flyawaygurl
Posted on Feb 19, 2008 2:33 AM
I see there is no topic under any of the other threads, so I wanted to start one, even though I'm sure it will go nowhere.
I struggled with anorexia mainly for 7-8 yrs. and purging anorexia/overexercising for 2 of those 7-8 yrs.
It took about 3 yrs. before I admitted and saw it was a real problem.
It took that long before I realized what it was doing to my mental health and just my quality of life in general.
When it first started, I was 'happy' to lose weight and it was like a game to me.
It led me into a hell I cannot even describe.
It destroyed the thin hold I had on my sanity and reality.
I'm slowly trying to recover from it.
I have made more progress with the mental aspects than the weight stabilization, but I think the mental part is a large part of what needs to be worked on before the weight can be maintained.
I am sick of the media's conflicting messages about weight.
To me, it seems that hollywood praises those who lose weight. You have to be a certain weight, whether you have to gain or lose, to be in certain movies.
They critisize the HELL out of them, from how they dress, to who is looking their age, etc. (OMG!!).
The rest of us have to learn to be happy with our bodies but if we are too fat or too thin that isn't okay either.
There is no happy medium. That doesn't seem to even exist though.
We have to be just right, not too thin, not a few pounds too big...
It's driven into our heads that we need to be thinner, age slower, preserve our looks, god forbid our necks SAG as we approach our 50's!!
Anti-wrinkle creams, eye creams, botox, lip plumpers, neck creams, boob jobs (and other plastic surgeries), diet pills and diet ads.
Does anyone else see the problem?
No one CAN accept themselves for WHO they are, for how they were BORN with all of this crap shoved in our faces day after day.
No wonder there are eating disorders and body image distortions on the rise in the world.
People are disgusted with eating disorders...you should be disgusted also with the media for feeding them MORE.
I'm not saying eating disorders are solely caused by the media, not at all.
The media does, at one point or another, make it all worse though.
As do clothing companies.
I'm done with my rant...I just want to open people's eyes one day.
People are so afraid of things they do not, or are not, willing to understand.
Without educating people, we will never learn how to help this kind of thing end.
I struggled with anorexia mainly for 7-8 yrs. and purging anorexia/overexercising for 2 of those 7-8 yrs.
It took about 3 yrs. before I admitted and saw it was a real problem.
It took that long before I realized what it was doing to my mental health and just my quality of life in general.
When it first started, I was 'happy' to lose weight and it was like a game to me.
It led me into a hell I cannot even describe.
It destroyed the thin hold I had on my sanity and reality.
I'm slowly trying to recover from it.
I have made more progress with the mental aspects than the weight stabilization, but I think the mental part is a large part of what needs to be worked on before the weight can be maintained.
I am sick of the media's conflicting messages about weight.
To me, it seems that hollywood praises those who lose weight. You have to be a certain weight, whether you have to gain or lose, to be in certain movies.
They critisize the HELL out of them, from how they dress, to who is looking their age, etc. (OMG!!).
The rest of us have to learn to be happy with our bodies but if we are too fat or too thin that isn't okay either.
There is no happy medium. That doesn't seem to even exist though.
We have to be just right, not too thin, not a few pounds too big...
It's driven into our heads that we need to be thinner, age slower, preserve our looks, god forbid our necks SAG as we approach our 50's!!
Anti-wrinkle creams, eye creams, botox, lip plumpers, neck creams, boob jobs (and other plastic surgeries), diet pills and diet ads.
Does anyone else see the problem?
No one CAN accept themselves for WHO they are, for how they were BORN with all of this crap shoved in our faces day after day.
No wonder there are eating disorders and body image distortions on the rise in the world.
People are disgusted with eating disorders...you should be disgusted also with the media for feeding them MORE.
I'm not saying eating disorders are solely caused by the media, not at all.
The media does, at one point or another, make it all worse though.
As do clothing companies.
I'm done with my rant...I just want to open people's eyes one day.
People are so afraid of things they do not, or are not, willing to understand.
Without educating people, we will never learn how to help this kind of thing end.
