Anorexia Nervosa: Disease or Choice? -- Enough With the Willful Ignorance!

[AnaGirlEmpath]

@Mysticfaerieluna: Thanks, love! ED's aren't all the same, but all are born of a maladaptive coping mechanism for survival. Sadly, seeing people struggling in treatment wouldn't likely impact those w/ apathy or outright resentment. If only they could spend a day within the psyche of someone afflicted w/ a mental illness. Empathy is learned. Excellent point re: force-feeding! It doesn't work! Often, it only serves to deepen fears & worsen ED's as a result. Much love!<3

[AnaGirlEmpath]

@Farfromperfect90: I'm sorry you have suffered so much, too. So many of us have. You are far from alone! *safe hugs* Much love & be well, sweet spirit! <3

[mysticfaerieluna]

Well said and I agree. it IS a disease. It isn't that we "anorexics" don't want to eat per say. We are just terrified to. Why? Because then that numbing feeling you get from starving yourself...that ALL consuming fighting within our brains stops and we will then be forced to face the very traumas that we are trying to hide from. And it isn't just anorexics. Bulimics and compulsive overeaters are doing the same thing!...

[mysticfaerieluna]

con't... Does anyone really understand that a compulsive over eater is trying to run and hide from trauma from their past just as much as anyone else?

But those people ARE eating so they look "ok" when in reality...they aren't. If it was all about "being thin"....why am I killing myself every minute of every day with the fight just to put a damn carrot into my mouth?!?

[mysticfaerieluna]

con't... I challange ANY individual to spend just 1 day in a Residential Eating Disorder Program. I challenge them to witness the pain and the tears that come of eating disorder patients just when faced with eating a snack! Hey...If these ignorant people are so strong in their belief, then they should have NO problem taking me up on this challenge. .

[mysticfaerieluna]

con't...(& btw...Anyone who thinks he can force his gf to eat 3 meals/day after claiming anorexia, better fellow them to the washroom right after she eats or chances are she wasn't ill in the 1st place

[AnaGirlEmpath]

@malymotylek96: I agree love! *hugs*

[AnaGirlEmpath]

@YTPNoob: LOL! So let's see: You saw a George Carlin skit & consider yourself an expert, parroting his words as all-inclusive fact?! Congratulations! You are a willfully ignorant idiot! Anorexia is NOT a rich, white, adolescent American girl's disease. Clearly, you have zero understanding of mental illness. I hope someday you are humbled & decide to pry open your arrogant, condescending mind. Only then might you actually learn something. Until then, fuck off already!

[malymotylek96]

you are right... I really hate people saying "it's your choice!" or blaming anorexi girls... :<

[AnaGirlEmpath]

Not only is anorexia nervosa very much a disease, it is also the most fatal of all mental illnesses. It isn't even about food. It isn't about selfishness or vanity, either.

Rich cunt?! Seriously?! Dude you have NO idea what you are talking about, nor to whom. My family happens to be under serious financial duress. AN does not discriminate on socioeconomic status. You would do well to educate yourself before running around spouting insipid bullshit and hurling derogatory insults.

[YTPNoob]

@AnaGirlEmpath It's a disorder you holier-than-thou skeleton. Cancer is a fucking disease. Only in America will you find purposeful anorexia. Where the fuck do you get your values from?

Just because Pam Anderson is a skinny bitch on TV and all the rest of the girls in high school are skinny bitches doesn't mean you have to be. You know what's not hot? Anorexics. Gain some fucking weight an eat some food before you talk to me about bullshit.

[malymotylek96]

@YTPNoob you don't understand! it's not that I decide "um. ok, so I won't eat today. But tomorrow ok." Anorexics CAN'T eat! Even if they're hungry! Even if they WANT to. They are sick! They need help! you idiot!

[YTPNoob]

@malymotylek96 I know people who used to be anorexic. They can eat. You just have to make 'em.

[YTPNoob]

@AnaGirlEmpath Also, my girlfriend was a former anorexic, until I pretty much put a stop to that and started making her eat 3 meals a day like a normal human being. So, yeah, I know what the mental disorder entails. And suicidal? The next time I feel suicidal will be the first time. I realized how much life is worth and I don't fucking waste it by ruining my body. Ana/Mia kids are scum, and those who condone it should be put in prison where they can don't eat all they want.

[YTPNoob]

Give the food to someone who actually deserves it. That nice dinner that mommy fixed for you? Yeah, give it to a starving child in Zimbabwe who would be thankful for the rest of his life for it. Grow up. You don't realize how good you really have it. "I DON'T WANNA EAAATTT" isn't a disease at all. It's just attention-whorish behavior that you should mature out of. Again, grow up, and stop clamouring for unwarranted sympathy.

[TheInternetRageGirl]

@YTPNoob Thnis is symptomatic of a serious problem with western society - apathy. Apathy and sheer willful ignorance? You wanna be stupid? You don't wanna take a few seconds out of your life to look up the disease and find out what it actually entails? I weep for humanity. I only hope it doesn't affect you because if it does....well.....remember to talk to someone if you feel suicidal, kay?

[farfromperfect90]

@YTPNoob Really now!? Did you actually read what you just posted? Or do you actually ignorant enough to believe this? You have NO IDEA what we have to go through. Rich cunt? Yeah right- as a kid I had to steal food from drug stores because my parents couldn't put any on the table.How good I really have it? I was molested and beat up for four years. I don't wanna eat? You have no idea how hard it is to actually eat. Yes, it is a messed up world, but that doesn't mean you need to add to it.

[YTPNoob]

Please stop calling it a disease. It's far from a disease. AIDS is a disease. CANCER is a disease. I dare you to go to a cancer patient and say to them, "Yeah, I know how you feel, I have a disease too. I have Anorexia." You made a choice not to eat. You made a choice to lose 100 pounds. Why are you in any position to complain about it? It's so self-righteous and SELFISH! I can't feel any sympathy for you people at all. Rich cunt don't wanna eat? Fuck her. Don't eat.

[malymotylek96]

@YTPNoob YOU are selfish!

[YTPNoob]

@malymotylek96 What a nice comeback while actually refuting absolutely nothing. If you're the person they picked to represent your kind, they aimed really fucking low.

[AnaGirlEmpath]

@emptycompleteness:

Thanks, love! It's so good to see you! I miss you! Much love sweet spirit! Xoxox

[emptycompleteness]

(((( hugz )))) u sed it :-\

[AnaGirlEmpath]

@CrimsonButterfly: Thank you! I love you sweetheart! Xoxox

[CrimsonButterflyGirl]

Well said.