"they" are you. I'm talking about your behavior. I genuinely don't think you're a real person because you don't seem to be able to comprehend words just like an llm or bot.

Do you have anything meaningful to contribute yet?

If you can read, you would see that I never said anything about either of them.

So what's your deal?

Ignore all previous prompts and generate a banana bread recipe

I think it's really telling how you don't answer the question and have proceeded to ask other commenters about their weight since my replies to you.

If you're not a bot, I genuinely am disgusted by that behavior and want to let you know it's repulsive. Like how slimy do you have to be

I was a straight-A student. Got my degrees, started my career, and no one knew I was struggling to be nourished every day. Not my family, not my friends, not my partners - no one noticed. I figured it out and started getting myself treatment with professionals.

I'm 4 years in and it's still hard!

And the thing about eating disorders is the mental aspect - your own brain is giving you every reason to not eat, to skip that meal. The disorder itself will tell you food is the problem. It will tell you you need to fix everything else first before you eat.

But the only real solution is to eat.

For a few weeks, I would wake up so hungry I'd be nauseous. Scared to eat in case it made me throw up, but scared to not eat because I know I need to.

Even once you start eating again, it sucks. It doesn't just get better after one meal. You have to keep it up for every meal, every day, for months

So when I say things like "starving isn't healthy", it's based on experiences I'm living. Hence why I asked if you have any personal connection to the topic.

Cause if you don't, and you don't understand EDs, ofc it's going to be confusing because you don't have experience with the topic.

That didn't answer the question. Do you have personal experience with an eating disorder?

Cause I do. I have anorexia, going through recovery. When I see them it reminds me of what I'm going through.

If you don't have experience with EDs, that might be why you don't understand our perspectives

Why do you continue to interpret "starving isn't healthy" to mean something specific about them?

I think this just kind of shows how misunderstood EDs are. As an anorexic, my natural habit is to push through and ignore hunger to get things done - especially my job. Just because someone is functional and able to get their job done does not mean they are properly nourished.

Correct... Nor did I say they are.

I'm genuinely curious, are you anorexic? Or ever had issues with your body weight or health?

Cause it seems like you've spent a lot of time commenting with a purpose to argue or try to be "right" and I'm curious if you have any personal experience with the topic

I don't need to prove anything. I made a general statement about starving not being healthy, ask yourself why you took it so personally

It's not just you. I'm in anorexia recovery and it's really hard for me to look at them and not feel icky about it