MamasHealth.com Home Self-Esteem Stories Anorexia Nervosa Becoming Perfect Big and Fat Body Issues Boredom and Stress Bulimic and Depressed Bulimia in Silence Bullied All The Time Cruel Everyday Is A New Day Everyone is Different Getting All The Attention Girl Who Is Insecure I am Better I am So Fat! I Feel Worthless I Just Snapped! I was Skinny In Big Trouble Inner Sustenance Lacks Self-esteem Lost One Husband Low Self-esteem My Body Image My Food Story My Reflection My Story No Life of My Own Not Skinney Enough Our Plan Remains A Dream Start A New Life Stick Thin Still Too Fat Struggling to be Thin The Person I am This Is Madness Truly Care About Me Unperfect and Unhappy Watching Everyone What I See When Will This End? Links Email Mama Addiction stories Anorexia stories Athletic stories Bulimia stories Eating Disorder Family and friends stories Help Me! Herpes stories I'm not healthy stories Medical disease stories Medications and eating disorders Migraine stories Mother stories Recovered Anorexic Recovered Bulimic Recovered Eating Disorder Self esteem stories The Letter "C" Weight stories Mama's Inspirational quotes Mama's Motivational pledges Mama's Health quotes Mama's Poem	Boredom, Stress and Emotional Upset I can't quite pinpoint when my bulimia first started.  I think it must have been at a girl's school at the age of 12 or 13. All of my friends were naturally thin, as is my mum and younger sister, and I'm not.  I'm not fat or overweight, I'm just taller and a bigger build. No matter what I did, I just couldn't get as slim as I wanted, and this is still the case today. Over the past 11 years I have binged and purged everyday, then once a week, then not at all, and then I'll start doing it everyday again. Recently, I have started doing it again more and more. Once a week has turned into 3 times a week, and I know it will start being everyday, unless I do something to stop myself. I exercise 4 to 5 times a week if I can, and social events are sometimes cancelled if they interfere with going to the gym. As long as I don't become too obsessed with exercise. Exercise is the best thing I can do to binge and purge less, as it makes me feel good about my body and takes up my time...rather than sitting around eating to make myself sick! Boredom is definitely one reason why I do it, as is stress and emotional upset.  I suppose it does make me feel more in control of myself if other things in my life aren't going right.  Recently, I have started getting really scared that I am seriously damaging my body. I haven't noticed anything physically different, but there is a niggling fear at the forefront of my mind constantly. I really hope I haven't hurt myself too much, and I am trying to stop. I just need to come to terms with how I look and start to love my body once and for all! Share your story	Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust
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