I read this awhile ago, and thought it was so true. So I thought I'd share it with you guys. Written by an LJ user.


Bulimia is like a rollercoaster. Anorexia is like sitting on a bench at the amusement park while everyone else rides the rides.

Bulimia is plunging headfirst into the deep end, and then running out, then plunging in again. Anorexia is hanging your feet in the shallow end of the pool, too scared to go in but too scared to run out, either.

Bulimia is hitting Fast Forward followed by frantic attempts to Rewind. Anorexia is Pause.

Bulimia is fun and ferocious and horrible. Anorexia is counting calories, doing math problems and making graphs of weight-loss trends.

Bulimia is f--d and sex and life and death. Anorexia is staring at the minute hand of a clock.

Bulimia is gaining and losing 10 lbs within the space of a few hours. Anorexia is tiny increments, subtle change day by day, thigh circumfrence change measured in milimeters.

Bulimia is like creating a soap opera out of life to distract from the fact that you just can't handle living. Anorexia is making life smaller and smaller and more manageable because you just can't handle living.