Anorexia is not a choice

I was reading an article about how anorexia may be a disease, and another personal opinion that anorexia is just stupidity and ignorance.

People who insist that anorexia is a choice and entirely the fault of the "victim" make me want to cry. I never chose to go through that torture. I never wanted to starve myself. Why the hell would I want to do that? I truly felt that something had overcome me, and I was pushed far back inside myself, beating against the walls of my own psyche, screaming. Do you really think I would have spent all those years hurting myself on purpose? It hurt to eat, it physically hurt. More than a few bites and I was in pain. Yeah, that's a fucking choice.
It hurt worse when my own mother said it, that it had been a choice on my part to continue the cycle. I don't blame her for thinking that, but then she really doesn't know much about the inner workings of anorexia -- she didn't even know I was sick until long after I had recovered.
But the people who know, and still think it's a "stupid decision" hurt me. I really don't think any of these people have ever had an eating disorder.

Anorexia is not a choice

I was reading an article about how anorexia may be a disease, and another personal opinion that anorexia is just stupidity and ignorance.

People who insist that anorexia is a choice and entirely the fault of the "victim" make me want to cry. I never chose to go through that torture. I never wanted to starve myself. Why the hell would I want to do that? I truly felt that something had overcome me, and I was pushed far back inside myself, beating against the walls of my own psyche, screaming. Do you really think I would have spent all those years hurting myself on purpose? It hurt to eat, it physically hurt. More than a few bites and I was in pain. Yeah, that's a fucking choice.
It hurt worse when my own mother said it, that it had been a choice on my part to continue the cycle. I don't blame her for thinking that, but then she really doesn't know much about the inner workings of anorexia -- she didn't even know I was sick until long after I had recovered.
But the people who know, and still think it's a "stupid decision" hurt me. I really don't think any of these people have ever had an eating disorder.

Anorexia is not a choice

I was reading an article about how anorexia may be a disease, and another personal opinion that anorexia is just stupidity and ignorance.

People who insist that anorexia is a choice and entirely the fault of the "victim" make me want to cry. I never chose to go through that torture. I never wanted to starve myself. Why the hell would I want to do that? I truly felt that something had overcome me, and I was pushed far back inside myself, beating against the walls of my own psyche, screaming. Do you really think I would have spent all those years hurting myself on purpose? It hurt to eat, it physically hurt. More than a few bites and I was in pain. Yeah, that's a fucking choice.
It hurt worse when my own mother said it, that it had been a choice on my part to continue the cycle. I don't blame her for thinking that, but then she really doesn't know much about the inner workings of anorexia -- she didn't even know I was sick until long after I had recovered.
But the people who know, and still think it's a "stupid decision" hurt me. I really don't think any of these people have ever had an eating disorder.

Black Seed Oil

A coworker, who knows I'm into holistic skin care, just gave me a bottle of some bath oil (Healing Bath Oil) that contains my favorites, tamanu and sea buckthorn -- plus black seed oil. I think this is awesome.
I was reading up on black seed again, and as it turns out, it has been used throughout history as a contraceptive for women, as well as stimulation of menstruation and milk flow. I had assumed that neem was the only herb worth mentioning regarding contraception, so this is interesting. (I know a couple of women who use neem both externally and internally as a form of contraception, but I wouldn't want to take that risk, not until lots more studies are published confirming its effectiveness.)
Black Seed is very good for dozens of physical ailments, and it works pretty well for me. But I haven't used it in skin care yet. The oil has a very strong smell -- herbal and nutty and very dark. It's not the most pleasing fragrance, but I can tell it's powerful.
http://www.sweetsunnah.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=blackseed_reports

Black Seed Oil

A coworker, who knows I'm into holistic skin care, just gave me a bottle of some bath oil (Healing Bath Oil) that contains my favorites, tamanu and sea buckthorn -- plus black seed oil. I think this is awesome.
I was reading up on black seed again, and as it turns out, it has been used throughout history as a contraceptive for women, as well as stimulation of menstruation and milk flow. I had assumed that neem was the only herb worth mentioning regarding contraception, so this is interesting. (I know a couple of women who use neem both externally and internally as a form of contraception, but I wouldn't want to take that risk, not until lots more studies are published confirming its effectiveness.)
Black Seed is very good for dozens of physical ailments, and it works pretty well for me. But I haven't used it in skin care yet. The oil has a very strong smell -- herbal and nutty and very dark. It's not the most pleasing fragrance, but I can tell it's powerful.
http://www.sweetsunnah.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=blackseed_reports

Black Seed Oil

A coworker, who knows I'm into holistic skin care, just gave me a bottle of some bath oil (Healing Bath Oil) that contains my favorites, tamanu and sea buckthorn -- plus black seed oil. I think this is awesome.
I was reading up on black seed again, and as it turns out, it has been used throughout history as a contraceptive for women, as well as stimulation of menstruation and milk flow. I had assumed that neem was the only herb worth mentioning regarding contraception, so this is interesting. (I know a couple of women who use neem both externally and internally as a form of contraception, but I wouldn't want to take that risk, not until lots more studies are published confirming its effectiveness.)
Black Seed is very good for dozens of physical ailments, and it works pretty well for me. But I haven't used it in skin care yet. The oil has a very strong smell -- herbal and nutty and very dark. It's not the most pleasing fragrance, but I can tell it's powerful.
http://www.sweetsunnah.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=blackseed_reports