When people have eating disorders, they can't actually see what they truly look like because they're so clouded with their emotions. — Paula Patton Copy Share Image
“We are beautiful because we are sons and daughters of God, not because we look a certain way.” — Kate Wicker Copy Share Image
“Anorexia is, without doubt, a serious eating disorder, but there is a hell of a lot of mainstream disordered eating going on… — Emma Woolf Copy Share Image
I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
“I left myself out of humanity by focusing on differences. This isolation only strengthened Ed” (17)” — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
I have an eating disorder. I be eatin DIS order of fries, and DIS order of nuggets, and DIS order of wings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With my eating disorder - talking to a therapist about it - it really helped me unravel what was underneath that. Because… — Aimee Lou Wood Copy Share Image
I mean, there are things that I've experienced that I don't joke about because I'm just like, 'People don't really think it's… — Patti Harrison Copy Share Image
For me to look skinny on camera would require me to have a really violent eating disorder, and I refuse to do… — Leslie Grossman Copy Share Image
“You see, a binge is almost always inevitable when one goes withut eating for such a long period of time. It doesn't… — Leanne Waters Copy Share Image
Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans… — Tipper Gore Copy Share Image
“No one could see the thoughts when the body looked normal to them. The voice wanted it to just be the two… — Rachael Rose Steil Copy Share Image
It seems everyone wants to know if I have an eating disorder, and playing an anorexic character on 'Make it or Break… — Alice Greczyn Copy Share Image
“To anyone who thinks eating disorders are something rich, bored white girls do to get attention, I bid you bite me. I… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and spice and everything nice, which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The reality is that fat people are often supported in hating their bodies, in starving themselves, in engaging in unsafe exercise, and… — Lesley Kinzel Copy Share Image
“People always feel sorry for you if you’re physically sick. It doesn’t matter if you have cancer or a cold. People always… — Annie. Ortiz Copy Share Image
It was always hard work to push through a crowed of reporters with the scent of blood in their nostrils. You might… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
“Black-and-white thinking is the addict's mentality, which can be a bar to recovery when one is still active. But an addict who… — Michael Prager Copy Share Image
“And when, after fifteen years of bingeing, barfing, starving, needles and tubes and terror and rage, and medical crises and personal failure… — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
I'd like to have finally answered the anorexic question so profoundly and definitively, that would be the end of it. The only… — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get.… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
She began to be reassured by these pains, tangible symbols of her success in becoming thinner than anyone else. Her only identity… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
“[. . .] and in addition to the feeling of being full there was another more terrifying one, as if a hundred… — Steven Levenkron Copy Share Image
I remember my doctors examining my vocal cords and asking if I had an eating disorder, and I instantly said no. But… — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
Bin Laden is living in the United States, and he has blonde hair. He's probably got some type of eating disorder. And… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
“Clinicians have told me that our emotional is arrested at the age that an eating disorder takes control of our lives. After… — Jenni Schaefer 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
“My reflection followed me mercilessly in mirrors, car doors, shop windows. I lived in a world of circus mirrors, the grotesque distortion… — Bethany Pierce Copy Share Image
I wish I could tell every young girl with an eating disorder, or who has harmed herself in any way, that she's… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Most women in our culture, then, are disordered when it comes to issues of self-worth, self-entitlement, self-nourishment, and comfort with their own… — Susan Bordo 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
Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Ironically, this physically weak feeling signifies that I'm actually getting stronger. I know from my past that I will ultimately feel strong… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
You don't understand...Cutting unless your'e a cutter. Drugs unless your'e a druggie. Suicide unless you've attempted it. Eating disorders unless you've had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The subject of eating disorders is very common, and it is an abuse that affects all the people around the sick person,… — Sanna Lenken Copy Share Image
In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
This is for all the BOYS..The boys who self harm..The boys who have eating disorders..The boys who suffer from anorexia, depression etc.The… — Camille Cassie Govender Copy Share Image
Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more… — Jenni Schaefer Copy Share Image
![“Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don't have a backup plan for living. Live today. [...] Trust in God. Believe in yourself. Get friends and family members to stand behind you. That's the only backup you'll need.” quote by Jenni Schaefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/jenni-schaefer-22271_backup_connect-with-supportive-people-who-empow_842326.jpg)
![“[. . .] and in addition to the feeling of being full there was another more terrifying one, as if a hundred appetites were raging out of control within her. She couldn't explain it, but she felt as if everything was in chaos and something awful was going to happen. She had eaten and now something…” quote by Steven Levenkron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/steven-levenkron-30080_anorexia_and-in-addition-to-the-feeling-of-being_1339954.jpg)
