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It’s true, but an eating disorder doesn’t mean eating scantly, or even throwing up after every time you eat if that’s a choice you make. Eating disorders are co
by halpert 5y ago
It’s true, but an eating disorder doesn’t mean eating scantly, or even throwing up after every time you eat if that’s a choice you make. Eating disorders are compulsions, and those that suffer from them aren’t able to choose not to do them. This is similar to how alcoholism doesn’t mean drinking a lot. Alcoholism is a complete dependence on alcohol, making it nearly impossible to stop.
- jader201 5y ago> or even throwing up after every time you eat if that’s a choice you make I think that’s a misleading statement to make. While this could be theoretically true, I imagine, in practice, no one would choose to throw up after every meal without having a disorder.
- halpert 5y agoSure, but the point is that if you choose to do it, then your behavior is not a disorder, it's just a weird choice that you're making. Just like drinking heavily doesn't automatically make you an alcoholic.
- spdionis 5y agoI think the line of "choice" here gets blurred, which is exactly what disorder refers to in the usual context.