Demi Lovato: I Have a Life-Long Disease...
by Hilton Hater at .For the first time since she entered and exited rehab, Demi Lovato has opened up about one of the main reasons for ending up there: she has struggled for years with bulimia.
"I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body," the 18-year old says in the latest issue of Seventeen. "But I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it."
Lovato admits there's no easy way to move on from this disorder. She says: "There have been times when I definitely have been tempted to get rid of my dinner. I will deal with it for the rest of my life because it's a life-long disease."
Does she have any advice for other teens out there?
"If you are going through that dark period, go to your family and closest friends. Don’t put yourself in danger... don’t ever inflict harm on your own body because your body is so sacred. I wish I could tell every young girl with an eating disorder, or who has harmed herself in any way, that she’s worthy of life and that her life has meaning. You can overcome and get through anything."
Salient words from a brave young star.
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Comments (20 Total)
demi your a great influence for many young to old girls ik the feeling of fear and depression, i many times debate on weather to lie about eating and continue in fear or open up and realease my biggest fear.
Hello, this is for you Team Me Bulimia is not a disease it is a disorder which normally comes with depression, anxiety. And depression/ anxiety is a disease. So she does have a disease. And she stood up and is telling the whole world that she suffers with this. Do you know how hard it is to tell your family, let alone letting the whole world in on her little secret. She isn't like most people who denies it and pushes it off until she's been on machines. So say all the mean comments you want but at the end of the day your a jerk and if you ever suffered with a disorder like this you wouldnt understand.
She actually looks like having Hypothyroidism, mineral and vitamin deficiency. I am pretty sure she is having a insulin resistance or pre diabetes problem. That may explain why she has a brain chemical imbalance. Called it, bipolar or bulimia. It's a brain chemical imbalance. Those are the side effects of eating junk food. Selena Gomez was having a nutritional problem also, but she fixed at the right moment. Exercise helps a lot with that too. Educate yourself before making hater comments. You never know when you are going to be in her shoes.
i listened to demo's song 'Skyscraper' and its amazing it really puts everything she's been through into one song. i know some of what demo's feeling cos i cut. And to be honest to everyone it is hard, to get through the day, and i don't want people to feel sorry for me thats not why i cut. But to be truthful to you all, cutting is addictive and please if you every feel like cutting or have done be with your family and friends. Bulimia and self harm is a mental or physical disorder sometimes both. I feel sorry for Demi that she has been through all of this and i am amazed that she is able to come out of it with a strong front!!!!!
I almost had eating disorder too . I'm not fat but I just don't have a body like other girl and I hated it . But then I got sick and I realized that I lost many things because of it . So I think we should take care of the things that we have instead of push our selves to get something we don't have that make us lose something else