Anorexic body of older woman
Tips from an Ana website
(complete with typos & redundant tips)
Please note that I did not write these. These "tips" are all over the internet.
"Remember that you do have to eat sometimes. Not a lot of course but you have to eat something. Make sure you eat at least two things each day.
Remember that Ana is not always fun. It can be so awful sometimes you'll want to die. You'll learn alot about yourself but we don't want any accidents do we? There no use being thin if your dead.
There's food inside the fridge right? Wrong. All thats in the fridge is faliure! Is that what you want?
Does Ana want to go in the fridge? No she does not. Its time youy started paying attention to what Ana wants, not what you want.
The butter is congeled custard, the meat dead cat (eww) etc etc, Make up gross images for all the foods you snack on.
Open the fridge. Look inside. Look at all that food. Is it really that great? You don't need it really do you?
Anorexic Wallmeyer Twins
The food is sneaky. It is trying to tempting you to eat it and get fat/ter. Try this when your alone: Look at the food and laugh at it. No seriously, try this. Laugh at the food and tell it out loud how stupid it is. Tell it how it can't tempt you and you won't be going anywhere near it. Tell the food you don't need it. This is very helpful when your craving. It helps me all the time.
If all else fails, i hear padlocks are effective ;)
Never eat anything bigger than about a cup, your stomach will expand and then you'll get hungry more.
Eat in front of a mirror naked. See how much you can eat then!
Hit your stomach (just not too hard) if it's growling too loudly.
Curl up in a ball if you have hunger pains.
Wear perfectly applied lip gloss. It makes you more aware of what's going in your mouth. Also, flavored ones help with cravings.
When going out, take only the amount of money you'll need. Nothing extra, that way you won't be tempted to spend it on food.
Have 6 small meals a day. Take 2 apples, and split them so you can make 6 meals out of them. That way your body will be tricked into thinking it's eating more.
Hair loss caused by anorexia
Find a buddy onine, and do fasts with them, competitions, or just have someone to email when you're craving.
Wear a rubber-band around your wrist and snap it against your skin when you are tempted to eat.
If you eat right before bed, lay on your left side so the food goes through your system faster.
Chew gum if you need to cook so you won't eat any of the food.
If you're a smoker and hungry, light up a cigarette. It curbs your appetite.
Before you dig into that cake, bag of chips, candy, or whatever, take a deep breath and count to 100. Usually by the time you get to 100 you will have convinced yourself that you don't really want it.
When you're hungry chug 2 glasses (or how many you need) of straight water. It'll make you so full and nauseous you will have completely lost your appetite.
Spin in circles, you will be too nauseous to eat.
If you're right handed, eat with your left hand. It will take a lot longer to get the food to your mouth.
Find something that makes you feel ill or unpleasant and think or look at it as you eat. After a while you make begin to associate food itself with unpleasantness.
Hand of a 46-year-old anorexic woman
Fidgeting burns 500-800 extra calories a day. Suck in your tummy and squeeze your buns, bounce your legs, sway side to side, swing your feet, ect.
Take a shower. Hot steamy water can suppress your appetite and paying close attention to your body will remind you exactly why you're losing weight in the first place.
When eating, put down your silverware or sip water in between each bite. Your stomach will feel full faster and you are less likely to overeat.
Chew every bite at least thirty times. Your food will taste better and you will be much more satisfied. Don't swallow until all the flavor is gone from of each bite.
Pay attention to when and what you are eating. Ask yourself: "Do I really want to eat this?"
Weigh yourslef before and after every time you eat. Not only will it eliminate unnecessary eating, but it will make you want to eat less when you see the numbers creep up.
When dining out, no matter what the waiter says about the fat or calorie content of food assume everything is covered with butter, even the silverware.
Cleaning something dirty can make you lose your appetite. The toilet, the litter box, under the kitchen sink, scrubbing out the garbage bin, anything grimy or smelly. The mess, along with the smell of the cleaner, can put you off food for a while.
Make it a rule that you always have to burn twice the calories you consume (i.e., if you ate something with 100 calories, you would have to burn 200). The thought of all the exercising you would have to do can be very discouraging.
Anorexic girl
Turn the temperature down in your car/house, or open windows in your room at night, so that you'll be colder and your body will have to burn calories to keep warm.
When you lose weight reward yourself with something you want (not food obviously). Shopping is always good.
Instead of buying food, buy yourself flowers. Food is depressing, but flowers make you happy.
Exchange a bad habit for a good one (i.e. someone trades smoking for jogging). This may be hard, but very rewarding if you can do it. Exchange eating for yoga, or meditation, or reading more.
Think higher of yourself! You're too good to put THAT in your body!
Save the money you would have spent on that meal in a jar. Save it in a bottle instead and watch it grow.
Eat vicariously. Watch other people eat, and feel superior! You don't need that food. They are feeding their fat bodies and they're getting fatter! You can see then growing! How repulsive.
Anorexic young woman
Brush your teeth frequently. A fresh mouth helps keep you from wanting to eat.
Different sleeping habits. Go to bed later than everyone else, so you can exercise while they're sleeping. Wake up later, and have a light breakfast when they eat lunch, they'll think nothing of it.
If you feel like you want to eat, go to a friends house that you cannot just raid the fridge at.
Spoil your food. As soon as you've cooked/served up your meal, put too much salt, pepper, sauce, (or even detergent) on it. That way you won't want to eat it!
Wear a rubber band on your wrist and snap it when you feel like eating.
Brush your teeth when you feel like eating.
Ok, so you feel hungry. Its all in your head. Don't waste time with food. Food is a hindrance to your progress and we know Ana is always watching. Are you seriously going to eat in FRONT of her. Lets not be rude.
Ana knows you can do this and you knew you could do this before you started thinking about food. So stop dreaming of cookies, focus yourself and remember why your hungry in the first place. You want this, you need this so don't wreck it now.
Leave the house with no money and walk around, chase butterflies, take the dog until the need to binge has gone.
If your by your self start yelling at your self. Tell your self you don't need this. Scream if it helps. Just get the binge feelings out of your system. I find this very effective.
Spray perfume on the food you're dying to eat. You won't (and shouldn't cause you'll get really sick) eat it then.
Be sure to fuck up your relationship with food from the start. You want to make yourself as neurotic as possible about food, eating, kitchens, cutlery, refrigerators, restaurants, and hey, why not stretch this out even further and start hating the actual source of foods, in other words the actual animals and plants.
Associate food with disgusting things. Draw pictures of juicy red apples, somehow morphing into giant dead rotting pigs. Put pictures of fat girls on your fridge, or better yet, pictures of yourself for a bit of productive self-loathing.
Karlene, who is anorexic, showing her loss of teeth from bingeing & purging
Link: THE SHOCKING FACE OF ANOREXIA & BULIMIA...KARLENE IS IN HOSPITAL (NOVEMBER 10, 2008)
Create a list of suitable punishments either for thinking of food, or for caving in and eating food itself. A good one to try is to keep a rubber band on your hand and flick your skin whenever you think of eating. Eventually you will have a swollen hand, and a shrunken body; you will have ceased thinking of food so much. Other punishments include ridiculous amounts of exercise, purging, self-mutilation, isolation, basic denial of necessary comforts such as blankets on a cold night, or shelter when it is raining.. or simply menial, disgusting tasks such as cleaning the bathroom. Remember, you need discipline.
Trick yourself into believing your life sucks. Be mean to people so that they instigate fights, just to make you constantly on edge, or nervous, so you cant eat. After all, you'll be light-headed and dizzy, and irritable from not eating, so you have an excuse. Become an angst-ridden teenager. You'll be making yourself nauseous from worry and self hatred in no time.
Anorexic mantras
"An imperfect body reflects an imperfect person."
"I'm not starving myself...I'm perfecting my emptiness."
"Nothing tastes as good as thin feels."
Look at pictures of anorexics. This should be enough to sufficiently fuck up and cloud your perceptions. Above all, convince yourself you are above others, a hero, owing to your spectacular powers of restraint. Feel elitist. Feel as though you are somehow super-human for resisting the urge to eat. Feel better than the other mere mortals who dig in to their cereal and their donuts. Believe in the power of starving as though it were a religion.
Terri Schiavo, RIP
Link: TERRI SCHIAVO: BULIMIA & ITS DEADLY CONSEQUENCES...
Make up rules you cannot deviate from. Only allow yourself one food a day. You will get sick of the taste and therefore eat less due to boredom.
Brush your teeth and tongue all the time. Food will taste yukky with toothpaste, so whats the point of eating it?
Eat while in the front of the mirror naked. You will be completely repulsed, and repelled from the food. This is a good thing.
Feel your hunger..don't try to suppress it. You WANT to be hungry. If you're not then you're not doing it right. Hunger is not your enemy!
Did you know that there are 2 pounds of dead skin on you right now!!?! Thats right! 2 POUNDS! ...if you're underweight or in starvation mode your body does not "shed" its skin the way it should. It holds on to it.
Pinch your thigh and see how you don't need food, because you should be eating your own flesh all away from the inside first, before you are deserving of actual legitimate sustenance.
Buy some baby teething gel and rub it on your tongue, to numb your tastebuds.
If you're feeling brave enough to face the kitchen, go there and throw out any potential binge foods. If you must, pour bleach/disinfectant/dishwashing detergent on the food, and then throw it away!
Pinch your ear! Apply pressure to the front of the ear, one at a time.
Let perfume replace chocolate. Every time you have a craving, or pass a bakery, sniff some Chanel no. 5. Apply it to a tissue and carry it with you. Smell has a powerful effect on appetite.
