How do anorexic people function?

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When I don’t eat enough, I get low blood sugar and I find it hard to concentrate and function enough to do anything. And that’s just from skipping a meal, let alone if I hadn’t eaten for days or was subsisting for years on a very small amount of calories. When I see anorexic people in movies or books, they seem to have enough energy to exercise compulsively, go to school or work, and other things. Is it that their eating disorder gives them anxiety and that makes them more energetic? Or does your body just get used to not eating and functions fine after a while?

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Many people confuse hunger with low blood sugar. True hypoglycemia is dangerous but hunger is just uncomfortable. Eating will make you feel better, but unless you are diabetic it is unlikely you will suffer any negative consequences from hunger alone. In fact, you will probably benefit from fasting and the hunger will subside from the feeling you get when you skip a meal.

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