PRO ANOREXIA PRO BULIMIA

Do you support Pro ana and Pro mia?

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[britt_12]

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Raick Whirlblade

I don't think people hate those who are anorexic, I think they hate the mindset that you have to starve yourself to look good.

Thats the point. See why should others care? People who are Pro ana (like myself) know the consequences of what they are doing. Why should they care if we starve for perfection? Its OUR business. I just dont like people who arent Pro ana or Pro mia give their take on the whole thing they dont know how we think or why we do it. So why should they put THEIR two cents in the whole thing? I dont like hearing people b***h about anorexics if they arent. ts just plain ignorance.

Sorry to be rude but,
If you didn't want people to "b***h" about your problem,then you should have left it off Gaia,that is what this board is practically for! Yes,It is YOUR business,so why post it on the internet? Oh and just one more thing,
I don't like hearing anorexics b***h about regular people if they aren't one.It's just plain ignorance...

[Angel of Misanthropy]

Anorexia and bulemia are, believe it or not, mental diseases. They serious;y believe they are fat and that they shoud lose from a little to alot wieght, to look good. I have sympathy for them because many of them loo beautiful and just won't accept it.

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Queen_of_everything

Anorexia and bulemia are, believe it or not, mental diseases. They serious;y believe they are fat and that they shoud lose from a little to alot wieght, to look good. I have sympathy for them because many of them loo beautiful and just won't accept it.

A lot of anorectics actually don't see themselves as fat, just not skinny enough. Bulimics on the other hand often do believe they are fat...But a lot of bulimics actually are fat as weight has nothing to do with being bulimic.

[Yaeka]

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Queen_of_everything

Anorexia and bulemia are, believe it or not, mental diseases. They serious;y believe they are fat and that they shoud lose from a little to alot wieght, to look good. I have sympathy for them because many of them loo beautiful and just won't accept it.

A lot of anorectics actually don't see themselves as fat, just not skinny enough. Bulimics on the other hand often do believe they are fat...But a lot of bulimics actually are fat as weight has nothing to do with being bulimic.

you keep saying that "anorexia has nothing to do with beauty" or "weight has nothing to do with being bulimic"... but that can't allways be true, maybe it was so in your case, which doesnt mean that all cases are the same. like i said before, i have come to notice that there can be different reasons to those illnesses.

[T-Bunny]

quote="The Great Lina Inverse"]

KraZGurl

Tell that to all of the doctors that treat chemo patients. That's what they called it. guess what it's called - GASP! Medically induced anorexia.

Then the doctors are wrong. If you throw up because of medication, it does not deserve the label of anorexia. Because if we are going to call any form of throwing up for any reason, then morning-sickness would be called baby induced anorexia. But its not.

Therefore, medicine that makes you throw up is...not nice to your stomach. Anorexia is a mental disorder, not something that can be caused by medicine. Throwing up is a side-affect of anorexia, not the disorder itself.

Ok everybody I'm sorry but I HAVE to correct you because its driving my NUTS!!! Ok that out--lol--Ill tell you why I started to write this in the first place. First of all you have your facts mixed up. ANOREXIA NERVOSA is where you starve yourself or restrict your calorie intake to a very low number or (usually) a combonation of both. BULEMIA NERVOSA is where a person eats a normal meal or binges then makes themselves purge (get rid of) the food by puking or taking laxatives. Now a person CAN be BOTH Anorexic and Bulemic which is where they restrict, fast, binge, then purge (not always in that order). Please go to these websites and look this stuff up because I didnt put everything down here.

http://www.anred.com/warn.html
http://www.anred.com/toc.html
http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Eating_Disorders/peacelovehope/signs.html
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=signs+of+eating+disorders&btnG=Search