Clean something. Cleaning something dirty can make you lose your appetite. The toilet, the litter box, under the kitchen sink, scrubbing out the garbage bin, anything grimy or smelly. The mess, along with the smell of the cleaner, can put you off food for a while.
Young girl, death from bulimia
Link: BULIMIA KILLS.....WARNING! GRAPHIC PICTURES
Deny anorexia at all costs. Pretend you have not noticed the pounds dropping off you. Don't be suspicious.
Whenever you do decide to eat, do it in the company of others. That way they can't say they never see you touch food.
Leave a dirty plate lying around every so often for your parents to yell at you about.
Drink out of opaque cups, and spit your food into it whilst preteding to drink. They'll never know.
Eat really slowly because if everybody else is on their third slice of pizza, they'll assume you are too, even if you're still finishing your first.
Sign out of hotmail and clear the history before you get off of the Internet. This will eliminate Autofill being ever so helpful while your Mum is researching aardvarks, and coming up with www.anorexicsanonymous.com for her. In short, don't leave traces lying around for others to find.
Purge in the shower, or in your sink while music is playing, people will be less supicious.
If you're about to binge, chew some gum, and think to yourself "2/3rd's of America is obese. Why add to that number?"
Make up places to go. say you're going to a friends house for dinner, or going out to a restaurant, and then just go somewhere where you can't eat.
When you are hungry do something gross like dig for worms clean a kitty litter box or something it will make you just not hungry.
Always eat teaspoon size amounts of food at any one time and chew well.
Check your head. Never eat anything bigger than your head, even lettuce. You'll only stretch your stomach out. Train your tummy to settle for less
If you love a certain food, save the wrappers even after you've eaten it. Smell it when you're hungry
Never eat anything bigger that your fist
Get your tongue pierced, therefore you can't eat
If you're being watched, try the opaque cup trick; pretend you're eating, and spit the food in the cup while you pretend to be drinking - don't forget to get rid of what's in the cup
Aimee Moore, before anorexia
Aimee Moore battling anorexia
Link: ANOREXIA & BULIMIA: THE TRAGIC LIFE OF AIMEE MOORE...LATEST UPDATE: AIMEE DISCHARGED FROM MAGNOLIA CREEK FOR PURGING (January 2, 2009)
Go to the kitchen often, and pretend your snacking, take a bite out of something and take a long time, look in the fridge, ETC! they will think you're always in the kitchen eating, and won't suspect anything.. trust me if you never go in the kitchen, your family *will* notice
Hit your stomach when it grumbles because that will make the sound go away and your stomach will hurt too much to eat
Persuade yourself that you don't like a food, take your favorite food and when you look at it and think yum, think yuck instead
Hide a plate or zip lock bag near your computer..right before supper go to your computer room and when supper is ready say your doing your homework and want them to bring your meal to you..when u get it just put it in the other plate or zip lock bag and bring the dish back up in 15 min.'s..it works just make sure u dispose of the food later
Taking more than the recommended dose of kelp makes you feel sick and you don't have to try and restrict ... not sure about the safety aspect of this tip though
Buy lunches/dinners of canned/contained foods, like lunch buckets, then without cooking them hide them in your room or locker as if you were eating them, and instead walk/drive them once a week to your local homeless shelter
When you are in school, grab something on your way out the door to eat(because you're in a hurry)-throw it out. Then when lunch time comes go to the library instead of with your friends -they will only fuck things up. Then get involved in an activity that goes really late so you come home after everyone else has eaten and you can take a plate of food to your room to eat while you are doing your homework (put the food in a bag and throw it out with tomorrows breakfast. The only thing is weekends- try to stay as busy as possible
Wearing "fashionable" gloves and scarves really helps when you get cold… and makes people less suspicious than if you're always bitching that you're cold when they're all fine
When you feel you need to eat, list the reasons why its not such a good idea, by then you'll most likely lose the craving, and you'll have convincing reasons not to eat
On an empty stomach coffee will make you feel sick and will curb your appetite.
Sniff scented markers or anything else that may smell like a fruit and then you won't be hungry anymore
Whenever you get hungry, think of all the people who made fun of you in junior high.
Samantha and Michaela Kendall, twins with anorexia, both now deceased
Link: ANOREXIA: REMEMBERING SAMANTHA & MICHAELA KENDALL
If you're annoyed at your family for always trying to make you eat breakfast with them, tell them (while holding your stomach with your arms and looking like you're about to puke) that you always feel sick after you eat in the morning so early. Or that you have to go swimming in a few hours, and that you don't like eating before that.
Eat a tiny piece of onion (like 1/2 in square). That way you have onion breath and people believe you really ate.
After you eat brush your teeth. You won't want to eat when you have that minty taste and you teeth are clean
Get tape or those roll up bandages and wind them tightly around your stomach..it stops you from eating because you can't get the food down properly and you also look thinner
If you eat at night before you go to bed make sure you lay on your left side it makes the food go through your system faster and wont have as much time to suck fat out of the food. but you shouldn't eat before you go to bed slows down your metabolism
Just keep yourself extremely busy, almost to the point of being completely stressed out and you can go for 8hrs without being hungry or wanting to eat
If you don't feel comfortable not eating too much, eat only a hard boiled egg, an apple, and a glass of water. It will fill you up all day
If you live with your parents, go to bed early & sleep late to avoid some meals, then go out in the day, & say you've eaten a lot. Also, keeping busy will burn more calories
If you can, get a job around food. I work at an Arby's, and it has curbed my appetite drastically
If sitting at school, college etc. constantly tap your feet/fingers. Fidgeting throughout day is proven to burn up to 800 calories per day
If you're talking about celebrities, make sure to mention how you think Calista Flockhart is too thin and that you think Kate Winslet is gorgeous. Praise fat and people will never guess that you're starving yourself into thinness
Wear nail polish to cover up the bluish tinge that starvation gives your fingernails so others don't suspect it as much
Have to go to a restaurant with someone? Some ways you can avoid eating much - 1. veganism (makes it hard to find suitable food); 2. severe food allergies (always a good answer when they offer chocolate!), or 3. order something that you've never tried before. When you taste it, say you don't like it
Think about what the food would look like in your body after you have eaten it... hopefully that will put you off
My friend, Karlene, November, 2008
Link: KARLENE, MY HEART IS BREAKING...
If you're with your family or something, and you're at a buffet, spend most of the time acting like you're picky, and walk around the buffet tables. Then just get a little something and spit it in your cup or something. Sneak in some exercise too while you're walking
Hit your stomach when it grumbles because that will make the sound go away and your stomach will hurt too much to eat.
Every time you are about to eat something ask yourself "Do I really want that food more than I want to be skinny?"
Make up crazy food rituals and follow them religiously. Track them in your Ana book.
Associate food with feeling sick. You wont want to eat something,if the sight of it repulses you.
Only eat with skinny people, and then eat half of what they eat.
Video tape yourself, and look at it to see how fat you look.
Dont eat lunch- save your lunch money and buy a present for yourself later.
Watch what other people, especially fat people, eat, and feel superior...because they are feeding their fat bodies and they're getting fatter!
Check the fridge when nobody else is around...find food that you would have eaten and get rid of it..then you can say that you ate it
Only eat when other people can see you. That way they cant say "you never eat!"
Leave dirty dishes around the house (example: pour a little milk in a bowl and put some peices of cereal in it and say you ate it) people will think your eating
Don't act oddly. If you're always commenting on how skinny people are or how fattening certain foods are, someone's bound to find how obsessed you are, no one needs to know this except for you.
If you go to a resturant and really cant stand the thought of eating then take a purse lined with plastic inside and order a low fat meal and eat some but when no-one is looking drop some in the bag. ***BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH THIS!!!***
Try not to give too much attention to the mirror when people are near, people might notice.
Avoid watching movies about ana or mia when friends or family are around. Trust me...this makes their suspicion grow!
Just plain out loud lie, it always works, unless its an obvious lie or your a bad liar.
Calculate how much money you're saving by not eating and add this up until you have enough to buy something you like (but not food).
Think about food before and while you eat it. Think about where it came from and exactly what happened to it before it reached you. This works particularly well with meat, dairy, and egg products.
Find something that makes you feel vaguely ill or unpleasant, get a picture of it, and put the picture beside your food. Switch pictures frequently and make sure to look at the pictures while you eat. After a while you may began to associate food itself with unpleasantness, which will make you less inclined to eat.
Sabotage your food. Make it with too much water, too little sugar, an ingredient you don't care for. Add too much salt or pepper before you eat. You will eat less of it if it tastes bad.
Remember, think thin, and try not to faint too often or die."
Hila Elmalich, RIP
Link with video on Hila: HOW MANY MODELS HAVE TO DIE ?
Parents, be vigilant. If your child is exhibiting any of the above behaviours, seek professional help for your child immediately.
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"Food is a hindrance to your progress and we know Ana is always watching. Are you seriously going to eat in FRONT of her. Lets not be rude."
LMAO!! Thank God that most of the sites out there aren't like this.
I honestly think that these stupid "tips" and "tricks" represent a very skewed picture of the "pro-ed" community. Most of the people I know online would say that they're pro-reality... and that somebody with an ed has no need for tips or tricks.
Eh. These "tips" are almost as bad as those tacky creeds and prayers to "ana."
I do find it so very weird how eating disorders and our culture can warp peoples minds and make them pro-ana. Pro-ana is what happens when multiple anorexics are put together, and it's unfortunate. I can understand, as an ED sufferer, where the ideas come from. Your mind quietly blanks out reality in so many ways.
why are you even posting these tips?? don't help the stupid pro-ana people out.
