Mirror Mirror
Cant you see?
What you show
Is
Killing me.
Cant you see?
What you show
Is
Killing me.
Mirror Mirror
Cant you see?
What you show
Is
Killing me.
Cant you see?
What you show
Is
Killing me.
Telling a skinny person that they are too
skinny and that they should go "eat a sandwich"
is just as offensive as telling a fat person they are too fat, and that they shoud eat less
Skinny shaming is a real problem, it happens all the time, in the most ignorant ways
People accuse skinny people of being anorexic or starving themselves
Yea, people have anorexia and people do starve themselves
But its just plain wrong and insulting to assume all thin people are thin because they are unhealthy
lots of thin people have a high metabolism, they are skinny due to their genetics, gaining weight
might be really difficult for them
Lots of people play sports and are thin because they have a profession that requires them to be skinny
this doesn't mean they are unhealthy
skinny doesn't mean anorexic
anorexic doesn't mean just being skinny
and telling people like this to just go eat a sandwich and that will solve the supposed problem, is ignorant
because it actually doesn't solve anything, it just shows how rude people are
is just as offensive as telling a fat person they are too fat, and that they shoud eat less
Skinny shaming is a real problem, it happens all the time, in the most ignorant ways
People accuse skinny people of being anorexic or starving themselves
Yea, people have anorexia and people do starve themselves
But its just plain wrong and insulting to assume all thin people are thin because they are unhealthy
lots of thin people have a high metabolism, they are skinny due to their genetics, gaining weight
might be really difficult for them
Lots of people play sports and are thin because they have a profession that requires them to be skinny
this doesn't mean they are unhealthy
skinny doesn't mean anorexic
anorexic doesn't mean just being skinny
and telling people like this to just go eat a sandwich and that will solve the supposed problem, is ignorant
because it actually doesn't solve anything, it just shows how rude people are
Girl wanting to lose weight: I wish I
could be anorexic so I could get skinny-I am so fat, I want to be
skinny! I want to stop eating
Me: I wish I could record what you just said, so I could replay it and maybe you would realize how unbelievably stupid you just sounded by saying that
It is NOT cute at all, to say you want anorexia-if you say you want to be anorexic, you have obviously never experienced what its like to be starving, angry, paranoid, hopeless, tired and defeated all the time....if you are that desperate to lose weight, then your issues run deeper than problems with your body
Me: I wish I could record what you just said, so I could replay it and maybe you would realize how unbelievably stupid you just sounded by saying that
It is NOT cute at all, to say you want anorexia-if you say you want to be anorexic, you have obviously never experienced what its like to be starving, angry, paranoid, hopeless, tired and defeated all the time....if you are that desperate to lose weight, then your issues run deeper than problems with your body
What
pro ana girls on tumblr think anorexia is: thigh gaps,
collar bones, looking like a delicate ballerina, wearing short
skirts and crop tops, being hipster, smoking to dull hunger pains,
never eating a thing, and somehow remaining delicate and pretty,
apparently people who are pro-ana think anorexic people live on
water and air.....
What anorexia actually is: insomnia, depression, suicidal thoughts, hunger pains that never go away, dull eyes, hair falling out, bones breaking, nails breaking, skin drying out, hating the way your body looks, when you starve, you are miserable, when you eat you are miserable, no matter how thin you get, you are disgusted by your body (in fact, the lower your weight drops, the more you grow to hate yourself) hiding your body in sweaters and baggy clothes, heart palpitations, kidney failure, getting shouted at by parents, crying in your sleep, getting left out of social situations, losing friends, getting treated like you are damaged goods-how can people glamourize anorexia?
What anorexia actually is: insomnia, depression, suicidal thoughts, hunger pains that never go away, dull eyes, hair falling out, bones breaking, nails breaking, skin drying out, hating the way your body looks, when you starve, you are miserable, when you eat you are miserable, no matter how thin you get, you are disgusted by your body (in fact, the lower your weight drops, the more you grow to hate yourself) hiding your body in sweaters and baggy clothes, heart palpitations, kidney failure, getting shouted at by parents, crying in your sleep, getting left out of social situations, losing friends, getting treated like you are damaged goods-how can people glamourize anorexia?
