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Eating disorder issues with volleyball?

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so here's the story:

last year i joined the volleyball team. since i was in 11th grade i was automatically put on varsity, even tho i hadnt played volleyball in 3 years. i loved the sport tho. it was exciting, but pressuring, because if i wasnt good the other girls would hate me. some already did - they prevented me from joining their summer program. it was aweful. but i really wanted to play. i practiced all summer before the season began. i practiced every day after practices and games. i did hours of workouts on the weekends to raise my stamina and to tone my body. i lost weight and it felt wonderful. i kept going. i restricted my calorie intake to 600 a day. if i ate something "bad" i threw it up. i got better and better at the sport. with each pound shed, i moved faster, jumped higher, spiked harder. we won all of our games, with me as one of the top players. girls i thought that hated me complimented me all of the time. it was a dream come true. then at one game, it was my turn to serve, and i blacked out. i found myself in a hospital. i had dehydration, malnutrition, diagnosed as depressed and with an eating disorder. i am better now - a year later - and want to return to the squad. is this a bad idea? how will people react?

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  1. yes you can. but understand how dangerous it can be for you to b underwieght, not have enough water or food or engery. understand that you could die from being to underwieght. then after you understand the serious risk and not do that ever again then return to the squad. People could act in a couiple different ways:

    shocked

    happy

    excited

    sad

    u never knw. but i think its fine 2 join again

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  2. If you are healthy and physically fit enough to play the sport, I see no problem with it, especially now since you are aware of the problems it has caused you in the past. Now that you know what can happen, you can find ways to prevent it while still enjoying the sport.

    Keep your parents and/or friends updated on how you're feeling and make sure you tell someone if you feel that you might slip back to your old habbits.

    Congrats on getting help and getting better, keep it up!

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