Anonymous, these tips are all over the internet and can be found in seconds with a simple search.
The pictures I posted with the tips show just how deadly these so-called tips are.
@anonymous
I totally agree with you. I`m now suffering 20 years from an ED (and at the time suffering a relapse to anorexia) and these tips and prayers are simply ridiculous for me. Especially those websites which promote "ana" and "mia" as a lifestyle. Is it a lifestyle to have everyday a war going on inside your head? Those feelings of self-hate and worthlessness? To feel how it affects on your body? To know how you hurt your beloved onces with your sickening behavior? Feel their concerns and worries about you? Feel their fear about you are going to die possibly? Not really. If you are aware of that you are severe ill, you will hate those websites and i feel ashamed compared with this stupid, self-deceiving people. And even if you decide not to hide anymore, you will not meet much understanding. Comments like "okay, you are having a bad time at the moment", "in other countries people are starving from lack of food" or "you just have to eat and everything is alright" really hurt. Because nearly no one can imagine of what you are going through and that this disease is stronger than that what a normal mind says about the consequences to your health.
In Germany those websites will be quickly deleted by the hoster and i think it is right. Because nobody really suffering has deserved to be compared with this. You have already enough to do with the picture the media spreads around about this desease.
This was just terrifying and bizarre to me and I think you effectively showed how terrifying it is with the photos you provided.
By the way, have you seen 'Dana: The 8 Year Old Anorexic'? It was a documentary broadcast in England and I think you'd find it of interest if you haven't seen it already.
MJ, thanks so much for your kind comments. I'm glad you got the point I was trying to make with the post. Unfortunately, some didn't.
I haven't seen "Dana, the 8-year-old anorexic," but I'm off now to see if I can track it down. Sounds very interesting. Thanks for the tip.
No problem, if you have 4od installed on your computer you can find it on there. If not, I'm sure websites like Veoh will have it.
MJ, I found the video on Dana yesterday and will be uploading it to my site today. Powerful story.
Thanks so much for letting me know about it. I really appreciate it.
Medusa
xoxo
wow those pictures are shocking.. it really makes me wanna get better.. it's a real motivation for me t try to get out of this disease.. i want to become healthy..
Yes, they are shocking and I hope that I will never come to this point. I don`t want to look disgusting like them and I`m sure that this severe starvation causes brain damage. I`ve seen the video with Aimee Moore, OMG! This makes me aware that I need to fight, even if I`m not ready for recovery.
These pictures are really shocking. Though I`m not ready for recovery, I never want to become like this and I hope it never happens.
personaly it is rather dumb to look at these sites and nevertheless follow these tips
because a true anorexic will figure it out themselves and all those pictures have done is made me realize that i am no where near being thin at the moment my goal is size zero but double zero sounds even better. the people that say we are "sick" are mainly the ones any person will call a fat ass, obese, overweight, or a part of the 2/3 fatass americans that make us the FATEST country of the planet. so unless you're skinny yourself, please dont butt into something you wish you had the will to do couch patatoes.
Ok to the above comment. I am 5'5" and weigh 8 stone exactly - is that too fat for you?!lol.
I couldn't believe some of the pictures above, its saddening that people think in any way that its attractive or will lead to a better life. Its really not, no guy i have ever met has said they prefer a women with no curves.
The fashion industry needs to take a stand and ban underweight models - young women do take note of skinny models and so the fashion industry should set an example.
Some of the tips and hints above are sickening..'food is your enermy'..come on - live with it or die without it..umm tough choice.
I'm not ready either to recover. I actually like my weight right now...I'm 99.5 lbs and happy...but I'm afraid I'll become thin as them...What can I do to stop slowly...
It is wrong that people dont want to eat. Hopefully they find out quick that skinny is not what all guys want. A recent test shows that an average guy likes girls that dont have the body of a modle but a body of an average girl. The average girl wieghs about 150 to 175.
OMG!!! You people are so stupid!!! It's not all about wanting to be thin so don't make comments about what you don't fucking understand!!!
it is NOT about wanting guys to find you attractive or being thing, i am an anoretic and dont want people to find me attractive comment on my body etc..i HATE it, i want to be as small as possible and NOT be seen.
i do have online pro-ana friends,however i agree with others here that anoretics/bulemics have no need for the 'tips' as thats what comes 'natural' anyway.
the majority of those sites i stay clear of as i find them full of 'wannabees'
im 38 and still not ready for recovery yet and i am aware that its my choice and the risks i am taking but that doesnt mean (im NOT looking for sympathy btw) i dont suffer everyday and i dont want anyone to live the life i have and still do, i commend this site and all the hard work i hope anyone looking for 'tips' stumbles across it and thinks twice..keep up the hard work, and thankyou for all that you're doing!
Anonymous, thanks so much for your very kind comments.
WOW WHAT A JOKE! there really is a site giving tips on how to be unhealthy ang basically giving you the guidlines to kill yourself...DID YOU SEE ALL THE RIP's under the pictures. Those pictures were the most disgusting and diturbing things I've even seen. Do yourself a favor and go eat something and keep it in sicko!
What strong images! It is apparent many people today are truely suffering with this illness that they are afraid to overcome, but also many young girls in particular seem to be turning to these pro ana sites as a means of dieting and attention taking away the solice and sense of community true sufferes of anorexia had. Sufferes do not need a place to share tips on how to hide their illness but a place to discuss how to get better, how food is not an enimy and what progress they have made. This page sends a strong message with the pictures, it is not a cult silly young girls can join for fun and should not be portrayed as fashionable as many sites are showing.
I have a very petite frame and struggle daily to gain weight so from the other side of the spectrum I can understand an anorexics struggle. I wish you all the love luck and happiness in the world!
I love being ana...I love the feeling of hunger...of the feeling of my body eating my fat...as I like to think about it, but I have some questions. Every once in a while you have to eat...not because I want to just because people are starting to notice that I'm not. I love your guys tips...they're very helpful on how to get out of eating, but what about for the times that I have eaten something? I can't make myself throw up. Right after I eat I feel so sick...mostly with guilt because I know I didn't want to eat something, but not matter how much I stick my fingers down my throat I can't throw up. Any tips? Also, does anyone know a good time length of how long you can/should wait after eating before throwing up, or how long is too long to wait? Thanks!
i am a 16 year old girl who is nearly 17 and i weigh 7 stone 9 pounds and i am like this because i eat a healthy balanced diet. okay if youu want to go on a diet that is for example cutting out snnacks. dont stop eating fully. so many people die from being to thin and you dont want to loose your life. when you feel faint EAT!!! and if you eat a balanced diet and do plenty of excercise then you will loose weight and get to a healthy thin....
boys do not like to have girls that you can see all there bones. guys like you for who you are and if you are curvy then good for you.. you dont need to be a skeleton.
come on girls your not fat...everyone is different and beautiful in there own way.
be happy be yourself and you dont need to stop eating to do this
i hope you listen and think twice :)
love j xxx
Best thing to be thin is eating plenty of fruit and veg, a little meat and lots of fish, in fact fish actually contains calorie burning properties, cholestrol - burning perhaps, anyway, fish is bloody good for ya and ur weight. also drink plenty of water. Green tea i swear by, it aids in removing toxins and helps digestion.
Thing is for these anorexics its not about guys finding them attractive, or looking thin, they are mentally ill. they are SICK in the head. they want to disappear , and enjoy their hunger pangs and aches of their illness. its sadomasochistic thing for them , they get pleasure out of pain, the line between which is faint. they need professional help . if u said to someone in africa, u know in our country, there are people who on purpose starve themselves, the africans would laugh. thinking, we are starving here cos we HAVE no food, and these spoilt westerners are ASKING for god to curse them.
These eating disorders are connected with low self esteeem, must be also ignorance, not realising that it is health and balance that is tough to achieve, not starvation. u can turn urself into a sicko just by overindulging in these sick fantasies. low self esteem obviously comes from their upbringing, their environment and their past, which they should examine and work on with professional help. god help them , and let their families , friends, drag them by the hair to the hospital.
hi im 23 and will soon be married, im 5ft6 and wieght 55kgs im so unhappy and depressed, i cant stand to look in the mirror or to look at food but the more depressed if feel the more i want to eat. i just want to be thin and happy. xvx
i think it is sick how you are creating a ''lifestyle'' out of anorexia and bulimia. people with EDs have psychiatric problems and they are suffering a mental illness; by wrongly creating these so called lifestyles you are killing people, it is these "wanarexics" that are the truly warped people, and will end up dying from serious things like heart attacks, maybe write that at the top of ur stupid pathetic site.
Huh?
Anonymous, I have no idea what you're going on about. I'm creating a lifestyle? I'm killing people?
I think you've missed the point of not only this post but my entire website. You might want to read a few more of my posts before jumping to the wrong conclusion and running off at the mouth.
Just sayin'...
The anorexics and bulimic's who see the disorder as a life style choice aren't wannabes they are sick they just think they are!!!!
this is sickening..i hope all who follow this are are reading it..YOU GUYS ARE SO UGLY AND DISGUSTING FOR DOING THIS TO YOURSELF...NO ONE LIKES LOOKING AT YOUR SKINNY UGLY FRAIL BODIES..GETTING SKINNIER KILLS YOU..WE DONT LIKE SEEING YOU LIKE THIS..YOU DISGUST ME,,,START GETTING BETTER BASICALLY YOUR JUST ASKING FOR DEATH
Well someone sounds jelous don't they!
you make me sick !! premoting a life full of stress,worry, and depriving your bodies of what they need ... ana??? what the f**k grow up you horrible discusting person. your mind games are transparent and these pictures are discusting, you should be ashamed, i can see why you think guys would like this NOT!!!! by doing this you lead a seady unpleasent life.
i love my body its sexy and im a size 12 (proberly what u would call fat) ha ha
people these people arnt hot
their teeth are rotten, their breath is horrible, they loose hair, have dry horrible skin, and look like someone who has been dead for years!!!
