Posted by Declan on April 17, 2007, at 23:08:56
In reply to Re: Fashions in self destruction? Or what? » Declan, posted by Racer on April 17, 2007, at 22:53:23
Hello Racer
Eating disorders are clearly real. Although I was taken by a character somewhere saying to his daughter
'Anorexia is a mental illness. We don't have mental illnesses in this house. Eat your dinner.'I don't recall any people with them when I was growing up though. There were heaps of manic psychoses, some schizophrenia, drugs and stuff, and suicide. But there was no self injury.
Take the current straight-edge fashion. Terrible music, no drugs, and self injury (in wait).....when confronted with this in my children, I have just congratulated them on product differentiation, it being so much harder to alienate the older generation these days.
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