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End of the day, anorexia is a very serious psychological disorder. It's true that there probably are similarities, IE the sheer drive to better yourself every day and to strive towards a certain look. However there are a huge number of quite severe differences; anorexics try and isolate themselves from the rest of the world and often think people are plotting against them to try and make them fat; they are completely delusional as to how they actually look; their bodies are extremely unhealthy and weak etc etc.

We are just striving for a type of physical perfection; for a number of individual reasons obviously, but the majority of us aren't suffering organ failure as a result of training, eating and gear; the majority of us don't completely isolate ourselves from the rest of society; a number of us probably have fairly high self-esteem (gunnage) etc etc. There really is a huge difference, although there are also some striking similarities in mindset and lifestyle.