NOW THAT'S SEXY RITE??
ha
i just want to say
leave them alone?
not in the way of "you dont know what your talkign about"
in teh way of who gives a ****
if you people want to ruin your life...
how many friends do you have?
...exactly...
and if you want to kill yourself liek the girls in those photos...
go ahead
i dont think anyone who is smart enough to not starve themselves should just leave them to their stupidity...
forgive me for being impolite, but theres no other way around it.
people with proper eating disorders have a disease. they dont choose to be anorexic therefore dont need tips on how to be so.
if anyone thinking of choosing this lifestyle took any notice of the real world they would know that being that thin is not attractive, healthy or in anyway a positive decision.
would you die to be thin? what the fucks the point then your dead!
being thin isnt attractive , being fit and healthy is. a guy isnt gonna go for the girl that looks like a cow thats been starved for three months hes gonna go for the girl with the nice arse and decent thighs. meat on girls is good.
When are you people going to learn that it isn't about looking good at all!!! I have an eating disorder and i've had it for 3 years now, i have problems with not being accepted and pressured by my family tbh i dont give 2 shits about what i look like food and exercise is just an escape of whats acturly going on in my life! People with eating disorders do it for the same and differnt reasons. And why are you all on here?You must have googled anorexia right? So that means you yourself was looking for tips or to make a person with an eating disorder life more difficult by calling them stupid! Well let me just tell you one thing we all feel stupid, worthless, failures and like we might as well not been born YOU DONT HAVE TO TELL US THAT WE ALREADY THINK IT EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES!!!!!
(((Anonymous)))
Thank you for your comments.
~ Medusa
i'm not being funny but i find this site disgusting... i hope your ashamed of yourself encouraging other people to follow in your pathetic footsteps... fair enough if you have an eating disorder but dragging other people into it aswell is just sick... for gods sake guys loose weight the proper way... eating healthily and exercise.... why waste your life away????
Anonymous who posted on May 23, 2009 9:07 PM...
1. I do not encourage people to binge, purge or starve themselves.
2. I do not suffer fools gladly. If you find this site disgusting, do me a favour and stay away.
Medusa
I really appreciate you creating this site. I was overweight in middle school and bullied horribly. The summer before high school I decided I didn't want to spend four more years being treated that way, so I stopped eating and lost close to 70 pounds. Unfortunately, it wreaked havoc on my body. I was fainting on a daily basis (even after I lost all the weight - just trying to maintain that body) and I was anemic. My doctor made me go on birth control so I would gain a few pounds back and have to generally eat so I could take the pills (I absolutely fear throwing up, it makes me feel terrible). So I gained about 25 pounds back, felt a little healthier. Then I got my first boyfriend and he absolutely LOVED my body and my curves and thought I was so sexy. Ever since then I haven't ever wanted to starve myself again. My boyfriend and I broke up, but I'm confident in my body now. It's not about being thin, it's about being HEALTHY and loving your body for what it is and not what size you are. I'm short, I'm NOT skinny, but I can't help but smile at myself when I look in the mirror. I think I am just so goddamn beautiful.
Showing the terrible consequences of eating disorders is a necessary task. Even listing all the ridiculous tasks shows how psychotic and mentally screwed up these people are. You're changing girls' minds right now. Thank you.
(((Christy))) What a great story. I'm so glad you regained your health. Curves ARE beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing.
And thank you for your very kind comments.
Medusa
am a very strange person the more i see anorexic people the more i want to eat.
for me i would choose health over looks anytime of the day.
Life is wayyyy to short to be starving yourself to TRY and look pretty because for starters, men are NOT looking for anorexic girls. And if you want to feel happy about yourself eat healthy and be fit( meaning eat fruit nd veg, healthy dinners, breakfasts and lunch ). And just think about the young children that may look up to you. Do you want them to be ana and feel the hunger that some of you may enjoy. It is unbelievable how people think that being anorexic is attractive because it isn't.
(To the above comment)
Anorexia isn't about trying to look good it's about not feeling emotional pain, it's a coping mechanism.
I was looking for some pics cause Im PhD student (nutrition) and i have to prepare a class and i can see that all that tips to lose weight are completely lies ...i work on nutrition and u can eat everything, do exercice , be healthy eating healthy..i feel so sad to know that someone belives this things and do these stupid things.
how can people do this to themselves???? weal never no its sick!
well just FYI ,ive been doing this on and off for years-and have come to warn ppl..purging "in bouts but extreme when you do"DOES NOT WORK,,i havent lost a thing BUT my teeth are fu**d! ive lost ALL MY HAIR--not some"ALL! Im getting extensions for hundreds of dollars in two weeks.I rarely get my period my stomach hurts-always.not happy.My boyfriend treats me like im a psycho patient for doing it,and my doctor has even put me on lithium as my familys concerns were expressed!! wtf! this disease sux,,when does the frakn bones start appearing..these sites for wannabes suk
I guess to second my first post ,,BULIMIA and SELFHARM are very simular in form,,recognise what you really have girls,,and find a more productive mutilating technique ..then let me know what it is bahaha
Why put all these tips up? even if you didn't write them, or even if you don't "agree" with them, the point of all the pro-anorexia sites being removed was so people such as vulnerable teenagers wouldn't become influenced in to this awful condition. people who for whatever reason want to become anorexic, aren't going to care whether or not this page was made for the purpose of giving tips, they will still USE those tips. this page should be reported.
Anonymous, as I've responded before, these tips are all over the Internet. It took me under 30 seconds to find them by Googling.
If I can find them, anyone can, and reposting them here is a drop in the internet bucket.
And there is a purpose for my posting them. Follow those tips, and you'll end up dead. Those pictures say a thousand words.
Becoming anorexic isn't that bad if you can stop it in time, other people just don't understand I'm a varsity cheerleader so all my friends are super skinny, you don't know what it's like to be the only fat girl on the squad, even my best friends calls me a whale sometime. In cheerleading we run everyday and exercise and at home I eat right no sodas or fats and sweets, and I'm still fat so if the only way to lose weight is starving myself I'm going to do it, I mean put yourself in my shoes : my friends call me fat all the time and I didn't even get a date to prom, I'm a varsity cheerleader I'm suppose to be skinny..... Can't you see how I feel in this situation, and I know I can stop myself cause people do it all the time so it's not that big of a deal. My friends wear pants that are sizes 1-5 my pants size is a 8 1/2...... Just think how I feel for a moment........
i have been anorexic/bulimic for 5 goin on 6 years...on my way to 23 yrs old. im killing myself slowly and i know it. i tell people im never going to get old...they dont realize the reality in that statement. its not because i want to "alwyas remain young looking"....its because i wont make it till next year this time. to all of u out there struggling like me. i know its impossible to stop...but try. so u can actually make it till next year. love Kristin
I had those problems for 2 years until i fainted in front of my sister and my family found out about it...it's true,it wasn't really about wanting to disappear and stuff..i just wanted to be thin
so after i stopped throwing up and i started to eat i gained a lot of weight..i've been depressed but now i am fine,i eat healthy and i am trying to lose weight in a healthy way...and people,i'm telling you starvation is not the way to happiness!
I am pleased with myself now,though i'm not really thin,but my personality attracts more boys than my thin body did;)
this made me sick how fucking twisted u have to be to do this to yourself this is just messed up
I understand how realli ur showing d consequenes which is not common in sum sites, i'm quite happy tat u added sum of those pics 2 show ppl tat how u look if u turn ano.
I also understand those who r suffering from depression or sumting like tat.
BuH remember u dnt hve 2 look skinny 2 b pretty, like my fwend is not skinny but is not fat either and wow she is beatiful,and realli if u wanna b ano 4 bois attention, u will buh ina realli bad way. dey dun a survey on wat type of girl boys like and all of dem sed girls wit meat on dem
Yes these photos are scary. But if you read the tips "Ana is always watching" this disease is more then just low self esteem. Sound to me like they are more Schizophrenic then anything else. (I have known people who were, and started too become anorexic myself. Luckily I wised up.)
AN is a disease. Beating up on people who have it is just cruel. Fat people on the other hand choose to be fat.
why the hell would you want to be so thin and how can you not eat of the good tasty food that the Lord provides?
