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A half-hour later, Jeremy approached the counter again and dug his hand into his pocket, plucking out a tiny, folded-up coupon. It entitled him to a kids' meal—a third the size of an adult sub. Jeremy got a scoop of tuna fish on wheat, a small milk, a four-ounce yogurt, and a cookie.
He took his meal home to his downtown Minneapolis condo, ate it in small bites, then vomited it down the drain.
Jeremy may be an extreme example, but more men than ever are suffering from eating disorders. Earlier this year, Harvard researchers released the results of the first major nationwide mental health survey to include eating disorders. It found that men accounted for 25 percent of anorexia and bulimia cases and a full 40 percent of binge eaters. "These disorders are less common in men, but maybe not quite as rare as we once thought," says Dr. James I. Hudson, the study's lead author.
There's even a tabloid-friendly name for the disorder: manorexia. The neologism was apparently coined by Dennis Quaid, who used it in an interview with Best Life to describe his experience of losing 40 pounds to play Doc Holliday in 1994's Wyatt Earp. "I'd look in the mirror and see a 180-pound guy, even though I was 138 pounds," Quaid said.
Other celebrities rumored to have suffered from "manorexia" include Ethan Hawke and Billy Bob Thornton (post-Angelina Jolie).
"There's a lot of reason to believe that body image concerns are increasing in both women and men," says Dr. Hudson.
Jeremy, who asked that his last name be withheld to protect his privacy, entered the world in St. Paul on August 23, 1971, an event he'd later sum up in four words: "The spawn is born." His biological dad didn't stick around, and his mother, who worked at a department store, married a carpenter, who dutifully adopted Jeremy.
"The relationship with my stepdad was horrible; he treated me like shit," Jeremy says. "He acted like I was an intruder in his home."
Jeremy was a pudgy kid, still carrying his baby fat, and his weight was a frequent target for his stepfather's ire. "He'd always say I was fat, or needed to lose weight," Jeremy says.
If that wasn't enough, Jeremy was going through puberty and confronting the fact that he was gay. The very thought of it horrified him. He could only imagine how his stepdad would react. And what about his grandparents, with whom he played Yahtzee?
Then, when he was 12, Jeremy discovered a solution to both problems: starvation.
"It serves two purposes," Jeremy says. "It serves a very applied purpose in that if you're doing the behaviors, you don't have time to think about being gay. And also being malnourished, you don't feel sexual, so you don't have to worry about being gay or straight."
Daralyn Sachs, a childhood friend of Jeremy's, remembers him as an emotionally needy boy who was always looking for an excuse to get out of his house. If they had a play date for Saturday morning, he'd be at her house bright and early at 7:00 a.m.
"He'd eat dinner at our house—I'm sure he would sleep over if he could," she says. "He would go from house to house, searching for somewhere to be other than home."
Within months of starting his crash diet, Jeremy was suffering advanced symptoms of starvation. He was sensitive to cold and had grown a fine coat of body hair. He saw a doctor in November 1983 who took one look at the 85-pound boy and diagnosed him with anorexia nervosa.
A month later, after losing nine more pounds, Jeremy entered Children's Hospital of St. Paul. "Jeremy is a 12-year-old boy admitted for evaluation and treatment of anorexia nervosa," reads the December 15, 1983 evaluation. "He is somewhat irritable and is having difficulty concentrating on his schoolwork. He is substantially small for his age."
The doctors employed a carrot-and-stick approach, with mixed success. Jeremy was allowed to eat anything he wanted, but his television, telephone, and visiting privileges would be taken away if he didn't meet goals for gaining back the weight. Jeremy put back on the pounds and was discharged after a month, but within a year of returning home, he was back to his bad habits.
By 14, Jeremy was stealing laxatives from the local pharmacy and taking the round pink pills by the handful. At his worst, he swallowed 30 Correctols at once. "I was throwing up, and turning around and sitting down and going to the bathroom, and throwing up, 'cause I was so sick," Jeremy says. "But sometimes I would lose seven pounds from before-and-after by taking those pills. That's in an hour, and it's all water."