If you do you will know Im not makin this stuff up and you will be surprised at how many people that you know that are acquantinces (sp!!!sorry), friends, people you've grown up with, and even family members that have or are on the way to having an eating disorder. Eating disorders are not fun. Trust me--I know. I myself have had and am in the middle of EDs. I am Anorexic, I exercise excessively, and I have started aquiring some bulemic traits (trying to purge a normal sized meal, thinking of taking laxitives, etc). Eating Disorders are dangerous and not fun but if a person had an ED of any sort (Anorexia, Bulemia, COE, EDNOS,etc.) they WILL NOT want treatment. If you care then MAKE THEM GET TREATMENT. Do whatever you have to do to atleast get them to a regular counselor--which are very easy to find--because it will take a LOT for them to realise that what they are doing is bad or to really want treatment. I know I have EDs and I dont really want help. I like what they do for me. I know that if Im not careful then serious things will happen but..I dunno... I just need them right now. Oh thats another thing, if the person doesnt want treatment then they MOST LIKELY (I say most likely because it doesnt always happen this way) will not fully recover. They will fight it, they will act like they are recovering, and as soon as they are out and they believe that they have gotten off of hawks watch they will start it up all over again. PLEASE if a person comes out of treatment dont believe they are all better. Being thin is all that matters and it does supress a lot of emotions and feelings and they are gonna do all that they can to try to keep that. A person with an ED can (even if they recovered) relapse at any time, even years or decades later, and if someone isnt watching them then everything will be just as bad if not worse than before. Sorry I know Im going on and on and on but I really needed to say something. I know Eating Disorders are dangerous and I am very well educated in them (Iknow that sounds stuck up and all but its true) but I still dont want to lose my EDs. Thats what the EDs do to you, they make it seem like its all ok, they make you not think about all that you know can happen because of them, they say that if you go away from them everything will be lost including your control over things and youll never get thin and all kinds of things like that. They grab ahold of you and dont let go until the person decides that enough is enough and even then and after recovery and everything, it still doesnt all go away. Again, please, if you know someone (maybe even yourself) that has the symptoms on those websites I gave you try and talk to them, even act as though you are doing the same thing and if they do have a disorder get help immediately (but please make sure they do have an ed--it'll be really embarassing if they don't and you got a lot of people involved). Also if you want to have an ED or are on your way there now, STOP, GET HELP, YOU DONT WANT IT. If you need to lose weight, fine, go to Weight Watchers (It really works!!!!) and to your doctor and make a HEALTHY eating, exercise, and weight loss plan that you can and will follow. Anyway I'm going to end here because I can go on for hours about this. If anybody wants to chat about this or anything (even flame me--lol j/k), reply to this, hear about my struggles so you can see if someone else is doing the same things, or anything like that or anything at all please pm me or email me because I dont know if I will find this again--sometimes they get hard to find. So.. yeah. If I left anything out (which I know I did several things) or anything please dont kill me --lol--and let me know and Ill tell you or edit this post (if I can find it) what you wanted to know or whatever. Anyway Im getting tired and I think Im starting to get really bad grammer and all that jazz so Im gonna say bye and have fun. TTYL biggrin heart

P.S. Again I'm sorry for the chatter or rant or whatever you want to call it--I'm tired and I wanted to try and help and I dont know what else. Anyway PM or email me--if you wish--for anything and everything wink

[T-Bunny]

Myythren

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I am Pro anorexic. Im tired of people saying crap about anorexics. Im glad to be what I am. Im not really into the whole mia thing though. I only do it when Im on a fast and ate when I wasnt suppose to. Right now Im 138 and look really good. I lost 20 pounds. My goal is to reach 100 or less.

So you were about 160 and you want to weigh 100 or less. Thats more than a third of your body weight. To lose weight safely you should like talk to your docter about how much you want to lose, and they/him/her can tell you if its safe taking your height and bone structure into account. Also with your height can you weigh less than 100 and still look good, and not like a freak?

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Im tired of haters. If they dont like Anorexics or have a problem with it than they should just shut up no one wants to hear it.

Is this because they're telling you something that you know is right , but in your quest for thiness you don't want to hear. No one hates you as a person. They just don't want you to see you hurt youself seeking something that may not be (safely) possible for you as a person.

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Im aware of the whole Mary-kate thing. Believe me I never liked the olsen twins AT ALL. Since I found out she is Anorexic though I like her alot now. Pro Anorexia all the way!!!!

You like her because shes Anorexic. Didn't you see how hard she's trying to fight this. She doesn't want to be Anorexic and shes trying to get over it. That right, shes trying to gain weight so she can live a happy healthie life. So do you like her because you share a problem? A problem that shes trying to get rid of and that your proud of?

