answer:I’ve never been anorexic or bulimic, but my father’s friend was. I was about thirteen when I first heard about it. My father and his buddies all had nicknames for each other. My father was “mouse”, this other guy was “whale”. You can imagine why. Anyway, few years later he’s disappeared from the group only to resurface as an avid jogger, 100lbs. thinner, and (as they soon learned) an anorexic. I heard he really struggled with is at one point and almost died. I think he’s okay now.