Hello my name is Ellie-rae i am 14 years old i am not the skinniest of people but i love the way i am. no one should change the way they look. we are all made the way where supposed too look. are bones are ment too be on the inside tucked in, not sticking out so we can see them.. i do feel really sorry for people with anorexcia and if anyone needs too speak about it down msn add me, misty-e@hotmail.com . thank you and please dont make yourself anorexic have you not heard christina agulara's song beautiful? if not listen too it maybe it will make you think...
you are truly sick in the head
this site is trying to make people feel bad about their bodies
eating and exercising in moderation is much better than starving yourself to death
anorexia isnt something to be proud of and since you are putting pictures of people who suffered and died from anorexia and then encoruraging inoccent young people to hate and punish themselves for eating is nothing less than disgusting!
curvy is beautiful!
heck! big is beautiful
there is nothing wrong with the odd bit of puppy fat, its natural
and being a skeletal twig is not too attractive, regardless of stupid fashion mags!!!!!!!!!!!
the poor women who are told they are too fat to model and end up starving themselves towards the brink of death sickens me
its not fair to watch all the innocent women brainwashed by the materialistic media who say that you must be a skeleton to achive a succseful modeling career truly saddens me,
this site is stupid
i dont care about all the hate mail that i'm probably going to recive because of this, but i'm sure a lot of people will agree that being curvy or a little bit to large is nothing that cant be solved by sensible eating and excecise.
i think the pictures on your website wont scare anorexics into eating, because when i see them i kno they are disgusting but my anorexia says to me, 'if you looked like that it would be such a great achievement, you would be perfect like that" but still, i admire what youve done, it really shows to non-anas how awful and controlling this disease can be.
ive been in hospital twice with anorexia, the first time i was only 31kgs and i had to stay in for three months.
now i am at the weight my doctor set me and i hate my body because i think i look obese, but no matter what i am NOT GOING BACK TO ANA!! just yesterday i ate my first piece of chocolate in almost two years, it was amazing, and the ridiculous thing is that i was terrrified, but when i ate it i felt fine!
im just saying that life after anorexia is amazing and youll realise that all your thoughts about food ARE NOT REAL!! THEY ARE THE VOICE OF A DISEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Anonymous who posted at 7:37 p.m., July 29, 2009:
Anonymous, you've missed the point of this post and my site by a long shot.
Please read my main page (www.2medusa.com) and you will discover what my site is all about.
I do not encourage people to starve or feel bad about their bodies...rather, the opposite.
Take some time and read some of my posts.
Medusa
To Anonymous who posted at 8:25 p.m., July 29, 2009:
I'm thrilled to hear you're on the road to recovery. Sending hugs your way...
Medusa
lanugo is NOT hairloss. it is a fine downy hair that grows all over your body when you are at an extremely low weight. additionally,the picture of the "anorexic girl who died shortly after this picture was taken" is taken from the now-defunct website "bonypink", which was a pornographic website featuring illegal pictures of women in the modern slave trade. that woman was NOT anorexic, she was a trafficed woman who was being starved for a sickening esthetic. i commend what you are trying to do, but PLEASE get your facts correct.
I know it´s not the right place for me here, I don´t know if I have an ED but I often try to starve. I just know that I have DIS. I´ve gained 2 kg, now my BMI is 15,9. I try to love your blog. Good luck for you all.
d'arcy...I know what lanugo is.
That picture you're referring to (i.e. "anorexic girl who died shortly after this picture was taken") is an actual picture of bonypink. Bonypink wrote me last year and asked me to remove her name from the pic.
Medusa
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YO COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CAN YOU ALL PLEASE STOP COMMENTING ON THINGS YOU DONT UNDERSTAND?!? ITS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT BEING THIN SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR BEING THE WAY THEY ARE 4 EXAMPLE. 5 years ago my little sister and I were on a beach she was draged into the undertow she died and i had tried to save her and ended up in hospital attached to mashines having my chest pumped. Then mom got pregnant and had another girl she was extremely ill with gastric reflux (colapsing windpipe) there was not a day when i didnt think she would die. A year lter Dad left and i havent seenhim since. mom got with a new guy who beat and abused me they went on to have three more kids twin boys and 1 girl all of which have gastric reflux, Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder. Then the youngest girl went into hospital with double pnumonia and empyima she nearly died. My life was spiraling out of control, theonly thing i have control over is my eating and my wieght. i am still suffering and weigh 4 stone 7 im 5foot 5. Now mabye you can understand why some people are puled into this disease. If you want to e-mail me its
i-love-balloons@hotmail.co.uk
I-love-balloons - that is a hell of a lot you are dealing with and you are so so brave to try to save your sister even being willing to give your own life trying to do so. Not everyone would be so selfless.
I understand what you are saying about control - I lost huge amounts of weight (5-6 stone) when I felt my life was spiraling out of my control. What I ate was mine and mine alone to control - no-one else could touch that.
Since then, I have learned that there are other things that I can control apart from my weight. It may sound silly or mundane, but you can control what you learn - what enters your brain instead of your body. Learning through open learning sites (such as an off-shoot of Open University) opened up a whole new world of arts and humanities for me.
Anyway, that's what I did when I realised I was in trouble.
And now, well now life has spiraled again and here I am looking to control my weight again. Thank you Medusa for popping up on the google search, and thank you 'I-love-balloons'. Your post made me remember the control I craved back then and look at what is happening now (making me see that life is spiraling out of control). I managed to shift my focus from food to education then, which is what you've reminded me to do now. You may have saved this life. Thank you.
Maybe you could shift your focus of control from you to learn everything possible about ADHD for example? Or psychology? Perhaps educate yourself to a point where you can leave the situation you are in and support yourself in a good job (I don't know your age). That may be all too simplistic, I don't know.
Whatever you choose (and it is your choice) I wish you all the best my sweet x
hello, I want to be thin my boyfriend has a six pack and I hate the thought of my body, I am trying it has been a week now can I please have help I have been eating one meal a day, I smoke so that makes it easier I need someone who is in the same boat as me :D
OH.. some tips are written a couple of times over and over again..
It's..
It's so sad... eh. :(
I have struggled with an eating disorder for about 5 years now. when i was looking for informational links regarding my eating disorder this came up.
i just want to comment and say that i find this EXTREMELY insulting. None of you know what it is like to have an eating disorder. we do not CHOOSE to be MENTALLY ILL. nor do you understand how incredibly hard it is to recover from and ED.
i think its really really sad instead of posting just the pictures and helpful information on recovery centers or just plain facts about eating disorders you decided to take the immature smart-ass way and post "tips/ticks"
judging from your picture i see you are grown woman. I am 19 years old and i have a better sense of respect than you and that is pathetic.
and p.s. only thing your achieving with this mindless blog is giving girls tips for crash dieting tips for girls who want to lose a couple pounds, people with real eating disorders dont need tips.
you want to act like you give a damn. this is purely making fun of mentally ill people. you should be ashamed of yourself.
All I've done here is scroll straight down. And read it.
Medusa, clearly the intent is one of compassion and warning.
It does look potentially dangerous though when the majority of people responding here come across as ignorant, not to mention stupid, and as a result, vulnerable. oh, sigh, it's not as though I believe in censorship or anything either.
What a horrible mess these posts and comments are.
sadness is encompassing. My heart goes out to all who suffer at the hands of this evil disease
I want to be skinny. But not that fucking skinny. WOW people are more fucked up than me U_U
You that posted before me, grow up, damn it. Some comment. If you think so, you're fucked up enough already.
I fully support your site Medusa despite what the 19 year old stated. If she would read more of your sight she would get your full intent. also life is full of triggers and there's all these pro ana sites full of crap you can read and follow or read in disgust or not look them up! Triggers happen. Deal with them!
Medusa I found your site trying to find tribute info on karen carpenter for my Anti Ana Pro recovery site and you expose the ugliness, truth, and pain of all eating disorders. I admire that!
I had to laugh at some of these pro ana posts because there are so many contradictions! A lot of anorexics self injure so the rubberband thing wouldn't be a punishment per se! and if these sites want to glorify Anorexia then doing these crazy ideas goes against something to be glorified. like a big DUH! also the posts don't seem to mention the physiology of what happens as you starve and how chemicals come into play and take away your mind and ability to function to even continue with these crazy ideas because then Ana controls you! and I am speaking first hand. I know firsthand horrors for 20 years of this shit!
I choose recovery.
Thanks Medusa.
((hugs))
Brandee
Brandee, thank you so much for taking the time to comment.
As always, your comments are spot on. Thanks so much for sharing.
Hugs,
Medusa
If you'd of asked me three months ago, I'd of been a happy teenager. And then one of my friends came back into my life. She's taller than I am, two dress sizes smaller than I am, she's two "cup sizes" bigger and she eats way more.
I started getting obsessed with my calorie intake and was doing crazy amounts of fasting & excersize because I was desperately trying not to appear invisible next to her. I wasn't trying to disappear, I was just sick of being looked over by everyone when I was standing next to my superthin, super pretty friend. Sure, it started off as simple jealousy, but after a while, I realised that it wasn't about her, or about loosing weight. It was the need to control something in my life. I'm now 5'3'' and a little under 7 stone.
I now feel more invisible than ever, and now I'm regretting even starting this. I hate the life I lead, because it revolves around my weight. It's not a lifestyle, no matter how many people say it is. You don't suddenly wake up one morning and say "I think I'll go pro-ED today." It takes over your life slowly, bit by bit, until IT controls YOU. Whereas a lifestyle is something YOU choose to live, Anorexia and Bulimia are they are parasitic illnesses that feed off of low self esteem & a thirst to prove yourself. I suffer from both of them, and, honestly, I hate myself for it. I did this to myself, to my family, and it sickens me. But still I continue.
I'm not some amazing person with advice, nor am I condoning eating disorders. I'm just saying that sometimes, its hard to give up an obsession. Hunger pangs are like a drug; you begin to depend on them to know that you're doing it right.
This site shocked me, which I think it's supposed to do. While I'm thankful for the comments calling us stupid & what not, I think people do need to understand that it becomes an obsession and that it's hard to stop. I'm not defending it by any means, but I don't appreciate being called a sicko by somebody who probably has no idea what it feels like. Unless you've experienced it for yourself, don't judge those people who suffer. There are "wannaretics" out there, but I can assure you, the majority of people suffering,(yes, suffering) are not doing so by choice. You never expect it to get as serious as it does, I know that from experience. I just hope I can stop before my body gives up.
with out ana or mia most of the suffer-er's would be grossly fat. this is how they can prevent that. no one should put anyone down or put down this website. how would you even find it unless you searched thinspo pro ana, ana, pro mia, or mia.
every one is beautiful no matter how much you weigh. just look at yourself in the mirror, dont look at how your body looks, look at your face. try and see the happy girl that is trying to look back at you. if you cant see this girl, why not seek help, you might need it. its better safe then sorry xxx
you only live once, why waste your life with an obsession like this? beauty isn't only your appearance. I know this comment isn't exactly going to make someone stop completely, but I'm trying to make some points.
