Comments | killing_rose: Body Image and Disordered Eating

killing_rose

Body Image and Disordered Eating

Feb 01, 2009 16:58

This is for day one of
14valentines. Today's focus is on body image, and for me, that issue is intricately tangled with eating disorders and the way that that can cause you to form a negative body image. It doesn't matter how many times someone else tells you you're pretty; some days, I think nothing is ever going to change my negative view of myself.

And I'll ( Read more... )

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memories_child February 2 2009, 16:04:55 UTC

It doesn't matter how many times someone else tells you you're pretty; some days, I think nothing is ever going to change my negative view of myself.

Yeah, I understand that one completely. Sounds like the people who smack you if the answer isn't yes are pretty good people to have around though.

blacksquirrel February 9 2009, 05:05:02 UTC

You and I are height and weight twins. And we have some of the same issues - thank you for writing this ( ... )

killing_rose February 9 2009, 06:08:46 UTC

And your response strikes just as many chords for me--I was 120 to 125 in middle school, went up to 145 by the end of senior year, dropped down to 130 halfway through my first year of college, and got called anorexic due to that little stunt. And years of sports meant muscle tone, muscle loss, and back again. So yes, I understand your issues. (Except I have relatively small breasts, for which I've always been thankful; my problem is that I have childbearing hips because apparently my genetics didn't get the memo that I didn't want children. And then gave me a corresponding rear ( ... )

blacksquirrel February 10 2009, 06:37:03 UTC

Thanks again - this has been a profoundly useful and affirming conversation for me. I've friended (I hope that's ok?) because I think we have more in common that height and weight ( ... )

killing_rose February 11 2009, 04:18:48 UTC

I'll friend you back (because I happen to agree that we seem to have things in common), but I will warn you--I'm a pretty laid back (if stressed out) college student most of the time. Sometimes I post on life, sometimes on things I've been thinking about, sometimes on food, and sometimes on the stuff I'm coping with right now. And that's the second thing I'm warning about--I've had a really long year and I occasionally vent in here ( ... )