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Originally Posted by A*O
Anorexia must start out as some kind of misguided choice - these girls must 'decide' at some point that they want to control their weight aka their lives by not eating. But surely it then becomes a compulsion, I hesitate to use the word addiction although it probably is, and once you are in that state of mind it's very hard to deal with.
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You're totally right. When you're in treatment basically what they tell you is, "OK kid, you got yourself into this mess, but since you apparently can't manage it anymore, we're here to help you." Then you're given the cognitive/behavioral/nutritional tools to learn to stop hating yourself, and it's up to you what you do with them. Like any compulsion, you'll get over it when you're good and ready.