A Person at a Healthy weight wouldn't normally look at someone anorexic and think they are beautiful. It is just an obsession, and it is not beautiful.
When you look at the pictures on this Website, It's like looking at Holocaust Victims. Food is there to Keep you Alive, Not to make you fat. It's what foods you eat which affect your weight.
I thank you for your tips on this site and the articles. I am currently bulimic and trying very hard to stop (for those of you who have never had this disorder, you will never understand how addictive it is..)your articles of dying girls and missing teeth will hopefully stick in my mind next time I go to purge and Im hoping your 'ana' tips can be used to help me stop the binging. in particular I will try the electic band, the drinking water and counting to 100 before I get into a binge situation and have to purge. So thank you for hopefully helping my condition. Although I must say some of these tips may be used negitively for person seeking to have a eating disorder and not overcome one...
reading this makes me want to get a take away!!!jesus christ ur like the devil medusa ur probly sat at ur own desk weighing in at 27 stone!uv no picture on here i wonder why????ur obviously not proud of ur work or you would have a picture of ur self instead of a stupid logo and u no why u have no picture? because all there anorexic people on heres family would hunt you down and kill you for helping there children die so yes iv off for my chinky now enjoy ur toilet paper and baby food while medusa is sat there with a fukin big mac get a grip of ur self ur all being brain washed!!!
How erudite you are, anonymous.
You missed the intent of this post entirely.
Check out the sidebar. My picture is there.
thats not u how do we no thats u?? u think ur god to these people but u have one sad lonley life chick sorry but u aint that skinny so why egg others on?how can i miss the point wen ur saying stuff like anas watching u and how to stop eating!!ur helpin people die!!!!why dont u loose another 3 stone see how u like it? yes u post showing others the risks but its like ur chalenging them to do this to extream lenghs!!i dont get it please explain??????what are u trying to achive???????plz reply i would love to no!!!zara
Anonymous, you're right. You don't get it.
Enough said. I will not post any more of your inarticulate, nonsensical, hysterical diatribes.
im sorry nobody has to agree/disagree with this but i find this a disgrace u r showing ppl how to become anorexic and teaching them this while ppl in africa are starving because they have no food to eat while were here in a rich country with tons of food but your telling them that the fridge is the enemy!!!!!!!!! yes i understand that its a mental thing but still, y?!??!?!?!?!!?!?!?!
Cierra says,
hey leave medusa alone i happen to think this website is amazing! shes showing the cold hard truth of frickin anorexia and these are what people end up actually looking like! im only 13 years old and i was thinking of dieting to get skinny but i saw these and i was like dude i really dont want to lose weight anymore its not worth it!! i love this site im currently writing a cause and effect essay on anorexia nervosa and i read some of this and it really helped!! im going to show you medusa the essay very soon! love cierra a 13 year old girl!
Thanks so much, Ciera. You rock.
Hugs,
Medusa
xoxo
ok now I am pissed! Anonymous who posts about what you assume Medusa weighs contradicts your negativity towards her sight in accusing her of basically being pro ana!!! Shows how little intelligence, if at all, you have.
I had to stop reading some of the harsh comments by some of the idiots on here who don't read the entire sight and don't see your beautiful photo of you on here under your profile!!!
Think before you speak people. Read and educate yourself before getting fired up over something you choose to misconstrue or don't take the time to understand.
I have battled 20 years and never touched a "pro ana" site until in recovery and blogging and a gal commented on one of my posts. I thought she was for recovery and soon learned otherwise and took her off! In other words I learned how to be "anorexic" on my own! Those who look to sites to be "taught" need to get a grip because they don't get the nightmare AT ALL! True anorexia starts off with wanting to drop a few and insecurities. It's also about relationships etc. It soon spirals and controls you.
I did horrible things with dieting all on my own! no site could make me worse or "more anorexic". It's much more deeper than that. these pro ana sites are shallow.
Read Medusa's entire site. It exposes the true ugliness of it. The ugly veins, heart troubles, dangers, disgusting bones, tooth decay, lanugo, weakness, powerlessness etc. I have struggled with all this and it's not pretty like these model ads try and glorify with photoshopping.
Medusa exposes the REALITY not the fantasy of what you get when you reach your "anorexic" goal!!! The ultimate success of anorexia is DEATH! Not beauty. not attention. not glory!
((hugs)) Medusa!!!
Brandee
(((Brandee)))
You are such a dear, funny friend. Thanks for always having my back.
Hugs,
Medusa
wow some of you guys are really mean. though some of the tips will seem dumb to a lot of people, they have obviously been a help to someone out there. its weird to search through all of these things and think 'i didnt know other people did that too'. my mind created like...at least half these 'tips' a long time ago on its own
To the comment about your body 'eating the fat' it does not it eats muscle !!! Maybe reading a book on how your body works may show you just how dumb you are. I am so glad you did this Medusa, I hope theses stupid selfish women. See how dumb they are ....in a world where people ARE DIEING for food you reject it for reasons of you want to be 'thin' or have 'control' well do everyone a huge fava and go swap your life with a person in the third world. That why there will be no food (which I'm sure would be a dream for you)to temp you into being sane. Plus don't blame others such as celeb, mags and fashion. It was your choice, if someone told you to shot yourself would you no ....or maybe you would.
I have lose mates to both anorexia and bulimia, and loved them but I can never forgive or understand there 'world' they clearly did'nt love us (family and friends).
SELFISH, MINDLESS & BORING!!!!
I just wanted to say thanks. Because I've never seen Ana before in this light. And I feel like this is going to make it easier to break. Thankyou sosososososo much for this slap in the face. Thankyou.
I am a recovered ana and I am so glad that i got outta this before it got any worse. I think that the people that don't understand this at all, and have never been in this position, should keep their comments to themselves. They have no idea what its like, and never will.
Its so disturbing that people lives are ruined due to this evil disease. I am happy that there are websites out there highlighting the issues around anorexia and getting people to think about consequences etc. it also gives other people a chance to encourage sufferers in a positive light so they know there are people out there who care. This is a not a life style young girls or women should want to live. I encourage recovered sufferers to post their success stories as this gives other girls/ guys some hope for their life. it is important to recognise that not EVERY sufferer wants to be the way they are.
I am doing a group choreography on the issues faced with fashion in the media. One of the ideas we came up with was the effect that models and constant obsession of weight loss and celebrities in he media effects peoples lives. This is one issue we will be dealing with. Do you feel that the media has a lot to do with anorexia? This question is aimed at anorexics and the public. What are your views?
I do wish every suffer a success in getting better. well done Medusa
Hello
i just want to say thankyou i had belimia and was going anarexic to but i got out of it before it was to late. Lately i was thinkin to myself how fat i was gettin and i was eating normally and doing exersize but i was still gettin huge.i couldnt take it anymore and i was going back to the old me and eating less but after seeing this is reminded me of how shit i felt and the way i lost my boyfriend through it (which i now have back) and i wont go down that road again. This really made me realise how good my life is that im not like that anymore and inever even got that bad so thankyou
this is more of a question to those out there with an eating disorder, possibly more so those that are not currently suffering from 'disordered eating'. I myself do not have an eating disorder, but i have had friends who have had them.
i realise that an eating disorder is something that someone has to get over by themselves (not that i think someone can just get over it) but i was wondering how someone like myself, who has not personally been through this, can communicate to someone, like a friend, who is currently experiencing it to get them to help themselves. i'm just asking because i don't want to come across as either promoting their disorder or putting them down, but instead just helping them to deal with something so hard and look out for their best interest.
Medusa I really appreciate this site you have created. Reading some of the other comments really emphasizes the lack of education and understanding society has on this disease. I am a well educated woman who has been battling bulimia for 17 years. I have sought help for my disease but I have found that there is still a lack of understanding on this disease in the medical community. It's not necessarily about the food or "looking good". There are so many layers to this disease emotionally and mentally. I appreciate your site and the pictures showing the reality of the results of not getting better. You have helped me today and I appreciate that so MUCH! Thank you for providing this forum and good luck to everyone battling this disease - we can't give up.
(((Anonymous)))
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and for your very kind words.
I hope you're able to find the help you need soon to start you on the road to recovery.
Sending hugs your way,
Medusa
OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!!!
i think that anorexic is soo bad...
please don't help the stupid girls
that wanna be like that monsters.
i mean this pictures are soo strong. =C
ANOREXIAS LISTEN TO ME, YOU ARE SLOWLY COMMITING SUCIDE, FOOD IS NOT THE ENEMY!!, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE STARVING AND HAVE NO CHOSE, YET PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOOD SAY NO TO IT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR BODY DOES WHEN IT THINKS ITS STARVING? IT EATS ITSELF!!!! REMEMBER THAT PLEASE, GET HELP!!!!
many of you girls who have an eating disorder say that you use it as a coping mechanism, that its not about looks. so instead of starving yourself, or throwing up as a coping mechanism, why dont you find a hobby? like running, or something like that so you feel good about losing weight the right way, you could go to the gym, and use the exercise as a coping mechanism. and you know, if you stuck to a vegetarin diet or something like that, you would stay thin, and have something to do, and be healthy. at least think about yourself and the situation youre putting your body in when you do this. im sure some of you may look at this and laugh, but if you try it, you might find yourself happier and more content! :)
this is sick. Why would you do that to yourselves?
