An alternet article on anorexia....

[conuly]

Here. One of my friends recently posted a "before and after" page with airbrushed pictures, care to link to it here?

Comments

[malantha.livejournal.com]

Anorexia is such a frightening and *sad* disorder.

I lived with an anorexic girl for about nine months when I was 18. It's so frustrating because you always think, "You're not fat, just look! Your bones are poking out! Just eat!" but, obviously, it doesn't do anything.

Last I heard she'd just gotten out of the hospital, again. We were really close before, but I had to stop talking to her because I couldn't deal with the stress of trying to help someone who didn't want help.

[leora.livejournal.com]

*sighs* I feel so sorry for people with problems like this... they just get so lost... and you can't just find them and lead them back, they need to take part of that path alone before people can really help them.

That's a scary resting heart rate. I monitor my pulse, because I've had health issues that affected it. When I was on drugs to artificially lower my heart rate, it dropped to a constant, steady 60 beats per minute - and that scared me. That's low. And she's well below that.

I wish it were as simple as saying, "You're thin. Now go eat." But then, I wish, "Just snap out of it." or "Think happy thoughts." worked on depression or other mental illnesses, which is obviously not going to.

There's just so little that anyone can do. I remember, back when I was really sick, I felt that the help people were trying to give me was like throwing sponges at the ocean.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

I feel like the only one without these body images all around me.

Seriously. I've never felt pressured to be skinnier than I am. Sure, I've gotten the 'you should eat more healthily' bit, but I think everyone gets that.

[malantha.livejournal.com]

Anorexia is such a frightening and *sad* disorder.

I lived with an anorexic girl for about nine months when I was 18. It's so frustrating because you always think, "You're not fat, just look! Your bones are poking out! Just eat!" but, obviously, it doesn't do anything.

Last I heard she'd just gotten out of the hospital, again. We were really close before, but I had to stop talking to her because I couldn't deal with the stress of trying to help someone who didn't want help.

[leora.livejournal.com]

*sighs* I feel so sorry for people with problems like this... they just get so lost... and you can't just find them and lead them back, they need to take part of that path alone before people can really help them.

That's a scary resting heart rate. I monitor my pulse, because I've had health issues that affected it. When I was on drugs to artificially lower my heart rate, it dropped to a constant, steady 60 beats per minute - and that scared me. That's low. And she's well below that.

I wish it were as simple as saying, "You're thin. Now go eat." But then, I wish, "Just snap out of it." or "Think happy thoughts." worked on depression or other mental illnesses, which is obviously not going to.

There's just so little that anyone can do. I remember, back when I was really sick, I felt that the help people were trying to give me was like throwing sponges at the ocean.

[lakidaa.livejournal.com]

I feel like the only one without these body images all around me.

Seriously. I've never felt pressured to be skinnier than I am. Sure, I've gotten the 'you should eat more healthily' bit, but I think everyone gets that.