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Orthorexia: The healthiest Anorexia

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#1 ·
Honestly? I feel justified restricting because I get so many nutrients. I tell myself that I get more nutrients than alot of people eating 3000 calories.

Also, I feel a little bit of superiority.

Also, I feel totally dysfunctional. Also, neurotic.

This is what orthorexia is to me.
 
#2 ·
"The healthiest Anorexia". It hurts you double up, first through the underweight and then the excessive exercise combined with too little food, how ever healthy the food might be
 
#3 ·
I know how you feel, obviously it's not healthy but when my ortho tendencies kick in, I tend to feel really satisfied with myself. I feel clean, energetic, superior. But I'm also more vulnerable to binge on junk food, trying to find a balance now.

"The healthiest Anorexia". It hurts you double up, first through the underweight and then the excessive exercise combined with too little food, how ever healthy the food might be
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#5 ·
I don't understand the dysfunctional and neurotic part

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The dysfunctional part is that when I'm restricting so much, that I'm still lacking in nutrients, even though the nutrients I am eating are perfect.

It's a false sense of security. The neuroticism is Latching onto this false sense of security.
 
#6 ·
The dysfunctional part is that when I'm restricting so much, that I'm still lacking in nutrients, even though the nutrients I am eating are perfect.

It's a false sense of security. The neuroticism is Latching onto this false sense of security.
Yeah the dr just told me yesterday that I don't have enough fat stores to store fat soulable vitamins. I made him order me a blood test for vitamin d and k and others just to see if he's right.

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#7 ·
Same.
Everyone in my family is always talking about how I eat way healthier than anyone else they know.
Yea I'm losing weight and not eating enough, but they don't need to know that -- they just see me eating real whole foods, limited ingredients, casually talking about nutrition, etc.
I love it because I feel like I don't have to hide my insanity bc it doesn't seem bad to them at all

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