It is sad that eating disorders take so many lives. People don't understand and you can't really understand someone with an ED unless you have been through it yourself. It is not always something that you can control. You may think that you can but it ends up controlling you and that is part of why so many women and men die from ED complications each year. Too many have died with too many people ignorant of the illness. People need to understand that it is not a vanity thing. EDs are misunderstood so often. I know how hard it is for friends to be there for someone with an ED but it is just as hard for the person with the ED. I know as I have been both people. I just needed to rant so yeah.