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Demi Lovato Reveals: I Still Cut Myself & Throw Up

Wed, March 7, 2012 4:56pm EDT by Hollywood Life Staff 31 Comments

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Demi’s been through so much already, and in her new documentary, she admits her struggles still remain.

Demi Lovato opened up about her eating disorder and cutting issues March 6 on her Stay Strong documentary, and while most of it was merely clarification about topics we were already familiar with, there was one major confession that totally blindsided us: Demi admitted she still cuts and forces herself to throw up! ”I cannot tell you that I have not thrown up since treatment,” she said in the documentary. “I cannot tell you that I have not cut myself since treatment. I’m not perfect.”

Demi explained that, once you struggle with an addition, it becomes all-consuming. That’s why it’s possible she’ll never fully shake off either addiction.

“An addiction is an obsession, something that takes over your mind and your every thought,” she said. “You think that you can’t live without it. For me, it was not eating and purging and self-harming.”

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i think demi rocks!

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I personally think that she just needs to stop tanning, she is REALLY tan and that can hurt her skin. She isn’t my most favorite person ever but I feel bad that she is doing this from hate :( a lot of people get it but she just took it the hardest.

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same here

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Demi Lovato, i am your #1 biggest fan and i love you. i saw you perform in austin at the rodeo 8 weeks and 3 days ago. can your please don’t harm yourself in any way? Because i can’t imagine life without you. i would be mega sad if you were gone. i am begging you, please don’t try to harm your self at all. and i would love it if you would come to 309 denise ellen street in buda and visit because i would love to sing a few songs with you.

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I don’t think this article is very helpful at all – especially the headline – and the general tone of the article is too gossipy for the subject matter. This may be a gossip website but it’s too important to get wrong and could be read the wrong way by vulnerable girls.

Eating disorders don’t just stop the minute you leave treatment. Recovery is a gradual process and there are likely to be slip ups along the way. The line “Demi admits she still cuts and forces herself to throw up!!” (exclamation marks really necessary??) is missing Demi’s point. She’s trying to explain that everyday is a challenge and some days she doesn’t win but that doesn’t mean she’s not getting better. She’s clearly come so far.

I just hope someone recovering from an eating disorder doesn’t read this and think that a relapse means you’re back to square one. If you’ve got to treatment you’ve made so much progress so please don’t give up now. I think Demi meant that just because she’s out of treatment, it’s not over yet. People have to work to continue recovery – possibly forever.

I really applaud Demi for really trying to increase understanding of this. There is so much ignorance out there. Other people have said “I’ve had an eating disorder” but not realty talked about it much more than that. I couldn’t have done what she did at such a young age and she should be so proud of herself.

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I feel so bad for her she went through so much and ppl think she’s mental :( next persons I hear say that I’m gonna flip on them!!!

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Demi I’m a huge fan and I can’t stand you getting hurt well be with you through every night and day and we won’t stop talking about this until this changes because we dont want our best actress from Disney channel or problem worker get killed or ill like this just by cutting yourself. We believe in you and you should to. Right now people call me fat but it’s my life not theirs and if they got a problem with it then they gotta deal with it no matter how you are and they didn’t get to be as succesful as you are because maby their stuck working in a job probably at McDonald. But now they look at themselves and are shamed because no one will ever be as great as you.

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I feel really bad for demi. She is an inspiration .

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I feel really bad for demi. She is an inspiration and beautiful young teen sensation and I hate the idea that she has to endure her cutting issues. I feel dour every time I read a story about demis problems.

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Really everyone needs to shut up if she wants to cut her self then let her :)

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Really are you kidding me everyOne has to help her we’ve gone through it we know how it feels but we don’t want someone like her to get harmed

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what does that even mean? Cutting is dead serious and no one should do it. I would know doing it myself. People don’t just do it for no reason! Seriously, it’s people like you!!!!! IF YOU DON’T CARE WHY ARE YOU ON THIS PAGE?!?!? WHY WOULD YOU COME ON A PAGE JUST TO HATE! IT’S A WAIST OF YOUR TIME!!!!!!

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Her song skyscraper was a really good song about cutting and pukeing

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Stay strong there’s people that have got through it

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As many know we went from NC to Florida last week to see her and I just died when she smiles at the end of “Fix A Heart” ..Gawd I melted..Then I watched the documentary and its done. There’s no way I can effectively describe how much I love her I literally feel the pain in my chest..So many people shout out ” I love you” at the concerts etc. (which I just love to hear) I wish somehow there was a way I can prove it.

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Doug you are totally correct. I love her too!

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pathetic.. this is the role model kids are looking at? no wonder so many kids are too weak not to kill themselves.. jesus

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well thats wat u belive cause you may be a hatter but im not! demii still rock maby not to you but other peaple she does cause she is inspiration to peaple but whatever

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Maybe if you spelled better and expressed yourself more intelligently then people would listen to your opinion.

Kids today should really be banned from the Internet, or at least guided by their parents when using it.

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Demi dosnt need to shut upmaby you need to who ever u are but demi is the awsomest maby she did some harm to her self and peaple still LOVE HER!!!! (I DO ALOT) but all them hatters shoutldn hate on demi they prabibly do that cause they wanna behh her.but DEMMIIII U ROCKKK!!!!!.your my insperation demi.Demi dont listen to all themm hattin peaple out there.LOVE YOU DEMII BYEE!!!!

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haha you going to try to “kill yourself” now too.. hope you’re better at it than she is!

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Wow. Your parents must be really proud to have an idiot daughter of son like you.

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Stop it why the hell do people like you to have be pricks it is bull ur making things worse just deal with it and if you dont have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all and who are u to judge I am sure your parents are proud of u for saying crap like this when u are talkin out your butt cause your mouth knows better

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Demi REALLY needs to shut up. im getting sick of her whining.

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You are truly a sad little girl. Is it just ignorance or are you just plain stupid?

This issues are not something that goes away very soon. No. It stays with you FOREVER. I know people who had the same thing.

You really should have known that more than a billion girls and boys are having this same issues. And do not think that you are safe from it. Because it could happen to everyone.

Demi uses her voice to give those people a name and teach them to be open and get help. You should learn from it.

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yeah maybe instead of “cutting herself” (i remember when ALL the cool kids did that) she should be helping these “more than a billion kids” realize that suicide is stupid, selfish and weak and help them realize they have something to live for. I stand by her pathetic ness

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You must be really blind, or deaf. Becauee she already said a lot of times that because she has cutting herself (or had an eating disorder) she wants to TELL everyone that people should get help to overcome these issues.

The most suicides are/were caused by bullying. Yes. Why? Because of their troubled self-image that was caused by self-harm, eating-disorders and depression. If you can take the problem at the root (by helping people to get them to get help)then less suicides will happen.

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And I am sick of people like you crying and whining like u so maybe I should say the same to you and btw think of what you say before u say it

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Look, it’s not whining. Demi is using her voice for something good. She’s helping boys and girls to realize they’re worth life. You probably are just ignorent, you just don’t understand how demi can help because you don’t know. Demi inspired me to get help for my Bulimia and Cutting. She really s an inspiration. Unlike you…

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