I did a project on eating disorders this year for CAPP class. From what I found between 10% and 20% of people with anorexica never fully recover and things I read that said anywhere between 5% and 30% of anorexics die from it. I think loseing weight to look better is great. However looking like a stick with your hair falling out is attractive to no guy. Also why do you want to be thin? and how will YOU know when to stop?
If you want to lose weight eat 3 meals a day and run or go to a gym. You don't have to starve yourself. Its better to be a bit fatter for longer than skinny and dead.

I totally agree with all that you said except the end but thats just the ana in me talking sad

[T-Bunny]

muimi

As a survivor of anorexia, I've got this to say to anyone who is "pro-ana" or "pro-mia" -- have fun in hell.

Have fun saying to yourself that you're beautiful because you're thin as your stomach is beginning to digest itself because you haven't fed yourself in days.

Have fun saying to yourself that you're beauitful as your hip and rib bones stick out underneath your malnourished skin.

Have fun sleeping all day because your body cannot sustain itself under the abuse you're putting it under.

Have fun watching the pounds drop on the scale, patting yourself on your emaciated back for your progress yet simultaneously knowing that the numbers can never get low enough. Just five more pounds then you'll be perfect.

Have fun hating the people around you who are urging you to eat and take care of yourself because they see what you can't: that you're hurting yourself.

Have fun hiding the bruising and the sickness that accompanies ana and mia because you're malnourished. Have fun making excuses for your poor health, congratulating yourself on being beautiful when you're pale, stickly and sickly. Yeah, you're so beautiful.

Have fun with ana and mia because in the end, only they can understand you, right?

Ana and mia whisper in your ear, telling you how close to perfection you are but how much closer you would be if you just lose one more pound. And you'll do anything to get closer to perfection: starve, exercise, throw up. Fine. Listen to ana and mia. I know how it is. If you can get thru the first two days of starvation -- and god does it hurt -- it gets so much easier. You don't feel the pain anymore. You're becoming perfect, so you think.

I'm very anti-ana and anti-mia. Why? Because I've been there. But I also know that there's not much that can get thru to pro-ana and pro-mia people. So like I said, have fun in hell. I hope you wake up and realize that ana and mia are f'cking lying bitches. But you won't by my saying so or anyone else's saying so. I just hope you realize on your own before it's too late.

WOW eek eek Umm...I agree with most of that......WOW eek eek

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KawaiiKid

Anorexia is a psychological disease. I used to be anorexic, but it certainly wasn't by choice - it was a weakness. Someone mentioned common sense and logic - this is NOT a matter of people being stupid or not. I'm an intelligent person, but I came to a point in my life where I couldn't control my actions, despite what logic said. It's mental, it's physiological - it's not stupidity.

Pro-ana websites and groups are trying to justify themselves when they know that they need help. Anorexia does kill. Even for those it doesn't kill, it becomes an obsession and people DON'T have to live their lives that way.

Please, don't insult people who are anorexic - it's not about food, it's not about beauty - it's about control. These people need help to get back to a normal life. Still, don't support a justification of their lifestyle, either.

THANKYOU

[Neko Neko]

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Raick Whirlblade

I don't think people hate those who are anorexic, I think they hate the mindset that you have to starve yourself to look good.

Thats the point. See why should others care? People who are Pro ana (like myself) know the consequences of what they are doing. Why should they care if we starve for perfection? Its OUR business. I just dont like people who arent Pro ana or Pro mia give their take on the whole thing they dont know how we think or why we do it. So why should they put THEIR two cents in the whole thing? I dont like hearing people b***h about anorexics if they arent. ts just plain ignorance.

I do hope you realize though...why so maybe Pro ana people...like yourself go to far is because they start to see a warped vision of themself and can't stop starving themselves.

[Maegving]

I dont hate anorexics, but i had bullimia in the sence that i would see myself as being bigger then i was and wouldnt eat much. I never threw up, or took laxitives though.

