Posted by Poet on April 19, 2007, at 8:10:35
In reply to Fashions in self destruction? Or what?, posted by Declan on April 17, 2007, at 21:13:06
Hi Declan,
I was bulimic before the TV movie of the week got ahold of eating disorders. I have an anorexic friend who is in the same situation. All the girls in her dance class were told how to lose weight and keep that weight off in unhealthy ways and this was back in the mid-70s.
I am good at keeping what I do a secret, when I lived at home my family never caught on, I still binge/purge now and my husband has never caught on.
Notfred posted that people keep it a secret and I agree. My anorexic friend can't stand the Mary Kate Olsen's and other young adult women who flaunt their ribs showing through their skin. My friend covers her body because she doesn't want attention drawn to it.
I'm not sure what the payoff with an ED is, it used to be that I was thin, but aging bodies don't take to it well, not at all. I accept that an eating disorder is a form of self injury, but I don't cut or otherwise harm my body and so I can't speak for that.
I didn't find your post offensive at all.
Poet
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