WTF?! This is fucking awful! You're all a load of sick, attention seeking fucks if you want to look like that. It's not atractive, lads don't like it. You need to get over yourselvrs tbqh. And don't say none of that pathetic arse 'its a disease crap' cause its fucking not, its a conscious decision, so yeah. KTHXBYE. Emily and Jess
ME (Emily) Im a british size 12 16 year old and last night i pulled like a billion times when i went out on t he lash. And so did Jess shes a size 8/10 and the boys love her. Cause we're fit and normal. Btw, we're munching on a whole tubn of fit arse quality street chocolate. Eating should be enjoyed and not hated. So fuck you!
Wowm these pictures really made me think what bulimia is really like not only are you gunna be beautiful and thin but you could be seriously ill or even die, tonight i became bulimic and now i realise how stupid i was, but i cant stop im addicted i want to be thin and pretty but i dont want to end up dead ! ! !
so i would like to loose weight and i feel bad when i eat but i scared to not eat. idk what to do. i would like to hear an answer from a person who is anorexic and ask them to please give me personal advice. not advice on here. i know you people may think that the pictures are horrible but those are people who have been this way for many many years. ionly wanna be this way for a while till i am the weight i am comfortable at.
Wow.. okay. all of you guys need to chill out. its not always about fat or skinny people.! sometimes people just.. dont want to eat. so its not your choice to decide whether or not its wrong. some people may think that its right and some may think its wrong. either way everything you guys have said is just YOUR opinion. I personally think people who do become anorexic or bulimic are some people with problems who are just trying to find some way to get through these tough times.! soo calm down.
anorexia.
"Anorexia: An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. Anorexia is a serious psychological disorder. It is a condition that goes well beyond out-of-control dieting. The person with anorexia, most often a girl or young woman, initially begins dieting to lose weight. Over time, the weight loss becomes a sign of mastery and control. The drive to become thinner is thought to be secondary to concerns about control and fears relating to one's body. The individual continues the endless cycle of restrictive eating, often to a point close to starvation. This becomes an obsession and is similar to an addiction to a drug. Anorexia can be life-threatening. Also called anorexia nervosa."
you can be 300 pounds or 60 pounds and still have anorexia. you could just have a fear of food and some would class it as that. a fear of putting on weight, i know of some people that have those fears but dont starve themselves, they lose weight healthily by eating healthily and exercising. and i also know of some people who have been branded anorexic but only had the "dsorder" for a few months.
real anorexia only comes when dieting becomes more and more extreme to a point where it is dangerous. it can stem from a number of problems, stress, troubles at home, a dislike for your body, or even in some cases a "love" of bones.
the people that "pray" to "ana" are the ones that started of with a general ed and then got more and more lonely, (it is commonly known that family and friends get pushed away or cut themselves of from a person with an ed) and turned to "ana" as something to turn to, as for the term "pro ana" it can be used in differnt ways by different people, i know a girl who only uses the pro ana term as one for finding friends like her, people she can relate to as her family just dont want to know her anymore.
as for myself, i have a love for bones, but i eat and exercise like a normal person, yes i have a few pounds of extra fat on me and once in a blue moon i go a week without food. i dont know why. i used to have anorexia but i am over that because it didnt last long but i think the long periods of time without food are subconcious, how discusting to not eat because you want to be "skinny" because we all know they won't be, and we all know where they will end up. and so do they, but they shove it to the back of their minds. its not disorder, its denial, its pressure, its the fashion industry, its the world around them, its the calorie content.
thankyou if you read this i know it is long but do not have a go at people with anorexia because they cant help themselves and you cant help them while you're constantly putting them down, because that is what got them there in the first place.
peace xoxo
@ anonymous;
"WTF?! This is fucking awful! You're all a load of sick, attention seeking fucks if you want to look like that. It's not atractive, lads don't like it. You need to get over yourselvrs tbqh. And don't say none of that pathetic arse 'its a disease crap' cause its fucking not, its a conscious decision, so yeah. KTHXBYE. Emily and Jess
ME (Emily) Im a british size 12 16 year old and last night i pulled like a billion times when i went out on t he lash. And so did Jess shes a size 8/10 and the boys love her. Cause we're fit and normal. Btw, we're munching on a whole tubn of fit arse quality street chocolate. Eating should be enjoyed and not hated. So fuck you!"
its people like you that make people anorexic in the first place. how selfish, not everybody can eat lots and still look good because everyone's different. go die actually
I became anorexic in high school. I was 76 lbs and 5'3". I saw all my bones and loved it. I am now 34 years old and 94 lbs.
Just a warning for those teens who think anorexics are something to admire. These are problems I have to deal with:
Thinned hair
Poor eye site
Brittle bones
Cracked teeth
Kidney problems
Hair growth on body
Little or no breast tissue
Prone to illness
Constant fainting
And that's just negative health effects of Anorexia.
You will have social problems too. An anorexic cannot enjoy themselves, because they are constantly thinking of food.
I've looked back and regret my choice in high school to be emaciated. I've missed out on experiencing yummy food and indulging my taste buds. It has affected my life in areas of health, socializing, and being a successful adult. But the worst part is seeing my 5 year old daughter picking at her body parts and saying she is fat!
Please do not make this choice if you are a teen. It is not healthy. If you want to be skinny, then skip fast food, don't eat meat (beef, pork, and chicken), and no dairy products except for yogurt. Definitely check labels for high fructose corn syrup, and all hygronated oils (trans fat). Eat healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. If you want a yummy snack then get organic!
This is a life long battle for me, but I'm coping with it by eating organic healthy food to stay thin. And I'm trying to be a better example of a healthy, positive, and secure woman for my daughters.
*Sometimes anorexia is due to prior sexual abuse or trauma as in my case. Please also see a therapist if this is the case.
If it is due to having no control in your home environment, then just remember you will be older one day to make your own choices and decisions.
Hi back from a fellow Canadian, Anonymous. The Great White North is my home, too :^)
Thanks very much for your comments about your experiences with the opposite sex while suffering from an ED. It's so unfortunate that many place so much importance on a person's appearance, never taking the time to get to know that person. I'm very happy to hear you recovered, and hope that your love is able to as well.
Wishing you health and happiness in 2010...
Medusa
hi i really jst want sum1 to tell me im fat to help me do u think you could hook me up with a email buddie if soooooo.........kerriehd@hotmail.com tnx xxxx
You will never recover from anorexia... I have lived with it for 17 years and only eat certain foods for the fear of loosing control...I carnt have kids, dont eat out and dont know what a normal life is.
Anorexia controls me 24/7 and no one close to me understands me.
Pippa d x
Iam against anorexia but all of you girls saying we pulled soo many guys cause we eat are just practically calling yourselfs sluts and thats nothing to be proud of. People also saying that they deserve to die what makes you think you can deside that, you have no idea what it is like to be anorexic so you diffently should comment like that. I admit that it makes me sick but some people really cant help it.
This is trully discusting and by helping people become anorexic si dangerous and life frettining.... You do not look nice. You have a mental disorder you look in the mirror and think fat we look at you and think omg if that person totches me i might be sick because of you bones rubbing up against me. I am 5 ft 7 and 10 stone, I am size 8-10 in uk clothes size... I love the size i am becuase i am curvy and not fat at the same time i have boob's and a ass and curvy long legs. And my face does not look like it is being sucked back like a vacume cleaner like anorexics do. You look terrible GET SOME HELP!
I'm 17 and am 7st 2. I look in the mirror and hate myself, because I'm too thin (through no fault of my own). I'm underweight and it could be dangerous. I don't want to see my bones sticking out. That's repulsive. I think this site is good as i shows the effects of losing too much weight.
My sister lived with an ED for 15 years. All our understanding, her friends (some she met while in hospital) and the best care couldn't fully reach her, in part, because of these sites. They serve to reinforce behaviours, rituals and obsessions that are so very harmful. My sister was convinced these sites were in the right, and that it was easier to continue with her disease, instead of fighting it. She's been gone for a little over 7 years now, and though her very painful struggles are over, the remaining family and friends have had to live with it ever since. Please CONTINUE to expose and get rid of these sites. They are a very intelligently and articulately crafted means of perpetuating a very dangerous form of self-hate, posing as a means of understanding and support.
Thank you for your blog.
i was actuallly looking up tips and this popped up. the pictures dont really phase me because i know my parents would notice before it got that bad. these tips have actually helped quite a lot. i know everyones all happy-go-lucky and thinks its inner beauty 100% and it doesnt matter your waist size. thats not true. guys dont look at fat girls and think about how much they'd want that. you would never understand the mind set people who have an eating disorder are in and you never will. people like us are born with it. and no one understands it, dont try to.
sorry if this comes off mean i wasn't trying to be rude. its just the truth. and if you want to have tips on this site, i would suggest not having as many.
well,these ANA quotes can help ppl with bulimia because that can control our "contorl problem"
i was anorexic.now,im bulimic.Im eatig and eating until i feel like a baloon and then,im trowing up...im financialy fucked up,socialy eaven more,in last days i started steeling sweets and food form a store.I can have sex because i cant turn on.I can talk with ppl because Im thinking of food and of my stomach.
Im int this thing for 7 years and now,Im 19
I tried with 1000 therapies,psihologists and psih.