Jeremy learned how to properly purge when he was sent to Station 62—the adult psychiatric ward of the University of Minnesota Hospital. An older patient named Diane had been throwing up so long, she wore dentures though she was only in her late 20s. "She kind of taught me how to do it," Jeremy says. "Taught me to drink a lot of water to get it all up, and to eat certain foods that are easier." Rice, for example, would still be coming up hours after he ate it. "Whereas things that are liquid are obviously easy to throw up—milk, yogurt, what else? Anything that's liquid or meltable. Soup without all the stuff in it."
Jeremy remembers Station 62 as a veritable Tower of London. To ensure he wouldn't puke up his food, he was confined to a geriatric chair for hours after each meal, he says. When he failed to make weight or acted out, he was sent to solitary confinement in the "Quiet Room"—a tiny cell with little more than a bare mattress.
Jeremy took to puking in protest. "People would look at it and they'd be astounded," Jeremy remembers. "But after a while they got used to it and just gave me a rag and disinfectant spray and had me clean it up."
As Jeremy cycled through treatment centers, he devised ever more elaborate ways to hide his vomit from the staff. "I'd do things to get around them, like throw up in big cups and then hide them, both in the day room and in my room. I would throw up in the washing machine and run it through the rinse cycle—I did that once, I shouldn't say I did that regularly. But it's amazing what you'll do."
Eventually, Jeremy's insurance ran out, and in order to continue treatment, he was committed to what was then known as Anoka State Hospital. It was just as restrictive as Station 62, but with a much more volatile clientele. "The first night I was there, a girl who was schizophrenic started her mattress on fire and we were evacuated into a barbed-wire courtyard," Jeremy says. "It's kind of a lot of shit for an 18-year-old to experience."
A psychiatric evaluation prepared around this time reveals the depth of Jeremy's despondence. "During the first few months of hospitalization the patient was obsessed with thoughts of suicide," it reads. "He attempted to choke himself with a towel and again with a belt.... He also states that he has cut his finger tips with razor blades in the past because he felt so numb and needed to know that he could feel something."
After a year at Anoka, Jeremy was discharged, though he wasn't cured, and he moved in with his grandparents. When he grew tired of arranging his binging and purging around their schedule, Jeremy moved into the first apartment of his own.
But try as he might, Jeremy couldn't have a normal life. He hoarded food like a survivalist, his pantries bursting with dozens of boxes of breakfast cereal. When his landlord discovered he was storing food on the patio, Jeremy received a sternly worded letter. "Please don't force me to go to the State Health Department," it said. "You're a nice young man and I don't want this to end in eviction for you."
It couldn't be avoided. Jeremy was kicked out.
Then something amazing happened: Jeremy got better. At 21 years old, he came out of the closet. "It took a couple of years, and it was kind of exploring on my own, and then it was telling a trusted family member, and then another one of them, and then friends, and the next thing you know, you're in drag," Jeremy says with a laugh. Gradually, he stopped binging and purging. The compulsion lifted like a forgotten grudge.
Freed of his symptoms, Jeremy enrolled at the U of M—this time as a student rather than a patient. He pursued his interest in political science, becoming so convinced that he would one day run for office that he had "Jeremy's Campaign for Congress" emblazoned on his checks.
In 2004, everything fell apart. Jeremy's relationship with his first and only long-term boyfriend ended in a torrent of jealousy and hurt feelings. Then his mother fell seriously ill. Two car accidents within a month pushed him over the edge. Overwhelmed, Jeremy returned to the comfort of his old routine.
"The actual act of purging relieves anxiety—physiologically, it's one of the things it does," Jeremy says.
By January 1, 2007, Jeremy was deep in the throes of his eating disorder. "So far, 2007 has been much like 2006 ended," he wrote on his blog. "I woke up twice during the night and binged and purged. Later this morning, I will be going to circuit training class at 8:30. I might also go to spin class immediately following if I feel up to it."
Jeremy started a blog in the hopes of meeting other males with eating disorders, but he soon fell in with an online sisterhood of anorexics. They offered sympathy and comfort, especially when one of their own succumbed. "I was just reading Feisty Frida's Blog and found out the horrible news that Leah just died from her eating disorder," Jeremy wrote on January 10. "It makes me very angry at this awful disease."
