How do you explain that not eating isn’t a choice but a necessity?
I’ve already tried explaining that the fear is too great, as is the guilt, but people still seem to not understand.
It’s like standing at the very top of a cliff you want to jump off. You may be afraid of the jump, nonetheless would like to.
Sure, someone can kick you down into the water, and that’sehat doctors and care centres do for you, but that still doesn’t mean you chose to jump. Meanwhile, your intention was always to jump, you were just too scared to.
Does this mean you chose not to jump? No, because rationally you never stopped wanting to.
It merely means that even if you do, you’re emotionally blocked.
Something similar, yet intricately more complex, happens with anorexia. It’s NOT a choice.
I just wish people would understand. None of this is a game and it sucks.
Yours sincerely,
Dysfunctional Girl
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