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deoridheOkay, all you idiots out there who think anorexia is "cool" so you join a pro-ana community? Sit down and shut the fuck up.
Anorexia kills. There's a very short list of mental disorders that kill and, guess what, you picked one. Not only does anorexia kill while you're anorexic, it can cause such damage that it kills you after you've put in the hard work and effort and recovered.
Anorexia is a control thing. It's about people who feel so out of control they try to control the one thing they can, only the real truth is, they can't! You see, bodies require fuel, and fuel for bodies is called food. When you don't give the body fuel, it starts eating itself. Yup, you guessed it, your body is a cannibal. Welcome to nature, kids, she's a bitch.
The treatment for anorexia, by the way, starts with one of the most humiliating things ever, especially for an anorexic. People take away your choice over your food. Yup, you get put in a mental hospital and they force feed you until you're taking in enough food for your brain to start functioning properly. See, anorexia not only has the potential to kill you, it can and will make you stupid. Brains need feul, you see... and without fuel they stop working. And then you get lots and lots of lovely therapy about your control issues and self esteem! Which may or may not help. So, this thing you got into becausde it seemed "cool" has now taken over your life. Congratulations!
Mental illnesses are not fun. They're not something you do for a lark and then set aside when you're bored. When you start fucking with your brain you start fucking with the core of your being and your ability to be a person instead of a series of random reactions.
I would recommend being more careful.
Anorexia kills. There's a very short list of mental disorders that kill and, guess what, you picked one. Not only does anorexia kill while you're anorexic, it can cause such damage that it kills you after you've put in the hard work and effort and recovered.
Anorexia is a control thing. It's about people who feel so out of control they try to control the one thing they can, only the real truth is, they can't! You see, bodies require fuel, and fuel for bodies is called food. When you don't give the body fuel, it starts eating itself. Yup, you guessed it, your body is a cannibal. Welcome to nature, kids, she's a bitch.
The treatment for anorexia, by the way, starts with one of the most humiliating things ever, especially for an anorexic. People take away your choice over your food. Yup, you get put in a mental hospital and they force feed you until you're taking in enough food for your brain to start functioning properly. See, anorexia not only has the potential to kill you, it can and will make you stupid. Brains need feul, you see... and without fuel they stop working. And then you get lots and lots of lovely therapy about your control issues and self esteem! Which may or may not help. So, this thing you got into becausde it seemed "cool" has now taken over your life. Congratulations!
Mental illnesses are not fun. They're not something you do for a lark and then set aside when you're bored. When you start fucking with your brain you start fucking with the core of your being and your ability to be a person instead of a series of random reactions.
I would recommend being more careful.
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Re: Just because it needs to be said...
Date: 2005-01-27 09:29 pm (UTC)I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one with bugs in his brain that thinks that making making a pro- group for one that will kill you, unlike mine, is down right...well, it's suicidal.