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Are there things you saw when you were younger in people, that you now realize were symptoms of a possible ED? Or even in friends, strangers, etc. I feel like now that ive kind of gotten in to the ED "lifestyle", i feel like i pick these things out in people and always think '...do they have an ED?'
I did competitive swimming for 10 years-synchronized swimming, so all girls, on teams. 95% of the girls on these teams are thin-and the thinner the better (because youre lighter; can get higher out of the water, etc). I remember when i was about 12-13, we were at a long, grueling 3 hour practice....and in the middle we would take a 15 min break and usually our coach would provide us with a snack to keep our energy up. Then we would all run in to the changeroom to stand under the showers since the water in the pool was so cold and it was so nice. I remember when we were all going back out on deck together, one of the girls stopped to use the toilet. We stood outside of the stall waiting for her as we heard her throwing up. One of my teammates asked if she was ok or feeling sick-but when she came out, she just cheerfully smiled, washed her hands, and rinsed her mouth out with water and said "No, i just dont want to get fat from our snack". Someone asked "So you throw up?" and she said "yeah".
And then we all went back out on deck and it was like all she had done was put on mascara or something. I dont think we ever considered it an ED, just a funny thing that this girl did-that we didnt really understand or care about. I never really became friends with her-she quit after 2 years of swimming. Now shes going to law school.
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