i think Alisa annoy me so much because i'm so similar to her. i'm a restricter and regularly binge and purge yet maintain with in a normal weight and absolutely hate it. i hope all this beautiful women are doing well, i miss polly xo
I've always been very self conscious about my body. I always put myself down, thanks to borderline personality disorder, always cut myself, looking into the mirror and telling myself, "You're disgusting.", "I hate you.". etc. But this past January I met the love of my life. He accepts me and has been so supportive of me. I'm slowly starting to feel better about myself. Please just remember that you're all beautiful no matter your body type, and you WILL live to see a brighter, happier day.
Any female can be a subject of anorexia. I know better, but society is just so shallow that my own family members are pressuring me to be "thin and beautiful".
the picture with the girls holding hands while they eat was really touching because it shows that in centers like this you make friends and support the people around you through tough times
i'm not that type of person who makes comments about girls being really skiny especially models but damn' 0:50 i have no words ,so sad and yet she's not even a model,i'm saying that just beacuse for instance many people i know usually associate anorexia only with models saying that they are stupid for not eating etc. which is stupid,people who have eating disorder are mostly judged however people who have other problems such as being overwieght are not
I am really appalled by Renfrew. After watching this documentary, I am disgusted by the place. The nurses, so called "specialists", and therapists are only after one thing. Money. They made two girls who clearly were not ready to be out on their own leave because one "was a horrible influence" and the other girl's insurance ran out. It seems like the workers there do nothing but belittle the girls and make them feel awful. I did not see one time where they actually helped. The place is pathetic.
@TeaPartyParade The nurses don't control who gets kicked out because of insurance. The hospital does. It is a money-making business and the insurance companies are truly the ones to blame.
I recently contacted "The Renfrew Center," in Wilton, CT because I'm a 22 year old male suffering from bulimia. And I was "utterly shocked," when they told me that I wasn't someone they could help and verbally implied that only women were welcome at the center. Its important for people to know this and to help identify "male eating disorders," as a evident problem in today's society.
Thank you. To be fair though, they were polite over the phone... I joke with my parents how I'd like to start a center that deals with male eating disorders and I'd call it the "Menfrew Center." So, since I haven't been helped with my problem, I'm still bulimic, but its every few days now and might go away on its own. Thanks for your input :)
@GothEmoWC I agree with you. I think a lot of these places are insane. I hope you are getting the help u deserve. Plus, this place looks like a darn joke. Making the girls eat a whole fucking cupcake. I mean really?
@GothEmoWC I don't think that there is anything wrong with only treating women at the renfrew center. There are plenty of eating disorder clinics in the world that treat men. Wanting to focus on just women is ok and it probably makes the patients feel a lot safer (no offense). Please do not feel that the renfrew center isn't a good place just because they only treat women. Just because they don't treat men it doesn't mean they think they can't have ED's.
@GothEmoWC There are treatment centers for men as well. why dont you look into those. Its perfectly reasonable that they have a center just for women. Im sorry u couldnt get in to get help but you were looking in the wrong place.
@GothEmoWC I realize this is an old comment. But in Renfrew's defense, it IS a "women's treatment center" for the treatment of eating disorders. There are many inpatient programs that accept men. Here in AZ-Rosewood Ranch takes men and an IOP program Healthy Futures takes men too. People come from out of state to Healthy Futures too. I hope you've found a place for you. Radar programs also take men.
@GothEmoWC ED centers tend to be segregated by sex, just as mental hospital wards. Mixing genders tends to complicate things regarding treatment and staff management. I hope you recover soon. If you ever want to chat about your ED with someone who is recovering, message me. Good luck!
@GothEmoWC Wow, I am so sorry you had to face that blatant rejection of your eating disorder! I hope that since then, you have been able to receive help and overcome your illness!
@GothEmoWC Well, the Renfrew center is a facility specifically geared towards women. I don't think they were saying that you didn't have an ED, or that they wouldn't help you exactly, it's just that it is a womens facility. It is sort of like an all girls college in some ways. I know plenty of other coed facilities and residential places, plus I am sure there are all male centers too.
i heard a different statistic from what the director says and 50 % is certainly an untrue estimate of those who really do recover from anorexia, no? I feel like on the internet there are people who obsess over the disorder and romanticize it with statements like "Ana is always with you", which may be true to an extent but i heard that it was 8 out of 10 that recover..50 % would be 5 of 10.
every one out their struggling from an eating disorder!! and i mean a real eating disorder! not one of those attenting getting ones! listen to me CAREFULLY!! if you are finnaly considering getting help! im so glad, and applaud you on your strength and realizing you need help to fight this evil horrible disease, but DO NOT go to renfrew!!!!! its a sadistic evil place not interested in helping you, and only wanting to turn a profit! there are sooo many places you can go, please do not go there!!!
