Hi, I am glad I found this site, It is hard to find people to talk to about this sort of thing. I know from personal experience that yes people do recover. I was anorexic for 3 years. I was 30 pounds under wieght and still felt fat. The down side of my recovery is that I am now 60 pounds over weight due to having to take epideral steroids for a condition most likey caused by the anorexia. It is very hard to look in the mirror everyday and not think of how I feel about my wieght but yes i think I have recovered...it was a long road and it took alot of support from my family. The best part is that my hair has finally grown back after falling out from the malnutrition