Summergirl (I told my friend today that I’m anorexic. I’ve been in recovery this past year, and have gained 10 pounds. Despite my weight gain, I’m still apparently underweight… or so I’ve been told. Now I’m starting to question it again! Because after I told them, all they said was, “You don’t look anorexic.” After that, I played it off as a joke. I feel like such shit right now. I feel like a big, fat cow. :( I’m not really asking for advice… I just needed to vent to someone who understand. Thanks. :/)

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Anonymous asked: I told my friend today that I'm anorexic. I've been in recovery this past year, and have gained 10 pounds. Despite my weight gain, I'm still apparently underweight... or so I've been told. Now I'm starting to question it again! Because after I told them, all they said was, "You don't look anorexic." After that, I played it off as a joke. I feel like such shit right now. I feel like a big, fat cow. :( I'm not really asking for advice... I just needed to vent to someone who understand. Thanks. :/

You’re welcome to vent to me anytime! I’m so happy you’re recovering! I understand, unfortunately I had a friend say the same thing to me a few years ago. I think part of it is because people have this awful stereotype of the emaciated anorexic, so even if you’re still clearly underweight, people who are uninformed think that you have to be on the verge of death to be anorexic. That’s a really awful comment to have to deal with when it’s already hard to accept that you still have weight to gain. Don’t let it affect you - I’m really happy for you for the progress you’ve made.

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