Pro-Eating Disorder Dangers
First there was “thinspiration”. . . and now we have “pro-ana” (pro-anorexia) and “pro-mia” (pro-bulimia)– websites dedicated to promoting the idea that eating disorders “are a good thing.”
I recently visited one of the pro-ana web sites and I was horrified to find postings and journals, mainly from young females asking for “help.”
Here’s a sampling of their postings: “. . . first day fasts are the worst i am filling up on diet coke and tea which are my water. . . any ideas so i can not think about my hunger pangs. . .” Another young woman wrote: “I have only been having between 200-500 cals a day and I have lost 6lb in the past week but then for some strange reason when I got on the scales this morning I had put on 1lb. . . . I have been doing 8mile bike rides and uphill running with very few cals and I put on a pound I am so angry and frustrated!!!!”
Then, with a click of the mouse, I was able to read their journals. This is where I read their anguish . . .stories of childhood abuse, of neglect. Entries filled with self-hatred and self-loathing. Read more »
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