I refuse to go into double digit sizes!

You may call me a dickhead for this, but I have long admired the beauty of extremely skinny girls. I think they are the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. I wish I could find one for marriage. I would love her with all of my heart and all of my hard cock. There should be a matchmaking site for anorexic hotties.

Silly girl. How on earth is the gym expected to make an assessment of her 'mental state'?

honestly this is sirias u guys!!! thz grls nid help. i cn imagine w@ thier families are going thru,this is mor than jus tryin 2 emillate,maybe its confortin who knows? all i kno is its wrong. b4 any1 tries 2 hlp them,they shud try 2 undastnd them,get 2 the bottom of y thz grls r doin w@ they'r doin. i honestly fil bad 4 them,words can't xplain it. i cnt imagine puttin my family thru the pain worse yet myslf! THIS GOES 2 THE ANEREXIC GIRLS: imagine if sum1 u rily luvd ws doin w@ r u doin,it wud hurt ryt? jus try 2 b considerate towards tha pipo hu luv u,therz mor 2 lyf than starvin yoslvz,i min hu duznt want 2 lead a healthy lyf n hav fun?its way beta than being anerexic. jus thnk about it...

My 15-yr-old daughter is going through this right now. I can assure you it isn't for attention. With her it started after she got vertigo and was too nauseated to eat. She was at a perfect weight for her height, if not about 3-5 lbs underweight for her age. When the nausea started and she lost about five pounds, she somehow thought she looked better. Even after the nausea went away, she found it hard to eat because she didn't want to gain the five lbs back. Now she won't eat and is about 15 lbs underweight. You can't lump everyone into the same category. Girls do this for different reasons. They need compassion, not hateful comments. We are trying to give our daughter all the help and support she needs right now. She is scared and wants to have a "normal" life again. It is unfortunate that too many young girls feel the need to buy in to what society & media say they should be. Something needs to be done!

Would it be possible to get some of the more strikingly poignant images. I had an eating disorder 18 years ago and am currently a visual artist. The struggles I went through inform a lot of my work and i am currently working on a piece that is "portraits" of anorexic women--to try and spread the word that it is not something glamorous, but something isolating, painful and tragic. I have been looking for appropriate images and this is the first place I have found ones. The ones that would work the best for me are the ones that show more of the bare body. I hope this is not too much to ask, but I really think more people need to be aware of the devastating dangers of the medias propogation of excessive thinness as beauty!
Thanks!!
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I've been looking through these sights to see what is available to anyone that just happens to look.

I work in a mental health setting and watched a physically healthy person stop eating as a way to self harm and turn into skin and bones. I've had to sit in on visits and watch the persons mother cry her eyes out and beg them to eat something. It's devestating.

I've read through every comment written on this page and the ones that are egging these sick girls on should be strung up. And you should be ashamed of yourselve.

And calling them Sick Bastads just shows your an inconsiderate arsehole. Don't comment on things you know nothing about.

I can see some of them are being force fed, this is just prolonging death. They won't get better until they want to. So i wish them good luck. But i also hope they don't look at this site after some of the comments from these cocks!!!!

YOU LOT NEED TO SORT YOUR SEVELS OUT MAN N GO TO FUKINN MCDONALDS ITS HORRIBLEE YU DW LOOK NICE AT ALL HOLDTITE KATIE JONESS :@:@:@:@:@:@:@:@

i was anorexic because i had a shock when i was a teen and i was so scared to lose my dad because he was ill but not because i want to look like models!
thank god now i'm trying to stay healthy and i'm eating 3meals every day it was hard first because my stomach was very small but now i'm normal.. being an anorexic used to make me very sensitive so please try not to hurt them they just need to know that it's wrong but in a nice way..

im a size 10-12 and have been bigger, i have thought about doing what these girls are doing to themselves in the past and recently, no one is happy with theirbodies,but thats through media and girls like this that encourage young girls that they need to look like this. Imglad i didnt start to do what theyare doing and send my heart out to the girls that are pressurised into looking like this, but then every one has the choice..dont they? everyone gets the idea from someone else and i think the world needs to live their lives rather than revolving it around their weight, its a hard thing to overcome once your mind is determind to keep dropping the weight,but its up to these girls to do it for themselves, they obviously enjoy this, and part of me thinks its all for attention, which is why i could never do it, it hurts too many people in your life to watch you die from your own causes all to look like this, and why? i wish these girls luck for the future and hopefully they will see sense, sooner rather than later......

im a 14 year old girl and i find it disgusting that girls my age and younger are looking at girls with anorexia like these and thinking that it is healthy and that is the way they should look. these girls need help and those people out there that think this looks good or "sexy" need help too this is not right. the girls out there with anorexia need to realise that young girls dont no when something is right or wrong and i would hate to see anorexia become a thing that you see everyday.the more people that encourge it the worse and the more people will suffer.
its about time that someone does something about and everyone needs to see that.

These pictures are the best reason people need anorexia treatment if you know someone get them help it's a sickness.