Eating Disorder Quotes

I tried to go anorexic for a good three hours. I ate ice and celery, but that’s not even anorexic. And I quit. I was like, 'Ma, can you make me a sandwich? Like, immediately.'

The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.

Red flag of the eating disorder: the muffin. Keep your eye on the ladies with the muffins... and sometimes I'll just eat the muffin top.

Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?

Binge eating is another eating disorder that people really don't realize is a problem.

Their [those with eating disorders'] task is to rescue themselves from a drive that is destroying them. Food embodies the false values that their own bodies refuse to assimilate, by which I mean that their bodies become edemic, bloated, allergic, or resort to vomiting the poison out. The unconscious body, and certainly the conscious body, will not tolerate the negative mother.

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not lifestyle choices.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

She began to be reassured by these pains, tangible symbols of her success in becoming thinner than anyone else. Her only identity was being "the skinniest." She had to feel it.

I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up.

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.

Eating disorders are like a gun that's formed by genetics, loaded by a culture and family ideals, and triggered by unbearable distress.

You can have a disordered relationship with food, but to have an eating disorder is indicative of a mental illness, which I think needs treatment and recognition in a different way.

Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.

When I was dealing with the eating disorder, I wanted to look like the stick-thin models, but then I started reading fitness magazines and seeing these girls with great bodies that weren’t too muscular.

When people have eating disorders, they can't actually see what they truly look like because they're so clouded with their emotions.

It’s like he has this power over me—like I have an eating disorder and he’s a package of Oreo Double Stuff cookies.

It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid?

What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased.

I think I just realized that having a problem - an eating disorder - it's not healthy and you can actually die from that. I realized it's not worth it and you just need to be healthy.

We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need.

Some people who are obsessed with food become gourmet chefs. Others become eating disorders.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the nightmare.

Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people.