Saturday, December 5, 2009

PRO ANA? SOME MORE THINSPO FOR YOU...

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21 comments:

DanceAwayDarling said...

So I should know this...and I think I may but I thought I'd ask someone who is better versed in things like this but...why can you see all her veins so well...
Is it just because her skin is thin or she has no fat covering them?
Or is it something else?

December 5, 2009 11:24 PM
Medusa said...

DanceAway, just as you thought, this woman, through starvation, has lost all of her body fat. That's why her veins are so prominent.

December 5, 2009 11:54 PM
Holly said...

OMG that is the most clunking bloody reality check. I wonder who this woman is, how she is? :/

Medusa you're amazing, this blog is amazing, thank you.

December 6, 2009 8:50 AM
Medusa said...

(((Holly))) Lovely to hear from you.

The woman's name is Alex and she lives in Germany. She's 32 years old. And she's not shy about sharing her pictures.

Medusa
xoxoxo

December 6, 2009 10:13 AM
Magnolia said...

is she 32??!?!?!! she looks really old, how sad.

December 6, 2009 11:33 AM
Medusa said...

Magnolia, yes, 32 years old. Not a typo, unfortunately.

December 6, 2009 11:54 AM
Exahmia said...

Hi Medusa! No need to thank me, accually the one who needs to thank is me for your amazing site, I spent most of my night looking throught your blog, I am always searcing for blogs like yours in order to help me in my posts.

I have nothing against people who wants to be thin, as long as they do it in a healthy way, anorexia and bulimia are deadly (i've being there myself, my blog reminds me and helps me to keep me safe and away from them). And happly I have already met and help some girls :)

Your blog is truly an inspiration hope you don't mind I use pictures and some info (always link you back and of course I will never use your words as my own).
In my yesterday post I've only use pictures I saw here and I credit your site for those, I didn't use your words, I may translate what I've said there if you wish :)

December 6, 2009 1:00 PM
Medusa said...

(((Exahmia)))

Thanks so much for your kind words!

I just wanted to thank you for linking to my site. No need to add my words to your post or the pictures.

Love your blog :^)

Medusa
xoxoxo

December 6, 2009 1:32 PM
Holly said...

Alex is only 32??? Oh my gosh, That's 2 years younger than me :/

I am fighting my ED so hard, we can all do this. We're strong and beautiful.

December 6, 2009 3:05 PM
Laila said...

omg...32...same as me...i'm glad i dont look like her tho, cause this was truly ugly...thats not thinspo, thats horrible.

December 6, 2009 4:18 PM
Brandee said...

wow great post. With no words it speaks volumes! What I like, and should be noted to those who love their thinspo, is when you lose a certain amount your mind is starved as well and you literally become somewhat crazy. I got low enough to experience this to a degree where all I saw was fat no matter how horrible I looked and thankfully had a therapist I clicked with who stepped in when I couldn't see I was literally killing myself.
I am 33. I thought this gal was in her 60's/70's! She's flaunting it like a badge of honor because her mind is so incredibly ill. She has become a creature, not humn and that's what eating disorders do!
Your blog is incredible and gives me such inspiration for my recovery blog and book I am writing!
Love you Medusa. Big tight hugs!
Brandee

December 8, 2009 2:20 PM
Medusa said...

Thanks so much for commenting, Brandee.

You're so right...a starved body, a starved brain.

Big tight hugs right back atcha, hon. :^)

Medusa
xoxoxo

December 8, 2009 9:11 PM
The Lion said...

I really think this kind of medical problems are still not taken as seriously by the medical asociations as they sould be... people are still dying...other are struggling.Sometimes I would like to be there to help them with some methods that are disconsidered and overlooked....emotional health is something that no shrink couch can give you...

December 27, 2009 11:07 AM
Young Anorexic said...

I still have a prob with wanting this .. Is it me or someone working in me??? Please help a brother out.. jason_grant007@yahoo.com.. Thanks. Meduusa you are great!

August 4, 2010 2:47 PM
Beth said...

Dear Medusa,

Thank you for sharing these photos and this information. It really is quite gripping to witness the stark reality of humans gripped by states of mind which allow for complete repulsion toward bodily nourishment.

Hopefully your contributions aid in awakening individuals who become captivated by such states of mind.

There are so many different psychological influences which have the capacity to lead individuals in this direction. Popular and conventional societal influences only compound such mental states.

Regarding the woman in this post; do you have any updates on her? Any links to her progress? You stated that she was located in Germany and not shy about sharing her life. I can't help but wonder based upon these photographs if she is still alive at this point.

Thanks again for all that you are sharing here. Many Blessings, Beth.

January 4, 2012 11:28 PM
Medusa said...

Hi, Beth

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to confirm if the woman in the photos is still alive. I sincerely hope she is.

Thank you so much for commenting. Much appreciated.

January 5, 2012 1:30 PM
Lindsay T said...

She is literally a walking skeleton with skin

March 31, 2012 8:06 AM
Lindsay T said...

she is literally a walking skeleton with skin

March 31, 2012 8:06 AM
Bathysphere said...

I don't find this very helpful for several reasons. First of all, many people with anorexia will never look like this. You can die from anorexia without ever looking like that. I worry that people will see things like this and think "I (or my eating disordered friend or loved one) must not REALLY be anorexic, since I (or they) don't look like this at all." I have friends who've had difficulty convincing their parents to get them help for their eating disorders, because they didn't look horrifically emaciated.

Posts like this send the message that only stupid people would starve themselves, since starvation can lead to unattractiveness. The message that becoming unattractive is a terrible consequence of ED is destructive. You're confirming the belief that a person's (and particularly a woman's) value comes from their attractiveness. The problem with this woman's body isn't that it's unattractive. Lots of bodies are unattractive. The problem is that it's dying.

As an eating disordered person, I find posts like this marginalising and alienating. I'm not pro-ana, but I think it's important to recognise that at least some pro-ana people actually have eating disorders. The desire to have an eating disorder is itself a disordered thought. You can't shock people out of eating disorders or disordered thoughts any more than you can shock them out of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. You can, however, make them feel more ashamed of their behaviour and the ways that it's endangered their health, which isn't productive. It might feel good for recovered and non eating disordered people to gawk at a sick woman's body and scoff at people still suffering, but don't pretend it's helping anyone.

April 1, 2012 12:15 AM
Anonymous said...

I bet those pics work well as thinspiration - or better as making you feel sick in your stomach. Even I feel sick now after watching them and I don't even have an eating disorder. Yuk!
Poor people that are suffering from this disease. Thanks for your blog, it's really good as a daunting example.

April 23, 2012 5:13 PM
Yola H said...

A walking grotesque, this is not "thinspiration" instead it is sickness.

May 20, 2012 6:24 PM

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