BeautifulSilence
June 9th, 2008, 11:07 AM
Ok, to fill you all in, I don't remember ANYTHING about my life before I was about 8 or 9. I've seen baby pictures upto the age of about 2, then there was nothing until I was about 10.
While I was just going about the house as normal, I found loads of pictures of me from 2-7 years old. What scared me was that I looked painfully thin, and all my bones were very protruding. I was never aware of this.
I asked my mum about it, and showed her the pictures. She said that it was the part of my life that she had mentally blocked out. She then went on to explain that from as long as I was old enough to feed myself, talk back, etc, I'd refuse to eat anything that was given to me. And that whenever I refused to eat, I'd say "I don't wanna get fat." and then point at my older sister (who has been large since she was a baby).
At this point, my thoughts were, I must've been some sort of child-anorexic. So I asked my mum if she took me to recieve medical help and apparently the specialist said that it was very similar to anorexia, but I was probably 'too young' to have it, but if it was, than it was extremely rare for someone at that age.
I then went on to ask how I was still alive after so long, and my mum replied "I'd force-feed you. I would hold you down and make you eat breakfast. I'd come to your school at lunchtime to feed you, because all the teachers were worried.... Then I'd have to force you to eat again at dinner."
She said that I didn't start eating properly, by myself, until we moved house, when I was 7 and 1/2...
I just wanted your opinions on this. Do you think it's possible for a child as young as 2 years old to have anorexia?
Also, I think this has definitely added to my strange eating patterns (borderline ED) that I am experiencing as a teen, but it's made me think about things a lot... and yet, I still can't change the way I think about my body and the way I think about food.
While I was just going about the house as normal, I found loads of pictures of me from 2-7 years old. What scared me was that I looked painfully thin, and all my bones were very protruding. I was never aware of this.
I asked my mum about it, and showed her the pictures. She said that it was the part of my life that she had mentally blocked out. She then went on to explain that from as long as I was old enough to feed myself, talk back, etc, I'd refuse to eat anything that was given to me. And that whenever I refused to eat, I'd say "I don't wanna get fat." and then point at my older sister (who has been large since she was a baby).
At this point, my thoughts were, I must've been some sort of child-anorexic. So I asked my mum if she took me to recieve medical help and apparently the specialist said that it was very similar to anorexia, but I was probably 'too young' to have it, but if it was, than it was extremely rare for someone at that age.
I then went on to ask how I was still alive after so long, and my mum replied "I'd force-feed you. I would hold you down and make you eat breakfast. I'd come to your school at lunchtime to feed you, because all the teachers were worried.... Then I'd have to force you to eat again at dinner."
She said that I didn't start eating properly, by myself, until we moved house, when I was 7 and 1/2...
I just wanted your opinions on this. Do you think it's possible for a child as young as 2 years old to have anorexia?
Also, I think this has definitely added to my strange eating patterns (borderline ED) that I am experiencing as a teen, but it's made me think about things a lot... and yet, I still can't change the way I think about my body and the way I think about food.