I'm just curious what happens to your stomach when you b/p? I mean your stomach only hold so much food... Does it just stretch and stretch and stretch and squish other organs? When I think of this it makes me soooooooo nauseaus although it still hasn't stopped me from the evil habit.
I've read in research that some bulimics die from a gastric rupture, where the stomach rips, spilling out the contents...
I also found this on a website:
"Like a typical binger, her stomach was dying before it ripped. What I mean is that every time we binge our stomachs expand, if they expand far enough, the vessels supplying them blood are crushed - cutting off the blood supply to that area, killing the tissue. That area is weakened and the next binge of that caliber becomes more dangerous. Purging just adds fuel to the fire by increasing stomach pressure above and beyond the natural level."
....If you feel strong enough to read this sad, yet eye opening story, then follow this link: http://www.2medusa.com/2008/09/bulimia-killswarning-graphic-pictures.html
I hope that helped, I know it makes me second guess things
Paige xoxo
yikes! that is really awful. i appreciate you sharing that. this is really a debilitating disease. i can’t believe this disease even exists. its a bizarre habit that doesn’t make any sense… why do we do this to ourselves… essentially destroy our bodies little by little.
aghhhhhhh,
Caroline
I also read this article. I had the same reaction. It scared me so much!
It really made me question why??? Why do we do this its so unhuman! Humans are normally out to save themselves yet I find myself like many others here hurting myself and depriving myself of these basic needs. To put our bodies in so much pain when that is normally what humans try to stay away from. I don't understand.
Thanks paige for opening my eyes
allee