I found something disturbing on myspace today. A young woman suffering from bulimia. And not just one, but many, many young women suffering from eating disorders and encouraging each other in their quest for what seems to be the only thing they know: to be thin. This is disturbing. This is even more disburbing than the appallingly large amount of pro-anorexia sites on the web. This is a young lady chronicling her downward spiral online. Her profile reads like a DSM IV diagnosis: "My Eating Disorders: Technically ednos*, but mostly bulimia...i remember the blissful days of anorexia though and I strive to get there again everyday; Pain Addictions: Hunger, slashing my stomach & ankles"
My heart sunk deeper and deeper as I read comments from other like-minded young ladies. Tales of their "successful" day of not eating a thing. Idle comments about "hunger headaches" that are normal daily occurrences. It's terrifying to me to see these candid stories, wondering where each will end up. Thinking, should I comment? Should I offer them research information? Should I do anything at all? Here's a young lady that is 5'5" with a goal weight of 90lbs. She mentions that she has started a new profile because her last one was "found out". I wonder, has she been to therapy? Do her parents know? Oh, I'm at a loss.
*[ednos: eating disorder not otherwise specified, this is when not all symptoms are met to fall into a specific category...for example, she may be binging/purging but combining that with periods of restricting her food intake]
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things like that makes u think....why why why why ??? is mental problem and its hard to see ppl u know doing this to them selves.......
It never ceases to amaze me, seeing girls that are 90lbs and still thinking that they're fat...wasting away to nothing. And it's a terribly hard disorder to overcome.
there was a headline in a magazine some time ago...Victoria Beckham, Nikole Richie and some other wanting to be size "0"..so true !!!
Sick !
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