Nicole Scherzinger, the former lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, is opening up about her decade-long battle with bulimia in an upcoming episode of VH1′s “Behind the Music”. She fought the disease during her time as a member of the super popular girl group.
“I did it every day for, like, years,” she said. “Every time I had a second to be alone, I was doing something to myself. You get, like, blisters on your hands or scars on your hands, and I’d try to hide those. I think the girls could tell.”
The expectation to be sexy in a group like the Pussycat Dolls definitely had an impact on Scherzinger’s body image. The Dolls frequently wore revealing clothing while performing and their bodies were expected to be in tip-top shape.
“I wasn’t comfortable with my body,” she revealed. “I just hated myself. I really was so disgusted with myself and so embarrassed. I felt so alone. I was in a group, and I never felt so alone in my life.”
She obviously has trouble talking about it, so it shows a lot of courage to for her to reveal her secret. “It’s embarrassing. I never spoke about it. Like I said, I never want to play a victim, and I never wanted my family to hear about things from me because I think it would break their heart, you know. I guess it was like my addiction, right? I never did drugs, but kinda doing things to myself was my addiction,” she said. “It’s like when I got offstage, I was on this high, and I’d come back to my room and I’d be alone, so I would just do things. My bulimia was my addiction; hurting myself was my addiction.”
I think it’s wonderful that Scherzinger is coming forward and talking about her battle with bulimia. It shows people that nobody, even someone as beautiful as her, is immune to the disease. I think she has the power and influence to help a lot of young girls who are experiencing the same thing that she did, and I hope her coming forward is going to do a lot of good.
What is your reaction to Scherzinger’s admission of her eating disorder? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below!
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Bulimia isn’t a disease….
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Your writings, articles, blogs I mean over all contents is must read matter.
Andrea
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@littlemiss_understood@xanga -
._. are you serious? try opening a book every now and than. In this case I’d recommend the DSM IV for a change.
Ignorant people.
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society.. we are society.. and thin or sexy is what it is.. it’s a shame..
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Its great that she’s opening up about it, I’m sure that can’t be easy at all. However how many of these “reveals” happen in the media, and still our body image as a culture hasn’t changed? Until those size 0 girls being pushed in images and the media get taken away, sadly this will be a continuing issue for years to come. Again kudos to her, I’d like to see her become a spokesperson for some type of organization helping girls with stuff of this matter, and other celebrities who obviously need to come forward.
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WHY does EVERYONE have to pretend they have an eating disorder. It does a serious injustice to those who actually DO. Oh you have bulimia? Open your mouth and let me see your teeth bitch.
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@dewdroptear@xanga - I do read books – plenty of them in fact. Which is why I don’t get confused with the words “then” and “than” like you have.
And for your information, I’ve studied psychology before and people don’t call it a disease any more as it makes patients feel worse than they already do. It’s simply classified as an eating disorder, or mental health problem.
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@littlemiss_understood@xanga - The definition of disease (from A level Biology) is ANYTHING that makes life harder to deal with, or more simply, something that puts you “ill at ease.”
Technically it is a disease.
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@littlemiss_understood@xanga - First of all, I find it funny how with defending yourself you immediately have to correct me, when in fact I’m from the Netherlands and I don’t think you find yourself writing dutch as well as my English writing skills. So I’m not even sorry I made a tiny error. :/
If you studied psychology(university? Did you finish it?.. Because by saying it you make me feel like you need me to know you are smart or something.. ) you probably know the ICD, which is the international classification of diseases. (http://www.icd9data.com/2012/Volume1/290-319/300-316/307/307.51.htm) so please get your facts straight. I don’t care if “people call it” a disease or not because it makes them feel worse. It’s a fact that it’s a disease. I want to add this that I do have an eating disorder(diagnosed official & almost recovered), and as a patient, you can’t get around the fact it’s a disease.. What would you call it? A state of mind? …
I study both law and health sciences at a university in the Netherlands, so I hope wherever you studied psychology .. gets its facts straight.I even asked my boyfriend, who is a doctor, and he too said it is most definitely a disease.
http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/
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@littlemiss_understood@xanga - Did you major in psychology? Taking Intro to Psych as a requirement doesn’t count as “studied psychology”. That class doesn’t even touch on eating disorders. :/