Jeremy wasn't much better off. Just five days later, he found himself short of breath after his spin class, his fingers turning blue even though he wasn't cold. Jeremy called a doctor friend and briefly considered going to the hospital, but drank some juice and felt better. Later that night, he binged and purged.
He was withering away; you'd have to be blind not to see it. Finally, the manager of his gym politely asked him to stop coming until he got healthier. It was a liability issue, she explained.
Though no longer exercising, Jeremy continued to shed pounds. On March 16, he weighed 109. Just a month later, he was down to 102 pounds. "Two more pounds..." he wrote on his blog. "And then what? I'll be happy all of the sudden?"
Two weeks later he hit 99, and he wasn't anywhere near happy.
Guess Who?
My hair is falling out and growing on my body...to keep me warm.
My gums are receding.
My reproductive system is dormant...or dead.
I am hunchbacked because my muscles cannot support my neck.
I am extremely constipated.
I have a bedsore on my tailbone from the friction.
An 80-year-old lady, you ask? No, a 35-year-old man.
—Posted on Jeremy's blog on June 15, 2007
If there's one thing Jeremy won't abide, it's questions about whether he's going to enter treatment. As far as he's concerned, that's nobody's business but his own. If you'd experienced what he's been through at hospitals, he says, you'd understand.
Just a few weeks ago, he seemed resigned to death.
"If I'm supposed to be here in a year, I'll be here," he said. "I figure it can't be worse than the amount I've suffered to date, so I'm not afraid of that part of it. The only thing I'm really afraid of is if there was something big I was supposed to do and I wasn't able to do it. That's my only fear."
Since then, his mood seems to have brightened. He is considering getting treatment at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, the best local facility for people with eating disorders. He talks about writing a memoir and offering his services as a public speaker. Maybe that's the "something big" he's supposed to do, he says.
Sachs, now a 37-year-old mother of two young boys, hopes her childhood friend will begin the journey to recovery. "I've never seen him this bad," she says. "To me, you always see him the way he should be, and so now when I look at him, I think it's horrible. When I look at him I want to cry."
On January 9th, 2009, Kevin Hoffman's story on Jeremy, Boy, Interrupted, was picked by Inside Edition in its roundup of notable 2008 stories. Congratulations, Kevin, on your compelling story.
And below...the video, Boy, Interrupted: One Man's Struggle with an Eating Disorder, from CityPagesMN, from November 2007, which has this note:
Jeremy, a 36-year-old suffering from anorexia and bulimia, was profiled in City Pages. In this footage from more than a year ago (2006), we see a healthier Jeremy...
For those of you who have read the story, this footage takes place after Jeremy started his blog, but before he stopped going to his gym because of the potential liability issue.
Please take a moment to read Jeremy's blog. He's been to hell and back.
Start here with his first post:
Introduction
(((Jeremy)))
~ Medusa
AN UPDATE FROM JEREMY:
"I would like to speak about my eating disorder to schools, companies, and any organizations that will benefit from my suffering. I know this would help me too.
If anyone knows someone that wants me to speak extemporaneously and answer questions, please let me know. Love, Jeremy."
If you would like to contact Jeremy about a speaking engagement, please send him an e-mail at jeremygillitzer@aol.com.
Many thanks.
~ Medusa
Links:
http://www.citypages.com/2007-10-31/news/boy-interrupted/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/
http://lc.eastday.com
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"BRYAN BIXLER IS THRIVING! [UPDATE: JULY 12, 2015]"
"ANOREXIA TURNED ME INTO AN OLD LADY..."
RACHEL & CLARE WALLMEYER: THE WALLMEYER TWINS HAVE DIED IN A FIRE...[UPDATED AUGUST 27, 2012]
VOGUE ITALIA ROCKS THE CURVES ON ITS JUNE COVER...
TONI'S STORY: "I AM FIGHTING THIS BATTLE ON MY OWN...I AM TRYING TO LIVE."
