Illness Quote by Richard Carpenter

Anorexia cannot be cured by treating the physical symptoms alone; it is the mind which must be treated.

— Lynn Crilly

“Between 10 and 20 percent of people with anorexia die from heart attacks, other complications and suicide; the disease has the highest mortality rate…

— Harriet Brown

I was struggling with anorexia, and one of the biggest problems with an eating disorder is you don't realize you have it. And you…

— Lindsey Stirling

Anorexia is a real disease. The choice you do have is asking for help.

— Ginger Zee

Anorexia is not an illness of the body; it is an illness of the mind.

— Lynn Crilly

I became a spokeswoman for eating disorders. I would say about three or four months after I actually came out about it. It is…

— Jamie Lynn Sigler

I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at…

— Keira Knightley

I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack…

— Ayelet Waldman

“I don't think you can get really out of anorexia (or any addiction, for that matter) until you simply have no other choice, until…

— Caroline Knapp

Finding a cure for anorexia should be a piece of cake.

— Charles Elba

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment…

— Carre Otis

I had been anorexic for about five years. And I was really sick. I probably weighed about 70 pounds.

— Marti Noxon