Perspective

[fatrockstar]

Reading pro-ana communities really puts my own self-loathing into perspective. I can handle it for the most part. It's reading the obsession with one's weight that generates sympathy from me. Starving yourself in an effort to be thin is no different than stuffing your face to punish yourself for your failures.

That said, I'm spending my lunch hour at the gym.

Comments

[estrojenn.livejournal.com]

i was on a few pro-ana communities and it really got to me. and then i saw a&e's intervention about this hard core bulimic and i was really shocked at how much of a disease eating disorders really are.

i totally agree with you on the starving vs. stuffing your face theory. very true.

[niroc.livejournal.com]

I love food a little too much to go ana. Sad to see that people hate themselves enough to deny themselves that...