LEANN RIMES TWEETS SHE'S "COMPLETELY HEALTHY"...
CRYSTAL RENN: SLIP SLIDING AWAY...
RUTH'S STORY: "I KNOW THE DARK PLACE ONE MUST BE IN TO BE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE."
RILEY'S STORY: "I'M A 15 YEAR OLD BOY...AND HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER."
BULIMIA QUICKLY CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM: REST IN PEACE, KYLIE
MARIE CARO, THE MOTHER OF ISABELLE CARO, COMMITS SUICIDE
MRIANA'S STORY: "I TOOK CONTROL OF MY LIFE, REFUSING TO LET ANYONE ELSE DO IT FOR ME."
EMMA'S STORY: "ALL I EVER WANTED WAS LOVE."
SHAYE'S STORY: "MY BULIMIA BATTLE AND RECOVERY."
VAL'S STORY: "I WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSION OR BIPOLAR BUT I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG."
BELLE'S STORY: "DO NOT LET 'ANA' OR 'MIA' INTO YOUR LIFE. THEY WILL NEVER EVER LEAVE."
ELIS'S STORY: "CHEW AND SPIT WAS PART OF MY EVERYDAY HABIT."
ISABELLE CARO: REST IN PEACE, DEAR ISABELLE (1982 - 2010)
TERESA'S STORY: "...IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECOVER, BE HEALTHY AND GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE ED VOICE."
SHANNICE'S STORY: "I'M NOT ANOREXIC. I'M NOT BULIMIC. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM."
CHLOE'S STORY: "MY TWIN SISTER DEVELOPED BULIMIA WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. I AM ANOREXIC."
NATALIA'S STORY: "I HAVE EVERYTHING AND I STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO BE THIN TO BE LOVED."
NATASHA'S STORY: "BEFORE TAHAYNA PASSED AWAY SHE SAID TO ME, 'NO MATTER WHAT, STAY STRONG...'"
JOY'S STORY: "HOW SECRECY TURNED A DIET INTO THE REST OF MY LIFE IN A MATTER OF DAYS."
NATASHA'S STORY: "I WAS RAISED THINKING I HAD NO WORTH, NO PLACE IN THIS WORLD."
MAY'S STORY: "THE OTHER GIRLS IN RECOVERY WERE ANGELS...I CALL THEM SISTERS OF SORROW."
LIZA'S STORY: "MY LIFE WAS SAVED BY A STRAY CAT..."
DENISA'S STORY: "I ESCAPED. AND CONTINUED IN MY MADNESS."
ANA'S STORY: "I'M LIKE A BROKEN LITTLE BIRD WHO NEEDS SOME LOVE AND CARE..."
JAN'S STORY: "I HOPE YOU'LL ALSO FIND OUT ONE DAY THAT LIFE'S WORTH TO BE LIVED."
STARVATION = SKIN & BONES = DEATH
A PLEA FOR HELP FROM TASHA, A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL...
OLIVER'S STORY: "BEING A MAN, I FEARED I WOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY..."
MORGAN'S STORY: "MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE NEVER BEEN 'BLACK ENOUGH' OR 'GOOD ENOUGH...'"NAOMI'S STORY: "BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF THIS!"
KAREN ELIZABETH'S STORY: "THE GUN HAD BEEN LOADED FOR A LONG TIME..."
JEREMY GILLITZER: A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF [Update: REST IN PEACE, JEREMY]
SIMEONS' PROTOCOL & THE DANGEROUS hCG DIETARGY'S STORY: "MY DAY TO DAY WITH THIS MONSTER THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME FOR OVER 8 YEARS..."
MIKAYLA'S STORY: "I AM CONSTANTLY FIGHTING A BATTLE BUT I WILL NEVER LET ANA WIN."
NATALIA VODIANOVA, WILL YOU STEP UP TO THE PLATE?
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE 3rd LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 24 IS SUICIDE?
