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Jun 29, 2004 21:20

i hear so many people talk about eating disorders and people who have them, i just feel the need to talk about it from my point of view.

what do i hear? how ungrateful we are that we can afford food but choose not to eat it. how we should just "eat a hamburger". how we're all a product of society's vision of perfection ( Read more... )

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seamonkey July 4 2004, 17:39:14 UTC
Hell is walking down the street and having things assumed about you that aren't true, like you eat too much or junk food or don't exercise or are a couch potato. Hell is loving people and having them not willing to take a risk to be seen in public with you. Hell is having to look yourself in the mirror and hate what you see but feel like you can't do anything about it (and, in that case, we might actually have something in common). And hell is letting food or marketing or whatever else control your life.

You can have the same things happen to you if you're too thin. Some people are just naturally that way, but everyone assumes they don't eat or over excersize. I have a friend who is naturally tiny tiny, and she gets negative comments about her size all the time, and has people shoving food at her. Looking in the mirror is hell if you have a negative self image is hell whether you're overweight, underweight, or normal. I've been obese, underweight, and a normal weight, and I couldn't stand looking in the mirror at any time.

I don't think its just celebrities and the media that influences disorders, but a lot has to do with the people around us. When I was underweight, I looked like hell. My hair was falling out and I had huge purple circles under my eyes. I went in to work one day and a woman started raving about how good I looked and asking for weight loss tips. She was looking at my body, not my face. I work with mainly older women, who have children. Its these women, dieting to look like 20 year olds, who act like you've just won an award when you lose weight, that really messed up my head more than any skinny model could have. Children grow up around dieting mothers, and I think some of it rubs off on them.

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