Posted by Poet on October 4, 2006, at 12:59:30
In reply to at what age did many people start to feel ill?.., posted by sleepygirl on October 3, 2006, at 21:44:01
I remember being scared to be in kindergarten I didn't want to play with the other kids. I just wanted to be alone so I could hide. Back then it was written off as shyness.
At 14 something happened to me that caused my grades to drop to Cs and Ds and I started using food for comfort and fasting to lose the weight I gained.
I've probably been dysthymic since I was little, but didn't go into a major depression until I was 18.
Actively bulimic- bingeing and purging at age 20.
I didn't seek help for any of this until I was 44. I don't talk about my childhood in therapy anymore, but if I did I'm sure there's other things for other ages that should be factored in.
Poet
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