I wish people would understand that just because
you start watching your weight, looking at thinspiration, and
eating less at meals, doesn't mean you are developing an eating
disorder...Eating disorders have biological and genetic roots. Who
knows why they only affect certain people, but they do....People
with eating disorders are born with traits that make them more
vulnerable to developing an eating disorder....Not all eating
disorders are caused from being teased, or bullied. Not all eating
disorders are caused because the person automatically thinks they
are fat (when my anorexia started, it wasn't because I thought
I was fat) I am naturally skinny, and I never woke up one day and
said "i'll just be anorexic today" It doesn't
work like that....when people develop eating disorders, they do not
realize they are developing them until its gone on for a
while....this is why girls online proudly proclaiming they are
"becoming anroexic or trying to be anorexic" really make
me mad....you do not try to be anorexic, you do not force yourself
to have disordered behavior-and if you are forcning yourself, then
its not really an eating disorder
Do guys think Anorexic girls are gross or ugly? I
hear guys saying that they do online sometimes, but I wonder if
guys really wouldn't want to be with someone who had a disorder
like anorexia....if that is true, that is sad....anorexia already
causes me to feel really isolated and alone and bad about myself,
it would be a shame to know that other people treat it like it
makes you unattractive or unappealing....
It
really offends me when people call skinny people
"anorexic". Anorexia Nervosa is a really serious eating
disorder, its a mental illness, not a body type-A picture of a thin
person doesn't equal anorexia. A thin person who is a picky
eater, doesn't equal anorexia. Don't accuse someone of
suffering with this horrible condition. Unless you know for a fact
that person is diagnosed anorexic by a doctor, you have no room to
throw this word around and judge people, and use the word anorexia
as an insult. Some people are naturally thin and healthy,
being thin doesn't mean a person starves themselves. Anorexia
is NOT how a person looks-Anoreixa is mental, in a person's
brain-Someone commented on a picture of me one time-they said I
didn't "look" like I was anorexic-they said,
"but you are smiling and you look happy and normal, how can
you be anorexic?" I wanted to say to that person
"obviously you don't understand what anorexia is-its a
hidden problem-its really not as obvious as people think-My body is
very thin, but most people don't look at me and think
"she's anorexic" Mostly they look at me and just
think I am thin-I don't want people to notice me for
having anorexia-Anorexia is a really awful, dangerous, shameful
thing to suffer with. I hate when stupid girls online just claim
they have stopped eating, and that they are anorexic-If you are
actually anorexic, you don't brag about it or act happy about
it-It is not a happy or beautiful or romantic disease-its a very
serious disease-it actually kills more people than any other mental
disorder....I just had to get this out there, that being skinny and
actually being "anorexic" are two completely seperate
issues.
Last year, I found out my good friend (who I met,
while in treatment for my eating disorder a few years ago) died of
her eating disorder. Her name was Kelly. She had Anorexia Nervosa,
like me. She loved art and she loved to write, like me. We talked
to each other on the phone a lot. Sadly, because we lived in
different states, I didn't get to see her much....that
didn't change the special connection I felt with her. I
didn't realize her eating disorder had gotten so bad....I had
no idea...A girl told me through facebook that Kelly died of
Anorexia....I was shocked, I couldn't believe it. I still
can't believe it. Losing my friend has made me want to fight my
own illness even more. I try to educate people about eating
disorders-they are nothing to romanticize, they are nothing to envy
or joke about or wish to have. There are sevreal types of eating
disorder diagnosis, they affect each person differently...All
eating disorders are serious, all eating disorders can cause health
problems and even death. Having an eating disorder happens to
people at any weight. Having an eating disorder doesn't
automatically make you skinny. You don't have to
"look" sick, to be sick. You don't have to be
emaciated or thin, to die from an eating disorder
