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Is one born with an eating disorder?

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I am a compulsive eater, but I only started to really have eating problems when I turned 13. But I was wondering if we are born with it, and if maybe it shows up when we hit puberty.

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  1. Well, sometimes it can be hereditary, so sort of yes, but not always.  


  2. No, my eating disorder started after my rape....so my early teens. I think it can happen at anytime, but mostly in teenage years.

  3. No. I have/had bulimia . It started because I was being put down all the time. I started hating myself and hated getting picked on. Every time I ate something I threw it up. I had this problem for years. I got help for it. Eating disorders are mental honey.

  4. i was bulimic. It isnt something you are born with, just happens,and usually it is after a traumatic event, like rape or teen life in general.

    I was put down alot from my mom, because of my being overweight, and i couldnt take it.

    Come to find out, my aunts on my daddy's side, several of them, are anorexic/ bulimic.

    It can be dealt with, but I hate to tell you this: it can never be cured.

  5. no

    ppl are not born with eating disorders

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  6. When you are a teenager 12-18 your eating can become very intense as there are changes in hormonal levels so sometimes you will be eating a lot and your body becomes bigger and at other times it seems as if you have barely eaten a thing and your body feels thinner.  Its normal.

  7. I don't think we are born into it, society forces us to be a certain "thing" if we can compete and get what people expect, we feel c**p, and go get comfort - food.

  8. Nah, not when you were born, a little after that.

    It has a lot to do with psycology..Babies that aren't held often tend to have eating disorders when they are older for a number of reasons..Surley there is a psycological explaination for over eating as well.

  9. No i dont think you are born with it. I think for some eating disorders you learn to use it as a control or a comfort mechanism.  
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