For every diet there's an equal and opposite binge (bulimia which is binging and purging is another way of depriving yourself). — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need. — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
One Day, I will Wake up and Will Not have to live in this madness anymore. But No matter what I do… — Dakota Blue Cicilline Copy Share Image
“For girls who've been pressured into sex they didn't want, growing into a woman's body can be terrifying. Anorexia and bulimia can… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
I think her friends were worried that the bulimia might come back, about some psychological slide, and she was given breathing space… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
You know you've got problems when your head is hanging over the toilet, puking up your dinner, and what you're thinking of… — Teresa Lo Copy Share Image
We think of bulimia and anorexia as either a bizarre psychosis, or as a quirky little habit, a phase, or as a… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“Yet because her needs and yearnings are real and pressing, she must find some way to express them: she puts into body… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
I have a remarkable ability to delete all better judgement from my brain when I get my head set on something. I… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
In the '80s, I did two hours of cardio every day, split between running and the stationary bike. It was a trap… — Skip Bayless Copy Share Image
Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“At the lip of a cliff, I look out over Lake Superior, through the bare branches of birches and the snow-covered branches… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Everybody knew about the bulimia in the family. And they all blamed the failure of the marriage on the bulimia and it's… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
“All those posters and PSAs and health class presentations on body image and the way you can burst blood vessels in your… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
“Eating disorders are prevalent among women who were sexually abused as children. They seem to have components of other symptoms such as… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
“If I had the capacity to withstand instantaneous physical pain, I think I would have even considered taking a razor to my… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gains of capitalism is that even the proletarian slave feels like a master. He believes he has the… — Renata Salecl Copy Share Image
If I'm going through a particular period at work or where I feel that I'm out of control and everything's sort of… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
Dear Anorexia, You are my best friend, and my worst enemy at the same time You are my greatest achievement, and yet… — Dakota Blue Cicilline Copy Share Image
For the longest time, Indian women have been okay with being curvy. But I think the modern Indian woman needs to get… — Bipasha Basu Copy Share Image
“If you put the wrong foods in your body, you are contaminated and dirty and your stomach swells. Then the voice says,… — Bethany Pierce Copy Share Image
Especially as a chef, I didn't really want to talk about it because I felt like it kind of undermined my entire… — John Whaite Copy Share Image
I had really bad polyps on my vocal cords, and I've had them since I was a kid, but the bulimia made… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my age and build… — John Prescott Copy Share Image
“To actually accept that you have an eating disorder or a mental health issue is actually a sign of great, great strength.… — Nigel Owens Copy Share Image
I struggled with restricting and purging. It is not really anorexia or bulimia. It is more anorexia than bulimia, but it doesnt… — Malika Andrews Copy Share Image
“I can honestly say, with complete disappointment, that I have never purged in my life, because I have what I call a… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“I decided to say something. It was through an email, an email to my mom confessing that I had a problem with… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw… — Tracey Gold Copy Share Image
“Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the… — Carol Lee Copy Share Image
“A bulimic person's shame may lead her to try to hide not only her eating-disorder behaviors but also her basic needs and… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
And dieting, I discovered, was another form of disordered eating, just as anorexia and bulimia similarly disrupt the natural order of eating.… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
Why? You want to know why? Listen to the whispers that curl into your head at night, calling you ugly and fat… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“My body had never felt so small or so fragile. In one sense, it was a moment of ecstasy and I was… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
“In yet another paradox, bulimia nervosa serves as both an expression of feelings and a defense against experiencing feelings, particularly shame, anger,… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
Depression is about anger, it's about anxiety, it's about character and heredity. But it is also about something that is in its… — Tim Lott Copy Share Image
“The loneliness I endured during that time of my life is something I hope never to experience again. It's more than just… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
“But who am I if I'm not Janie the bulimic? Bulimia has become so much a part of me that I can't… — Sarah Darer Littman Copy Share Image
“The barriers we face in life are so often the ones we create in our minds. As a child I couldn’t open… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
![“Emma cites the structure of the [Eating Disorder] Unit as being important to her decision to disengage from her illness, and the fact that she felt safe in it, and cared for. 'It was the first time I'd been in an environment where I felt comfortabe with all the people around me. I felt "I can be…” quote by Carol Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/carol-lee-39506_anorexia_emma-cites-the-structure-of-the-eating-d_45862.jpg)
