here she goes again...

[likeshesaid]

i have never ever put anything in this journal i felt was triggering.
today i will.
but it is for a reason.

facts:
-42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner

Comments

[green_ink]

Gen, thank you for posting this. I have never had problems with an eating disorder, but I have fought myself on the way I looked my entire life... I'm talking from four years old on. It's gotten better for me, but it's still hard sometimes. I used to feel every day like I should be more tan, more blonde, more made-up, more ... something. While those feelings aren't as physically damaging as anorexia, it's the same idea. I'm not good enough, I'm not pretty enough, I'm not smart enough, I'm not rich enough, I'm not thin enough.

I'm so glad you're happy with yourself. I've said it before and I'll say it again... you are an amazing, beautiful, awesome person, and I am DAMN PROUD to call you my friend... even though we've never met in person. :)

[likeshesaid]

you are right its the same concept.
absolutely.
and its just as damaging emotionally.

xoxoxox.

[_______deadgerl]

omg.. I am so heartbroken

[_______deadgerl]

the rest didnt post.

I am so heartbroken seeing these images.
esp the last one .. It really hurts.

I try to eat still to this day normal.
But I can say ... I do not..
There is days I go by without eating AT all..
If I do its something really random and small...
I just hate food :( I wish I was normal.. It really hurts.
seeing pictures like this is so surreal

It really is..

[likeshesaid]

dont be babygirl.
use this to make you realize you dont have to be a size 2 or whatever your "perfect ideal weight" is.

you just need to be healthy, megan. not skinny.
you will be beautiful no matter what.you've been pregnant with 3 kids and you one of the sassiest mommies i know!!!!

even your girl jenna jameson doesnt look like how she does in her pictures.
airbrushing makes everything look good.
we all have flaws.
but they make us human.

[_______deadgerl]

(SMILES EAR TO EAR)

[peachfriedman]

yup. triggering is good. i'm sick of treading lightly around this issue, too. people need to eat, or they will die. that's the bottom line. thanks for the reminder.

xo p.

[likeshesaid]

im tired too of treading lightly.
i want to wear a fucking sandwich board with that last photo on it and tell people like it is.

xo g.

[washable]

Oh wow.....

[likeshesaid]

yeah.
:(

[washable]

That's just...I can't really even describe it.

Off topic completely: how are your finals going? (I finished today..w00t!)

[call_the_zoo]

thank you for telling it how it is, how it should be told.

i wish i knew how to get off this ride.

[likeshesaid]

one step at a time. day by day.