chills down my spine
Nov. 14th, 2007 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Articles on the destructiveness of eating disorders.
http://www.self.com/livingwell/articles/2007/01/0606notime_singlepage (a controversial new treatment)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21692426/ (diabetic women dying to be thin)
I'm still fighting, so you know. Every day. Anorexia can be healed, we can recover; but I think there will always be those little battles.
I also wish people would stop calling anorexia stupid, or not real. Don't speak ill unless you've been there.
My mother and I had a long talk over the phone. She understands now. I don't think she did before.
I will always remember what it was like to come back to life.
http://www.self.com/livingwell/articles/2007/01/0606notime_singlepage (a controversial new treatment)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21692426/ (diabetic women dying to be thin)
I'm still fighting, so you know. Every day. Anorexia can be healed, we can recover; but I think there will always be those little battles.
I also wish people would stop calling anorexia stupid, or not real. Don't speak ill unless you've been there.
My mother and I had a long talk over the phone. She understands now. I don't think she did before.
I will always remember what it was like to come back to life.
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Date: 2007-11-14 04:44 pm (UTC)What always gets me is when people, straight-faced and unabashed say, "You can't be anorexic. You're too fat/big/curvy."
Girls can have curves and still be stung with this, and comments like those are the reason why it's hard to give this habit/addiction up. :(
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Date: 2007-11-14 05:47 pm (UTC)People can heal from the condition, I just think we need to remind ourselves that there will be periods when the beast visits us again. I still have mild issues, but I don't even realize what I'm doing until someone points out how little I'm eating. Ignoring the hunger pains is almost second nature at this point. I lie to myself saying I'm too busy, or that there isn't anything to eat in the fridge. But I don't even realize what I'm doing until Pete mentions my eating habits. I've slipped recently. But now that I'm aware of it I'm trying to relearn to listen to what my body is telling me.
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Date: 2007-11-14 06:34 pm (UTC)like that.
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Date: 2007-11-14 06:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-15 12:14 am (UTC)I just wish people would try harder to understand what it's like, instead of jumping to faulty conclusions, and acting like asses.
Glad you had a good talk with your mom. My family has never, and probably never will be able to deal with the fact that I have an ED.
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Date: 2007-11-15 12:14 am (UTC)I just wish people would try harder to understand what it's like, instead of jumping to faulty conclusions, and acting like asses.
Glad you had a good talk with your mom. My family has never, and probably never will be able to deal with the fact that I have an ED.