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Originally Posted by miss_perfect
Umm, yeah you can. Bipolar disorder is a chemcial imbalance, and depression has both organic and environmental etiology. Anorexia is a choice. I've lived through it, I know others on this board have as well. It's up to you whether you let it run your life or not. Sure you might always live with it, but you don't have to let it kill you.
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Well, we'll have to disagree. I believe anorexia is just a particular symptom of mental illness and that certain people are more susceptible than others. It may seem like a choice when you start, but it is also technically an alcoholic's choice to take the original drink and probably no one anticipates that it will spiral out of control and they'll end up a drunk lying in the gutter. I think there's a strong genetic and environmental component to such things.