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while me being a guy id have to say the girls who do not eat just for looks are actualy a BIG TIME turn off i mean common we all know the media is full of shit they are fake and in ten years will look like a dryed up resin eat healthy eat right foods men love curves and well i dont have to explain ahah no flat chest thank you common its not hard to understand and if ur gaining to much weight then well your not eating healthy ITS CALLED FRUIT!
maybe some don't want to be checked out by nasty pigs on the street. maybe if they get thin enough they won't have to worry about nasty freaks staring at them and thinking nothing but sex
well wouldnt that emplicat the notion toward an unhumanistic experience (sex, perception of ones self and others) and overview of life, if i am not correct we are human so i was just emplying certain details of human information processing i think what video your looking for is more of a religious conquest on how to dehumanize yourself into bizare fedism taugh and preached by the disrupted hormonal and nerological.
Yes it would implicate the notion toward an unhumanistic experience. Anorexia is a mental disorder and many have the need to feel un-needy and not as a slave to their own body. In order to achieve 'perfection', it is the same as striving to get as close to inhumanity as possible, because humans are not perfect. In this very book (Thin) it is said by a girl that she believes the perfect anorexic is dead. This is rather realistic because dead would be the closest thing to inhumanity.
well whos control is it out of you and i never controled it in the first place so what does it matter.
no one is in controle
the cost of sanity, in this society, is a certain level of alienation. your punishing yourself if you feel to conform to a bankrupt culture runed by wiskey drinking assholes inform yourself and set aside and see for yourself the illusion of the society liberate yourself from the illusion of culture take resonsibility for what you do and wat u think
Ha... @ 5:45 she says "you can get better" but that means you get fat again. I know because I'm her. Now that I'm "better" I'm bigger and still not happy.
Why are they forcing them to eat things they don't want? If she wants a bran muffin, that fine. its not like being fat is the answer. I mean the way to treat them is to admit that they have a good point, but that they are overstepping. Not to just pretend that eating chocolate and pizza is the answer.
The point of doing the practice foods is to show the patients that it's okay to eat junk food. We refuse to eat it because we're punishing ourselves. They don't feed patients sugary foods to be mean and promote unhealthy eating, they're trying to show that normal people enjoy this stuff and it's okay to allow yourself to have it.
It actually helps a few times after doing it. You learn to love food again.
Whoever the hell thinks that anorexics should eat soy products is just promoting vegan health nut ideals. Soy is full of hormone analogs and would be horrible to feed to someone with an eating disorder, especially a woman.
What the patient said about the pizza (it's hard enough to eat, let alone to eat *this* on top of everything else) is so true. Pizza? For an anoretic? What the hell? Feet them up on meat and veg, not fattening food that'll make them relapse after treatment. God.
in those facilities, I'm not totally sure of what they feed the, but they should focus of feeding them juicy fruits, vegetables, soy milk, nuts, thigns that don't contain extra unnesecary oils.. i mean the pizza, wtf?
and I get mad when people say, "just shove it down their throat." People who say shit like that need to fuckin' stfu.
The poor girl in the chair talking to her friends remind me of me when I was in grade 9... It breaks my heart becuz I still feel like that to this day but I am big!!
I really hope that every preson get better from this disorder... my heart goes out to you!!!
i was ana for.. several years. i didn't "start." i became. i didnt do it for my body i did it so i could controll somethign in my life. i didnt realize i'd become obsessive until i was 79lbs and chewing gum for the 5 calories. it took years of forcible eating at what i now see was a very moderate pace [at the time it was neerly unbearable]. from 100 cals a day i remember when i got up to eating 500. it completely freaked me out. took muchhh of couselling and force but..well, i'm still alive =)
Hey, I'm 5'7, 13 years old and 120 lbs. I'm fine with the way I am. I just wish I could pass on my security to all of these girls. It makes me very sad to see people despise themselves like that.
Good for you. Eating disorders and body issues strike heavily in my family. Myself, my mother, my father are all extremely weight conscious but none so much as my older sister. At 15, she nearly died of anorexia nervosa. She was hospitalized for months but eventually "recovered." She is 29 years old now, engaged, successful, beautiful (still thin but healthy) and happy. She is still aware of her weight but it doesn't consume her. I know you will get there too. Good luck:)
Sounds similar to the treatment my sister received. Nice to see things haven't changed too much in 14 years!
One thing I would encourage is to share your story because you never know who you might help in the process. I was a ballet dancer and have, what therapists lableled, an "anorexic mindset." Without a doubt I would have developed the illness if it wasn't for witnessing that feeding tube being shoved down my sister's throat as she screamed.
in your young life but I know you can use that experience to move forward and embrace life.
