Does anyone know of a good online support group for bulimia?where there is good advice but I can stay annon?
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http://www.anorexiaandbulimia.cellularsouth.be/treat-bulimia/bulimia-support-groups.html\n\nYou can try this site. It has a few links to other sites too.
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sometimes we cant do this alone, we need someone to talk too. if you are member of a church group or if you can go to a womens health centre, they will put you in touch with people who are specificaly trained to help people in your situation. we are not professionals here and all i can do is offer this advice and hope you take it. good luck with everything.
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sweetheart there are a lot of them out there, but for your own sake don't go looking. Most anorexic or bulemic people would tell you that they hate being that way and would give anything to just be able to eat normally and not freak out over an extra pound or two. Please, for the sake of your life and the ones who love you, see about getting some help on this. You are not alone and it is nothing to be ashamed of, but dont encourage it in yourself!
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You'll have the best luck if you employ the assistance of a councellor experienced in eating disorders.\n\nI believe that Bulemic impulses are in large part influenced by psychological factors that include self-esteem and also a strong sense that too many things in life that are important to you are beyond your control.  What you allow your body to consume is often one of the few things that a person can truly control and can thus become a focus of that psychological need.\n\nPsychologists have been dealing with eating disorders for a long time now and that is one area that they no longer struggle to treat effectively.\n\nYou do need to find one you feel comfortable with though.\n\nPlan on visiting two or three regardless of how they strike you, just so you can feel like you chose one you have nice chemistry with.\n\nChances are also really good that this new relationship will end up benefiting you in other areas of your life over the years and be a really positive addition to your support network.\n\nGood luch!
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Dear, I've been bulimic, and believe me, you don't want to go there.  What a horrible nightmare it is!!!  It's not just about the few minutes it takes to vomit after you eat or taking mega-doses of laxatives -- it takes over your entire life!  You don't think it will, but it will.  I thought the same thing at first.  I needed to lose weight and I LOVE food, so dieting was really hard.  I figured that the bulimic behaviors would make losing weight easy and I'd be happy.  Nothing could be further from the truth!  There's absolutely NO happiness once you start down that road -- no matter how much weight you lose.  After a while, your intestines lose their ability to work on their own so you then NEED to forcefully purge, not just for weight loss purposes but to rid your body of the food that it's no longer able to digest.  It then becomes really uncomfortable (painful, actually) to keep food in your system and before you know it, you can't go out with friends or take part in any activities because just in case there's not a bathroom close by, you'll be really suffering.  That's what I mean when I say it takes over your entire life (every minute of every day has to be planned around the disease).  That's not to mention the fact that the acids from vomit will eat up your esophagus so that it eventually becomes really hard to eat.  And those same acids will disintegrate your tooth enamel.  Even one more thing to mention -- when you don't allow your body to get the nutrition it needs, all of your organs are affected.  You could even have heart failure (I know a girl who died from this).  When I started down that road, I had planned to do it only until I got to my goal weight -- but by the time I reached the goal, the disease had me in its grips and wouldn't let go.  When I think about how much harm I did to myself and how much money that habit cost me (doctor bills, dental bills and psychologist bills), it makes me sick.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don't do it!  It took me 10 years to stop the bulimic behaviors, but I'm still suffering some of the health effects long afterwards.  I can tell you now that I would much rather be overweight and sane than be bulimic.  I hope that I've given you some things to think about.
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www.eating-disorder.com
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i have been in treatment for an eating disorder. feel free to email me your questions at ktstebs@yahoo.com
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It does help.  I have met a lot of people online that tell me their secrets.. LOL.. but I have also told some strangers online my secrets.  It's hard to find people you trust for those deep dark intimate ones too.  Plus so many people are judgemental! \n\nOne of the things I find extremely helpful is going into yahoo chats by category, health and then depression chat rooms.  Usually there I can post a small question and find someone decent that I can chat with that has dealt with the same issues or similar.  I've made a few online friends that way too.\n\nYou can always contact me through clicking on my name, then contact me through email that way and I can try and help.  I usually get on messenger
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If you can't seem to get back in control, try calling the distress centre. They are located in the Emergency section of your phone book. The individuals who answer your call know what you are going through and are great at giving you any local referrals you may need, or they are available just to listen. Don't be too hard on yourself, as this WILL pass. Good luck and God Bless.
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don't be bulimic.  it can make you lose weight, but you're killing your body. don't.
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Bulimia is a symptom of a more engrained disorder. You cannot cut down a tree by cutting off its branches, you have to go for its trunk and its root. Sometimes we only cut branches, sometimes we cut off the trunk, but if you don't take out the roots, the tree always grows back.\n\nThe obvious suggestion is to go see a therapist. However, that alone will not do it. It is important to seek outside support, bulimia groups and family support are important. If family is not an option, seek friends. The more shame you have, the more you will hide it and feed into the disease. It is important to accept it and find others who will accept you for it, so that eventually with their support and your own persistence you can overcome it.
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Yes, there is a group, and it's on Yahoo groups!\n\nhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/OCDSupportGroups/links\n\nI don't have that problem now, but I did in the past.  It took a couple of traumas that didn't involve hoarding that made me not look at it as a problem, but others mayhave it.\n\nI'm single so i don't have a partner.
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Are there any organizations in your community who can help you? I wish you the best, sweetie.
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MySpace has many groups for different eating disorders.  There are so many people on there, you're bound to find someone who would like to talk to someone in private about what they've been through with this.  I have never heard of it, but it sounds like anyone with it would need some help dealing with it.  You can start a group on MySpace about it and you'll have floods of people want to talk to you.
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I have a known a few people that have battled bulimia and other eating disorders, including myself. I have really only seen one way to "fix" the whole purging thing, it's not a good fix but it is atleast more productive than shoving your finger down your throat...\n Most people that purge are really looking for some kind of control over their life and this is a sub-conscious way of acheving it, so find a different way of "controlling" your mind and your life is the key. Most of the people I know that have battled this condition have really only gotten out of that mind set by basically purging the negative energy a different way, almost always through intense exercise. While this basically has the same effect on you if you don't eat, you usally find that the workout and improvement becomes more important than being super-thin and in the end they all ended up not bulimic and a lot more attractive, and not to mention in better shape and happier, than when they were bulimic.\n\nThis mnd set usually comes with a lot of gifts to like a very high mental and physical pain tollerance, kind of a no brainer, as well as above average IQ and emotional IQ.\n\nHope that helps, good luck. It is not an easy fight.
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Ok, here is my advice. I was bulimic for about 7 years also. I felt so fat if I didnt vomit after I ate. I wouldnt even keep a cracker down. I really got depressed because I couldnt stop. Then, one day I started to feel short of breath. I had lots of test run over the course of a year and they finally found out (once I told my doc I was bulimic) that I had damaged my hearts electrical system and I was having PAC's.. I was so scared of dying, it just wasnt worth the risk to me to be thin. Normally PAC are not a deal, but I started reading on the internet about bulimics whose heart just suddenly stopped, it scared the hell out of me. The heart has to have a supply of potassium for its healthy function, and each time you vomit, your losing more and more potassium. It could cause the heart to just stop on you. Please stop doing it, its not worth it. Learn to love yourself for who you are.
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YES!!!! i was anorexic and bulimic and I'm fine now. I did have to get help though, so don't think you can do it on your own!