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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You pretty much sleep constantly, too, unless your control issues (which anorexia is often linked to) demand you do other stuff instead. Often I was dizzy and faint constantly, and had to pray I could power through whatever it was without fainting. I also couldn’t take part in hobbies or social activities because I was so tired. If starvation on that level was easy, it wouldn’t be a disorder.

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