Is it possible to be a reverse anorexic?

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  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    Reminded me of Shallow Hal--YouTube panty scene shallow Hal if you haven't seen the movie.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I am in agreement it is not body Dysmorphic disorder that is a much deeper and more terrible thing.

    This is a perception thing. Like some people think they are clever but aren't and some people think they are funny but they aren't.

    It seems a lot of us see ourselves a certain way in the mirror but a photograph is like a slap in the face. It says "This is what you really look like" biach

    Below is the picture of me that made me realise I was a lot bigger than I thought. When I put that dress on that night I thought I looked a lot slimmer in it than I actually did. I am horrified that I thought that dress looked nice. In the mirror it really didn't look that bad :ohwell:

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  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,861 Member
    Perhaps we should be a little kinder to wintersraine. I think she needs our help more than most of us do. I do not know why I upset you with "reverse anorexia" because to me that is what it is and is probably as much a problem as being anorexic It can kill you just the same. I apologize if I upset you but it wasn't intended.
  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,861 Member
    Maderson27 I think you look fantastic.
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    I definitely used to relate to this but I think it was because I wasn't ready to admit how much weight I had put on. Now I'm the opposite, feel huge even though I am a lot less of a person than I used to be :-( no winning! Lol!
  • Frood42
    Frood42 Posts: 245 Member
    what a stupid ****ing arrogant post.

    You really should have thought more before posting, making a construcive comment rather than this snarky one would have gotten a better response and made people think more rather than just react badly.
  • opuntia
    opuntia Posts: 860 Member
    I didn't think WintersRaine was being snarky. She took offence at the term 'reverse anorexic'. I can understand this, to be fair, because there is obviously a lot more to anorexia than simply seeing oneself as fat when one isn't, so comparing one's difficulty realising one has gained weight to anorexia could be seen as trivialising and stereotyping a serious mental illness (even though that wasn't what was intended). She makes a fair point.
  • Pauline3290
    Pauline3290 Posts: 80
    Perhaps we should be a little kinder to wintersraine. I think she needs our help more than most of us do. I do not know why I upset you with "reverse anorexia" because to me that is what it is and is probably as much a problem as being anorexic It can kill you just the same. I apologize if I upset you but it wasn't intended.

    Now YOU are class- I salute you!
  • sandhillsmom
    sandhillsmom Posts: 319 Member
    I do that. I don't see myself as fat. sure I'll admit to a little extra filler in places, but I don't see myself as heavy. When my son graduated college and pics were taken I had to ask so who is the lady standing with my son?? It was me and I didn't even recognize myself.
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    It's hard for me to believe that someone who weighs 120, but says that they want to get skinnnyyy in their profile really wants to try to get help. If that's not promoting eating disorders, I don't know what is. Perhaps one should read the site rules again.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I agree with the OP that it can be very dangerous If a person perceives themselves to be a reasonable size visually when they are actually obese as they will continue to over eat and therefore gain more weight.

    I would not call it reverse anorexia as for it to be that you would have to be deliberately eating more because you thought you were too thin.

    But the perception of size IS reversed. Anorexics seeing a fat person and Overweight people seeing a slim person.
  • ang3h
    ang3h Posts: 185 Member
    I have the opposite problem! I feel like I look huge and hideous in the mirrors at home but when I'm out and about and see my reflection I double take and wonder if I am really that small. But I'm hard on myself and tend to judge myself by what I see at home and the damn number on the scale.
  • Newf13
    Newf13 Posts: 28
    I definitely have that problem. When I see myself in the mirror, I think I look pretty good, not skinny, but not grotesque and then I'll see a picture that I clearly wasn't ready for or I wasn't posing for and I look HUGE! I've never been skinny though, so I guess since I don't know what I look like skinny, I think I look good right now as I'm losing weight even if I'm not even close to my goal weight just yet.

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