BULIMIA: A MOTHER SHARES ON FILM THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HER BULIMIC DAUGHTER, MELISSA SARAHLYNN'S STORY: "MY MOM DIED A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM COMPLICATIONS FROM HER ANOREXIA" LARISSA'S STORY: "IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO FALL INTO AN EATING DISORDER THAN TO GET BACK OUT AGAIN" VICKI'S STORY: "MY MUM DIED LAST WEEK. ED TOOK EVERYTHING FROM HER."
ANOREXIC, BULIMIC, PRO ANA / MIA? SOME TIPS, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE THIS...[UPDATED WITH A COMMENT FROM BONYPINK]
ROBIN'S STORY: "I'M IN EATING-DISORDER PURGATORY"...
JESSE'S STORY: "I'M A NON-PURGING BULIMIC...EVERY BITE OF FOOD THAT CROSSES MY LIPS IS AN INDICTMENT."
LOULOU'S STORY: CON MAN STEALS MORE THAN FAMILY'S MONEY IN PHONY ED TREATMENT CENTRE SCAM...
NIINA: "DO YOU REMEMBER THE GIRL WE TEASED?"
AMY'S STORY: " I AM A GYM JUNKIE..."
HOW COULD ANY PRO-ANA FIND THESE PICTURES "THINSPIRATIONAL"?
CANADIAN DESIGNER, MARK FAST, BREAKS THE SIZE-O BARRIER...
CRYSTAL RENN ROCKS THE RUNWAY AT JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER SHOW...
NIINA'S STORY: "I'M STILL STUCK IN A VICIOUS CIRCLE..."
MALLORY'S STORY: "MY LIFE DIDN'T BEGIN WITH BULIMIA AND DIDN'T END WHEN I GOT HELP..."
IS KENDRA WILKINSON'S HEAD ON THE WRONG BODY?
JESSICA’S STORY: “A NEW HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO GLUE THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER…”
CRYSTAL'S STORY: "TEETERING ON THE BRINK..."
SKIN & BONES: THE MODELS ON LOVE MAGAZINE'S FEBRUARY COVERS
BEFORE SIZE ZERO: THE WAY WE WERE...
JANELLE'S STORY: "WHY IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME?"
KAREN-ANN COONEY: HER WORDS IN A VIDEO BEFORE HER TRAGIC DEATH...
RENNIE'S STORY: "I HOPE I GET HELP BEFORE I DIE."
EM'S STORY: "THIS IS NO WAY TO LIVE..."
THE EMACIATION OF RACHEL ZOE...
CYBER-BULLYING & THREATS ARE ALIVE AND WELL ON THE ZERO-CARB FORUM [UPDATED JANUARY 25, 2010]...
TESSA'S STORY: "MY TIME WILL COME TO TELL THE TRUTH..."
ANOTHER DEATH FROM ANOREXIA: REST IN PEACE, SUE...
WHEN SHE LOOKS IN THE MIRROR SHE SEES FAT...
KRISTY'S STORY: "ALL IS NOT LOST FOR ME..."
MANDY'S STORY: "AT THE END OF THIS ROAD, I MIGHT CATCH A GLIMPSE OF ME"
VELVET SCARLETT: AN UNFINISHED STORY...
PRO ANA? RESTRICTING? STARVING? THE FUTURE'S NOT PRETTY...
HOLLY'S STORY: BEAUTY...
FROM BULIMIA TO RECOVERY: ALEXIS'S JOURNEY...
JAC'S STORY: "IT WON'T ALLOW ME TO CONSUME, BUT IT CONSUMES ME"...
A CRY FOR HELP: CHARLI'S STORY...
PRO ANA? SOME MORE THINSPO FOR YOU...
TEARS ARE NOT ENOUGH: WHEN CRUELTY GOES BEYOND THE PALE
EATING DISORDERS DO NOT DISCRIMINATE: ALISHA'S STORY...
EATING DISORDERS & RECOVERY: ARIELLE'S "MANTRA"...
ERASING THE YEARS WITH PHOTOSHOP...
AN OPEN INVITATION: SHARE YOUR STORY, THOUGHTS, OPINIONS...
