Hi I am a 17 year old boy. I had anorexia for 3 months when I was 11 years old. at the worst point I was 66 lbs at 5"2 height, and at that moment I only ate an apple, a few pieces of bread and a meal. After the eating disorder I started to eat normal again and recovered quickly. I have now been a healthy weight for 6 years. But I looked up the negative effects of anorexia and became stressed that I could have permanently damaged my body. I was 11 years old, in which the human body develops a lot I think. But at the same time, I dont think 3 months were enough to cause permanent damage. Anyway, someone who knows more about this please let me know.
It would help if you said what your specific concerns are. Such as your genitals haven’t developed or you have no sex drive.
hello I am the original poster, I forgot my login for that account. my genitals have developed as my penis is above average in size (7.6 inches) and girth is also fine i have never measured that. I started masturbating at age 12.5 and I did it almost every day from then. I still do it very often. But a while ago I came up with the thought that I could have damaged myself with my anorexia, as I have heard it can cause erectile dysfunction. Ever since I have been worrying about this I am also experiencing a lower sex drive. I am just very stressed about the thought of me having damaged myself forever with the anorexia and it is making me very insecure.
For example: I hear that teenagers are always struggling with random boners, but well I never really had that problem. I only got them in the morning and night, when masturbating, while seeing naked women or in very rare cases I just had them randomly. But I heard my father who has never had anorexia say that he doesnt get a boner when he sees a random naked woman, so that may just be genetics.
another example is that when I am masturbating and dont touch my penis for about 20 seconds, it starts to turn soft. I have posted about this issue on reddit once and there were people who also had this problem who havent had anorexia as far I know. So i dont know, could this be caused by anorexia, or could it be because of the size of my penis, or my excessive masturbation habits in my teenage years?
So yeah I am just stressing out about this a lot and would like to know if its possible that my anorexia for 3 months at age 11 could have permanently damaged me.
btw another thing I should add. I hear anorexia can also stunt growth, but I am 6"3 and the tallest in my family. And low testosterone also doesnt seem like it because I have lots of facial and body hair and used to have a lot of acne.
I just really need confirmation from someone who knows more than me about this I guess.