I cover your mouth, hands just as ice, screaming Elijah, oh Elijah come down...

[23rd_and_1st]

I hate when people (a.k.a. Oprah) talk about eating disorders like they really understand. I'm sorry, but there's no way you can 100% understand the mindset and thought processes of someone with an eating disorder unless you've gone through it yourself. I guess specifically anorexia. It's a selfish disease about control and anyone who argues that fact is ignorant. Even with all the heart and all the talents and all the intellectual resources of every great author or poet who has ever lived...I would still do nothing but exhaust myself in an effort to try to explain. It just simply can't be done. Because of that, it's a disease that isolates and alienates, it eventually becomes a drug. It's sad and pathetic, but...people only do it to themselves. I'm allowed to be harsh because I know it's true of myself. I'm not being mean, I'm being honest. Nobody gets into an eating disorder without being incredibly selfish. I regret it and struggle with the sin every day, but it's the price I chose to pay when this all started.

p.s. - So why don't you shut your mouth, Oprah, and stop pretending like your much-needed previous weight loss is anything compared to the struggles of a 5'6" mother of two who weighs 80 pounds.

I'm sorry. I've made myself all angry and agitated. My Oprah rant for the week is now over - I'm sorry that you were my chosen audience. But seriously...just because you're rich doesn't mean you know everything.