DEMI MOORE: A TALE OF A BALMAIN DRESS, A MISSING HIP, A BODY SNATCHER, AND A PHOTOCHOPPER
ANOREXIC TWINS: SONIA & JULIA'S STORY
THE SKINNY ON RALPH LAUREN & THE PHOTOSHOPPING DEBACLE...
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE STUFF A SOCK IN KARL LAGERFELD'S PIE HOLE?
PROTRUDING VEINS...THE TWISTED, BLUE ROADMAP: IN VENAE VERITAS
THE LIGHTERLIFE DIET, STARVATION, AND ANOTHER DEATH...
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO "ANONYMOUS"?
CRYSTAL RENN: NO LONGER HUNGRY...
IN LOVING MEMORY: POLLY ANN WILLIAMS
KUDOS TO LIZZI MILLER, IN ALL HER UNPHOTOSHOPPED GLORY...
FROM ANOREXIA TO RECOVERY: TWINS, MONICA & GABRIELA IRIMIA (THE CHEEKY GIRLS)
I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS PICTURE WAS PHOTOSHOPPED...JEREMY GILLITZER: A SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF...
ANOREXIA, BULIMIA & THE MINNESOTA STARVATION EXPERIMENT
NOREEN'S AMAZING POST: "HOW ANOREXIA FOUND ME"
LAURA WILSON: FROM AN ANOREXIC BRIDE TO RECOVERY...
MADONNA HAS TAKEN HER FITNESS REGIME A LITTLE TOO FAR...
BULIMIC & USING SYRUP OF IPECAC TO PURGE? IT'S DEADLY...
MALE ANOREXIA: BRYAN BIXLER IS DYING...[UPDATED: January 30, 2011]
MALE ANOREXIA: ADAM JASIULEC BATTLES FOR HIS LIFE...
PRO ANA MIA ? LOOKING FOR THINSPIRATION ?
BULIMIC? SO YOU DON'T THINK PURGING WILL HARM YOU? THINK AGAIN...
ANOREXIA: ISABELLE CARO, STILL STICK THIN [UPDATED: REST IN PEACE, ISABELLE]
THE SHOCKING FACE OF ANOREXIA & BULIMIA...KARLENE IS SUFFERING TERRIBLY[UPDATED]
ANOREXIA: DANA, 8 YEARS OLD AND ANOREXIC
ANOREXIA: IN MEMORY OF ALICE RAE...
RACHEL & CLARE WALLMEYER: THE WALLMEYER TWINS BATTLE ANOREXIA & THE LAW...[UPDATED]
ANOREXIC, BULIMIC, PRO ANA / MIA? SOME TIPS, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE THIS...
CURVES ARE BEAUTIFUL: CHLOE MARSHALL CROWNED MISS TEEN UK
ANOREXIA: A FEEDING TUBE COULD BE IN YOUR FUTURE...
ANOREXIA: REMEMBERING SAMANTHA & MICHAELA KENDALL (UPDATED: June 8, 2013
LAXATIVES: SWALLOWING EYE DROPS CAN KILL YOU...
KAREN CARPENTER: INTO THE SLIPSTREAM OF ANOREXIA & BULIMIA
KARLENE, MY HEART IS BREAKING...
BULIMIA: FRIEDA CURTIS, REST IN PEACE..
LARA FLYNN BOYLE DESPERATELY NEEDS HELP...
THE SECRET OBSESSION: CHEWING AND SPITTING...THE "CHEW-AND-SPIT DIET"
THE SHOCKING FACE OF ANOREXIA & BULIMIA...KARLENE IS IN HOSPITAL (NOVEMBER 10, 2008)
ANOREXIA & BULIMIA: THAT DOWNY HAIR IS CALLED "LANUGO"
ANOREXIA: LAUREN BAILEY BATTLES BACK FROM THE BRINK TO RECOVERY
PHOTOSHOPPING GONE MAD: THE SKINNY ON THE FAKE & REAL IMAGES OF MODELS ON THE INTERNET...
NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE AN EATING DISORDER? TAKE THIS QUIZ...
ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA: THE TRAGIC LIFE OF AIMEE MOORE [LATEST UPDATE: NOT GOOD NEWS...April 28, 2011)
TERRI SCHIAVO: BULIMIA & ITS DEADLY CONSEQUENCES...