The worst thing is that my mum is a neuropsihstc. and she's working with ppl like me but she can not help me
eaven worst is that im helping ather ana-mia girls and i did few times but i can not contorl myself
i will fight again and again and AGAIN and i will continue helping ather girls all over my Country
just keep on with these pictures.
just...continue....
ps sorry coz of my Engl.writting
I lived with ana/mia for about a year in my 1st and second year of high school because my dad called me fat all the time! when i moved in with my mum she almost force fed me and said i looked better healthy. she stopped me throwing up because i didnt have the oppertunity to.
im in my 3rd year of high school and im 14 years old. this stupid nosey cow told my PE teacher that i was getting really skin and then the big nosey cow sent me to see our school support team. I now have to keep a bloody diary and see a stupid nurse . I have planned out the next lie im going to tell ti try and get out of it. i am not a wanna be. I dont want to do this to my self. I have to hide my weight from my mum and wear baggy clothes to hide away how i look. A girl yesterday said that i was "so skinny" and when i was getting changed for a rehersal and do you know what... IT FELT GOOD!!!! i love being told im thin and only found this website looking for my next goal on how to look. so what if you dont like it. i hate my hole life and thebody im in is the only thing i can controll. people who say that people like me disgust them can piss off because i like loosing weight and am going to keep on doing it until im stopped. good luck with that!!!!!
sorry that you dont like it and thanks medusa for people who have decided to do it could be a well needed wake up call because its not the nicest thing to be doing but ana is like my best friend and i think i need her.
yours
E
xxxxxxx
I think Anorexia is a dumb choice, but the list of things you mention, some are actually useful for us binge/comfort eaters. That is the only reason why I went to this site. I honestly couldn't see myself STARVING myself. Most food IS bad, but you can choose what to put in your mouth. Being a teen and going to McDonalds of course is bad. But thankfully even when I was a teen, you really don't pack on the weight, is the bad habits you form as a teen for your 20's and 30's is what makes people more obese as they get older. I was size 3 back in the day, and there's no way I'd want to be that tiny again. However to lose 20#'s from some of your ideas on this site, is a good idea. Anyhow. It's a good site for people who are older and don't have as much stress about weight as teens do. But this site is TERRIBLE for a 14 year old girl to read. It's so tragic these poor kids these days feel they have to STARVE themselves to fit in or get a guy. pathetic...
Ha! do you really think a few odd pictures are really going to put off people. Some of the pictures i would actually love to look like that or have arms or a chest like that. Most of them are old people which just shows ana doesnt always kill. Why do you think models are skinny and fat people arent? Because skinny is attractive to look at and fat really isnt. I phiscally feel sick when i see a fat person or someone eating. Its digusting. All that crap goes into you when you eat, fair enough if you exercise but its hell of a lot better when you exercise and dont eat, the results are so much faster. Some people like fat people and thats their choice , while others like skinny :)
I am curious about all this stuff , its all very shocking and intresting to me . Im a 17 year old teen Girl and i understand having problems with my body , wish and praying to feel better about my body , not to get the guys , just to be able to look in the mirror and smile , ive never had an eating disorder before and i have no clue about it , but i would like to know , to understand these people who go through it . I wanna see this through their eyes you know? but im terrified of those photos on here , the scare the hell out of me because i am purposely planning on going into this just to know , and maybe in the end feel alittle better about myself . is there a safer way to go into this and not end up like those people in the photos?
Anonymous said:
"Is there a safer way to go into this and not end up like those people in the photos?"
Anonymous,there is NO safe way to "go into this."
Please take a moment to read some of the other posts on my site, especially those readers who have submitted their stories about the hell they've gone through as a result of their eating disorders.
Eating disorders KILL.
~ Medusa
i was bulimic for 2 years and i lost a lot of weight but my friend got me eating properly again, and i am greatful but i feel fat again. i am already a vegetarian so it isnt hard for me to stop eating things, i guess i could just look at all foods as animals? i have started making myself sick again and i dont want to stop anymore, but im afraid incase i cant stop later on and i will end up like someone in the picture or dead. but i really dont wanna be fat. but if i do die, atleast i will be skinny{:
you actually realize some people might USE this tips instead of AVOIDING them, right?
well i have looked through the pics and the comments and the tips. and i agree with everyone i used to b bulimic and i still have issuse with myself and i will be honest i came on her looking for tips to lose weight fast and when i saw the pics i just said i wont let myself get like that! there are some things on here i might use and that have been of use to me but at the end of the day i just think that if someone is going to do it then thats all there is to it...not that i condone it i just think its like going into anything with a downside...'enter at your own risk' if u think u can do it and stop when ur happy fair enough if u think its stupid fair enough (although i do ask why ur on the site if u aint interested?...just out of curiosity)and if u get so involved that it ends up taking over ur life and ultimatly ends up being the death of you...well thats ur own fault u shuda done it the right way!eaither way i just think the more people discourage and mock something like this they push someone more towards doing this as they make the other person want to see that its done then better then worse!but i dunno the worlds fucked up but i just hope that all the people that have come on here wanting to lose weight...all i say is seriously think want you andt and can you stop when u want!!!if not the rest is up to u!!!
everyone who complains about this website, go somewhere else. why do you have to be so annoying and just critisize? why dont you kill yourself with your alcohol and cigarettes dumbass? were all dying idiots. i dont go around yelling at people who smoke and drink. go away.
I have no self-confidence at all. I'm fat, and I can never stick to a diet. This is horrible, but it's the only way this is gonna work for me...I cheated on my boyfriend with my best friend's ex...I'm a horrible girlfriend and friend, but I need to stop worrying about other people and worry about myself and make myself happy. I have horrible guilt so I think about what I did to them, and I get a sicking feeling inside and I just can't eat or hold anything down. It happened 3 days ago, and I already lost 8 pounds.
I think this site is amazing. I have struggled with ana/mia for 8 years ever since my dad died (at 17) and I was left on my own because the rest of my family would not care for me. It definitely developed as a coping mechanism. I was doing better, at a healthy weight (5'3", 115lbs) but still obsessed with calorie counting and self-image. I managed to make it through university but not being able to get a job and having nothing to do and moving away from my friends put me back in the b/p cycle for the past six months. I can't keep any food in the house. I spend more than I can afford on food, and I can't afford to get professional help. Reading this blog is such a relief, to know that there are more people like me out there, and that there are people who are recovered/recovering. I have never told anyone about my ED and am very good at hiding it. I am starting to feel physically ill again. I hope posting this will help me feel better, finally writing it down and telling someone. I will definitely use this site for support and tips to help in my recovery. Thanks for everyone who shared their stories and thanks for running this site.
Medusa, I understand the point of your website, and like that you're trying to curb girls from trying to become or getting better from having eating disorders.
But what I think is wrong is those of you who think you're helping or doing girls a favor by calling them sick and disgusting and saying you don't want to see their gross frail bodies. Clearly it isnt' about you or what you want to see, it's about the mental state of the individual who has the disorder.
It is called a disease because the person is out of control of what their doing to their bodies. Their minds (due to environment, from their poor self image or others constantly bringing them down) are brainwashed into confusion and they feel this is the only way to make everything better.
Those that seriously have the disorder wouldn't be on sites for tips because it come natural to that unhealthy state of mind, and it shows you what societies are doing to individuals who feel they want to be annorexic. But don't sit there and blame the person! it's the corporations and the marketers and the high fashion companies faults for telling these girls they'll never be beautiful because they don't look like the girls in the magazines!
Even what you see int he magazines are fake, they are beautiful (and already too thin) women who have been retouched on the computer to look even THINNER. None of it is real, and that is what they fail to tell us! It's not a concievable weight for any woman. It is natural for us to have curves, we're MEANT to, and that is why it is natural for men to be attractive to curves.
I hope these girls get help. They really need it, but for those of you who are saying their disgusting, you're only making matters worse, and if you don't have anything NICE or HELPful to say, don't say it.
I just want to say I totally get this site .. You have helped me so much reading it through. I'm 26 and have purged on and off for several years since I lost my baby.... It was a control thing and I do it when everything else goes wrong and also for my weight as am far from happy with my body. I decided I wanted to do it seriously and be competitive with it. After going through your site I realise what a stupid game I have been playing and realise it is gradually getting out of control.
I will be getting some help and loose my weight the right way.... You have opened my eyes to what I am getting myself into...and totally turned my way of thinking... I think you have just possibly helped save my life and for that I say a very Big THANKYOU!
(((tiara)))
Thanks so much for your kind words. My deepest condolences to you on the loss of your baby.
I'm so glad you will be seeking help.
With best wishes to you in your recovery...
Hugs,
Medusa
Eating Disorders are a mental illness. There are 7 and 8 year olds that have an ed. children that age shouldnt even know what a calorie is. i dont think the point of this site was to support the disorders, or promote them to people. The tips are meant to show what difficult horrible things go through the minds of those with an ed. weave in the pictures and youve got a recipe for people to NOT want to be this way. for those who have an ed, stay strong and try to get help. Controlling what you eat gives you a false sense of security when things in life are hard. and every single person on earth has beauty. For those bashing this site, no need to be mean, think what youd like and move on. the world doesnt need any more anger, and calling disordered people stupid, etc…thats like yelling at someone for their skin color. they cant control it if its real. Self hatred is a terrible thing to suffer from. Just a few thoughts. love to all.
maddie, thanks so much for commenting and for understanding the point of not only this post but my site. Much appreciated.
I want to tell how shocked i was at this site. as someone who's battled with bulimia for a long time, I'm officially scared out of my wits to ever do it again. Therapy wasted my time, but this site really opened my eyes. I'm not as desperate to lose weight as I am to say alive and those pictures of girls were utterly disgusting.
So thank you. You've opened my mind and altered it.
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