I dont see how anyone can be for such a thing. Being under 100 pounds is very unhealthy, unless your like 5 feet tall. And your a growing girl im sure, so you are depriving your body to grow like it should, by not eating enough. And by throwing up, your making it so one day you may die just because you had to throw up that meal. I will never be for an eating disorder. And truth is if you were really happy with who you are, you wouldnt be trying to lose so much weight.

[iZombieFied]

T-Bunny

The Great Lina Inverse

KraZGurl

Tell that to all of the doctors that treat chemo patients. That's what they called it. guess what it's called - GASP! Medically induced anorexia.

Then the doctors are wrong. If you throw up because of medication, it does not deserve the label of anorexia. Because if we are going to call any form of throwing up for any reason, then morning-sickness would be called baby induced anorexia. But its not.

Therefore, medicine that makes you throw up is...not nice to your stomach. Anorexia is a mental disorder, not something that can be caused by medicine. Throwing up is a side-affect of anorexia, not the disorder itself.

Ok everybody I'm sorry but I HAVE to correct you because its driving my NUTS!!! Ok that out--lol--Ill tell you why I started to write this in the first place. First of all you have your facts mixed up. ANOREXIA NERVOSA is where you starve yourself or restrict your calorie intake to a very low number or (usually) a combonation of both. BULEMIA NERVOSA is where a person eats a normal meal or binges then makes themselves purge (get rid of) the food by puking or taking laxatives.

Bulimia is characterized by binging, followed by feelings of guilt and self-condemnation -- not all bulimics purge.

The word "anorexia" refers to a lack of appetite. "Anorexia nervosa" is a mental illness, but there are other types of anorexia, as well. For example, "anorexia mirabilis" is when religious ascetics fast for God.

Just follow the links.

[Callie-chan]

Sirena

Bulimia is characterized by binging, followed by feelings of guilt and self-condemnation -- not all bulimics purge.

The word "anorexia" refers to a lack of appetite. "Anorexia nervosa" is a mental illness, but there are other types of anorexia, as well. For example, "anorexia mirabilis" is when religious ascetics fast for God.

Just follow the links.

Um, I'm sorry, but I really don't care where you got your definition of bulimia, but the defining characteristic of bulimics are that they purge what they ate in some way (usually by self-induced vomiting or using laxatives). Overeating followed by guilt is known as COE (Compulsive Over-Eating), which is an eating disorder by itself. neutral

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sparki

But the thing is, you don't have to see her suffer. You can completely ignore her. And Everyone, if you so choose.

i chose not to. i grieve for her, even if ive never met her and this is the first time ive seen her work on gaia. why? becuase i love life. for the love of god, she needs help. anerexia is one of the most horrible illnesses i can think of, becuase the person is convinced that they are doing themselves good because they "look good" to themselves. i would rather feel healthy and strong then look good any day, because i know that no matter how ugly i may look(and i dont, i assure you. gotst a girlfriend) there will always be those that love me, and that want me to be healthy. maybe you might look good(and im not saying you do, ribcage freaks me out). but you would be infinetly happier healthy.

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chenoo

sparki

But the thing is, you don't have to see her suffer. You can completely ignore her. And Everyone, if you so choose.

i chose not to. i grieve for her, even if ive never met her and this is the first time ive seen her work on gaia. why? becuase i love life. for the love of god, she needs help. anerexia is one of the most horrible illnesses i can think of, becuase the person is convinced that they are doing themselves good because they "look good" to themselves. i would rather feel healthy and strong then look good any day, because i know that no matter how ugly i may look(and i dont, i assure you. gotst a girlfriend) there will always be those that love me, and that want me to be healthy. maybe you might look good(and im not saying you do, ribcage freaks me out). but you would be infinetly happier healthy.

Anorexia nervosa is such an awful illness...Especially when you want to recover but can't because you're too scared of losing that control. It's a mental trap...

[F cking Otaku!]

I feel bad for those who are anorexic or bulemic. It's a shame, because nothing is wrong with them most of the time, but they just see themselves as 'not skinny enough'.

However, I think anorexics are as ugly as s**t, and I would assume most people do. You don't look back at (GODWINS LAW ALERT) the Nazi concentration camps, with the emancipated Jewish and go "Wow that is HAWT!!! heart "