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[heather3393]

So I just got done watching a documentary on eating disorders. Is it really screwed up that it just makes me want to try harder? I'm no where near where these girls were and I want to be so badly it hurts. I consumes my every thought. The show focued on all the bad parts. Hospital stays, money spent on therapy, suicide attempts, cutting, and death

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[blue_isnt_red]

Did you watch the THS Investigates documentary??? I'm watching it as I type this!... I have such mixed feelings about these shows that sometimes I (crazy me) start talking back to the tv, saying, "How dare you generalize..." or "Yes, but..." or "Don't you realize that hundreds of people are going to go online and search for pro-ana sites, you morons!?!?".
But I agree... I know this is sick, but when I saw those girls I said: I want to look like that, too.
These shows... make us look like cases instead of people. But I can't help watching! And I HATE Jessica Wiener! (don't read her book; it is insulting).
Sorry for the rant. Heather... I'm glad to hear that you're doing well. Congrats on Racing for the Cure - what a wonderful cause!
<3 Skellington

[heather3393]

yes it was the THS one. I was totally talking back to the tv too. Especially when they were talking about the pro ana sites and when the anorexics themselves were so mean about it. Some of them acted like you were a complete moron if you had this even though they battled it themselves. I just thought it should be more compasionate. All well, I guess is easier for some people to just think that its supid and beneath them if it means they can eat healthier and feel good about it.

[moronic_rose]

honey!! that is not fucked up AT ALL!

i watched a new zealand documentary when i was in hospital. watched it on an ed ward with the bloody nurses! anyways, someone i knew had died on it. and you know what, it still made me more motivated. i think its just the dis-ease we have. anything to fuel the fire.

[julylee06]

I watched it too. It was odd - I had such mixed emotions - I agree, the stuff they said about pro-ana only profiled one type - some don't encourage - did they not see the millions of pop-ups warning you ED's kill and if you don't have one - it is not reccomended you enter the site? I know what you mean about feeling inferior too. I saw those girls and kept thinking - I should be like that- esp the one who ended up becoming a personal trainer. I want to be a nutritionist, and I don't think I will ever get to the point she was at - Oh, and the mother who owned a dance studio and her daughter - I want to look like both of them.