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Thank you for caring <3. Any depictions of eating disorders definitely does not make me wanna starve myself again. I couldn't care less how much I weigh so long as I am healthy. The only thing that seeing anorexia in this manwha triggers is how miserable I was when I was underweight and how I never want to be super thin again. Mostly reading for the bl and in hopes the sick character gets better.
I've been kinda waiting for a bl manga (manwha in this case) where someone has an eating disorder and I love psychological themes. Idk why I really wanted it, maybe because of the imagery and how I kinda sorta relate. I have an EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified). I have emetophobia (a fear of vomit) and due to that, if I feel nauseous, I restrict my intake of food greatly. If I'm just feel a little queasy, I won't eat for a day. But if I feel awful, I will restrict anywhere from 2-5 days max now. I'm trying to get better and cut back on restricting because I want to be healthy. I had a bad downfall where I struggled to get back to eating again because I starved myself too long and eating again made me nauseous and it lasted a good year or so; I lost 30 pounds. I haven't restricted for more than a day in a very long time so I'm doing better and I'm very healthy again but unfortunately I still can't help but to restrict when I'm unwell (although I try my best not to do it so much anymore). But I hope it doesn't romanticize anorexia/bulimia tho.