I'm curios (that's all). Do you have to be super skinny to be anorexic? Can you be normal weight, but have the same dieting as someone with anorexia?

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Anorexia is a disease not a body type. So yes a girl that is a normal or even bigger than healthy weight at a time can be anorexic but it's only a matter of time till she gets unhealthily skinny.

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By definition, anorexia is an eating disorder causing people to obsess about weight and what they eat.

While being underweight can be a sign of an eating disorder, it is not the only symptom that determines whether you have an eating disorder. Many heavier people can have the disorder.

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Can you be tall and depressed? Can you be muscular and bipolar? Can you be brunette and anxious? Can you have thick eyebrows and have OCD? YOUR LOOKS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR MIND! Mental illness doesn't exclude people based on their appearance.

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Nope, you don't have to be super skinny. Anorexia is an eating disorder, and one doesn't necessarily have to be thin to have it. Weight loss is an effect of anorexia, not the actual disorder itself.

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Depends on how long the person has been anorexic but you can be anorexic without being super skinny. Eventually over time, the person will become super skinny because the body will start feeding off of itself

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Hm this is tricky. Though I do think so, some specialists won't call it anorexia as they classify it using a strict BMI system. I don't necessarily agree with it, but when treated with anorexia, it often focuses on the body weight as a low body weight can be so detrimental. That being said, I am not sure how someone would not be quite thin when anorexic but I guess it depends on the length of the eating habits as well as genetic and body type factors. There are different types of anorexia and I think a more common diagnosis is just EDNOS which is an acronym for eating disorders not otherwise specified. This pretty much covers all disordered eating and tailors the treatment methods to the individual patient. DBT is a common treatment for both diagnoses and many other treatments are the same. But I have seen girls turned away from certain programs for not meeting a certain BMI criteria for the program. That's what I don't agree with at all. But I will say yes to your question.

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You can be anorexic without being incredibly thin, although over time it results in being super thin. Anorexia is defined as an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. If you are feeling like you have an ED I highly encourage you to go talk to a trusted adult or counselor and get yourself some professional help :)

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You can be normal weight, but it depends, what your eating dieting is and excersise and psychological state of mind is. Xoxo

I'm curios (that's all). Do you have to be super skinny to be anorexic? Can you be normal weight, but have the same dieting as someone with anorexia?

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