PRO ANA / MIA: "NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS THIN FEELS"
BULIMIA KILLS.....WARNING! GRAPHIC PICTURES
SUPER SKINNY ME: THE SHOCKING BBC DOCUMENTARY
TO THE GIRL WHO SAID SHE "WANTS" TO BE ANOREXIC...(UPDATED)
OLANZAPINE: DRUG HELPS ANOREXICS GAIN WEIGHT...>
GERMAN FASHION INDUSTRY STEPS UP TO THE PLATE
AIMEE MOORE: DOES ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION GLORIFY ANOREXIA & BULIMIA?
A BUM RAP: OUTRAGEOUS ATTACKS ON KAROLINA KURKOVA FOR BEING "TOO FAT"
THE LAST CUT IS THE DEEPEST: BLEEDING TO EASE THE PAIN...
BONES OF CONTENTION ON THE CATWALK...
ANA CAROLINA RESTON: SHE WAS YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL & STARVED TO DEATH
HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND...
ANOREXICS & BULIMICS: WONDERING WHAT THAT DOWNY HAIR IS ON YOUR NECK AND BODY?
THE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES OF BINGEING & PURGING...
PRO ANA & PRO MIA: THE RED & BLUE BRACELETS...
ANOREXIA & BULIMIA: THE HORROR OF GASTROPARESIS
WOMEN OVER 40 STARVING, BINGEING & PURGING...
ANOREXIA NERVOSA: ALARMING SUICIDE STATISTICS
BRIDEOREXIA: A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR BRIDES-TO-BE.....
NEWS FLASH !!! HUNGER HORMONE TRIGGERS OVEREATING...
DEATH ON THE INTERNET: AN ANOREXIC GIRL'S LAST WORDS...
SHOCKING DIARY OF A YOUNG PRO ANA/MIA GIRL...
A FAT BELLY MAY FUEL DESIRE TO EAT MORE...
ANOREXIA: LAURA CROSS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE...
WARNING !!! A BULGING BELLY = INCREASED RISK FOR DEMENTIA
ARE WE EMOTIONALLY WHAT WE EAT?
LATE ONSET ANOREXIA...A WOMAN IN HER 40s TALKS ABOUT HER STRUGGLES
BEATING YOURSELF UP ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT??? WELL, REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES...
WARNING TO ANOREXICS: LANUGO IS NOT PRETTY
ISABELLE CARO and ANOREXIA: HER TRAGIC CHILDHOOD & HER CURRENT STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE...
REMEMBERING WHAT ONCE WAS THE BODY IDEAL...
ANOTHER EATING DISORDER EMERGES: DRUNKOREXIA
ANOREXIA: AN UPDATE FROM SHELLY FROM THE HBO DOCUMENTARY, THIN...
THE KIMKINS STARVATION DIET: ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA NOT ONLY AFFECT WOMEN...
TO ANONYMOUS: THERE IS HOPE FOR YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER...
POLLY WILLIAMS, REST IN PEACE ~ CORRECTION
A DOCTOR STRUGGLES WITH ANOREXIA & OSTEOPOROSIS......
MALE ANOREXIA & BULIMIA: AN UPDATE FROM JOHNNY ON ANOREXIA...
ARE YOU ANOREXIC / BULIMIC / PRO ANA / PRO MIA ?
THE DEADLY KIMKINS DIET & EATING DISORDERS...
THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ANOREXIC...
MALE ANOREXIA & BULIMIA: ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA NOT ONLY AFFECT WOMEN...
KIMKINS & ANOREXIA: WARNING !!! ...
WARNING!!! IF YOU'RE DIABETIC & DOING KIMKINS...
KIMKINS MEMBERS: HERE'S WHY YOU'RE LOSING YOUR HAIR...
PRO-ANA / PRO-MIA: LA DANSE MACABRE
ANOREXIA NERVOSA & BULIMIA NERVOSA...AND THEIR LINK TO THE DEADLY KIMKINS DIET