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Re: Exercise Addiction - February 14th 2011, 03:32 AM

Hey Shannon,

This reply is a bit later than everyone else but I wanted to chime in anyway... exercise compulsion and addiction is right up my ally, unfortunately.

In my case, it quickly turned from sneaking in extra jumping jacks, crunches, pushups, jumproping in bed, in the bathroom... wherever I could as "punishment" for eating. Then it turned into just not eating and still exercising and finally not eating + no exercise (if I couldn't stand up without being scared I was going to pass out, how the hell was I supposed to exercise?).

Get a support team- therapist, parents or other trusted adult. Friends can help, though I've found that a trusted adult has been most beneficial for me. I finally broke down last month and fessed up to a non-family adult in my life about my anorexia (nervosa and athletica) and its helped tons.

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