I am so proud of my sister. She lives in Tribeca, has a great fiancee, an enviable job in p.r, and a masters from a top university. You too will be happy and healthy once again!
they arent crazy, :) some girls dont know why they cant eat/dont eat, and no disrespect, but if you understood an anorexic 100%, then you very well likely would be anorexic yourself or a scholar in the subject :) it took me major horrid experiences to jolt me into wanting to get better, but if you can imagine being in ahuge circular maze, the exit has a special key, and you have to search for the key and the exit, it is a living nightmare, because it is so easy to give up looking for the exit.
first thing is im not disrespect anybody but girls likes to be skinny not the good way in the bad way which is not good and just because this girls you seem on tv have pefect body bull crap you had to work hard and eat health food.
first thing is if girls age 13 and older dont eat looks likes a skeleton which is the truth my old friend name cindy fernandez was 80 pound which is very outspoken eat right and exercise girls dont starve yourself if you do you die which is the truth.
I went to Renfrew when I was 16 Im 18 now and have been good with the ED but latley Ive been thinking about weight again and feel that less food for a while would be better just till I lose 20 pounds but no more than that
I wish guys would realize that skinny chicks aren't as sexy as the thick ones. But not too fat. I'm talking about in between skinny and fat. You know. Lean.. HEALTHY
I am a guy. and all you motherfuckers who dig these anorexic bitches need to get out more. Only dogs like bones. woof woof motherfucker. Hows about you come kiss my white ass.
Thin = Weak
If you are struggling with an eating disorder I am truly sorry. God Bless
And if you have any scientific evidence to argue with me then
Well Anorexia can go away with a change of mind set. But until you accept the fact that when you eat you are going to gain weight no matter what. Then the disease will carry on forever. So in some sense yes. It never goes away. But with a change of mind set it can. Ive seen people recover before. But it is very hard to change your habits and its very easy for the disease to come right back after you have recovered.
There is still hope. Anorexia can be cured. Its just hard to make a change.
It's not the obsession to have a perfect body- ist just one little case. The main cause of eating disorders lies in childhood and the lack of emotional communication with parents, sexual abuse, emotional abuse etc.
These girls accept control in therapy plus over themselves because they have been controlled by their parents all their live.
They have never learned how to love themselves.Does someone see that these women are treated disrespectful in therapy????
I used to suffer with the addiction of both anorexia and bulimia. They are terribly painful and make you feel worse then you did before, but you cant quit because you hope someday you will feel beautiful and thin enough. I have gained all my weight back. But im healthy and no longer look sick pale and weak. Sometimes I miss the feeling of the eating disorder. But I remember what I will lose If I go back. not only weight, but my entire life.
i've seen this documentary countless times, and i find myself crying each time. i love this film because it doesn't glamorize and sugar coat what eating disorders actually are. it's honest, and shows the reality of these illnesses. they are not beautiful. they're ugly, extremely painful, and things that i wish nobody else would ever have to experience.
im in college now, and there is a girl in my class who is EXTREMELY triggering. she constantly talks about being fat and how she never eats lunch and she still weighs more than i do. i would NEVER talk to people i personally know about this. the people at my college think im naturally really tiny :(
i remeber my first day in inpatient recovery. i wouldnt eat at all. everyone got mad at me and i cried my eyes out. i didnt drink my substitute either. its really hard because it is a coping mecanism. i feel my anorexia comeback harder when i disapoint some1 or something than when i feel fat. its really hard not to go back to it
my friend (a boy) is 11 and he is 4 feet tall and 4 inches he is 62 pounds his bmi is 16.1 im terribley worried pleae help,. please help my friend, XoXo Melody
My brother is probably around 4 feet and he weighs little more then 50 pounds.
He isn't anorexic, he eats more then me, my mother and father put together, but sometimes young kids have so much energy and grow so much that they don't get fat.
my friend (a boy) is 11 and he is 4 feet tall and 4 inches he is 62 pounds his bmi is 16.1 im terribley worried pleae help, this isnt a lie. please help my friend, XoXo Melody
ugh Ipacac, tried it ONCE, its horrible nasty evil shi* and I found it for 99 cents at an Ocean State Job Lot, b/c pharmacies wont dispense it anymore for ANY reason
it really upsets me when people think eating disorders are "vanity" its so muchh more than that no one ever takes it seriously , its kind of offensive too cuz its not a simple thing its a complete life consuming obsession
Read Explaining colours to a blind man. Not only will it enlighten many as to what living with a mental illness is like, it also gives comfort to those sufferers who think there is no hope and that they are alone. It is very informative, sometimes shocking but also very funny in parts. All in all, a good read and highly recommended.
Eating disorders are mental illnesses with physical side effects. Not all very skinny people have EDs, and not all people with EDs are very, very skinny.
Please tell me that you're being serious and not looking for sympathy. Because this is a serious issue that my family and friends have suffered through, sufferred like the effing plague, and if you're doing this to get attention I am seriously ticked.
no i wasn't looking for sympthy. i know how they all feel with suffering for 3-4 years now. im trying to recover and nothing has worked i recoverd once but got sucked in again, im trying to beak through i over came bulimia (mostly) again, but im falling behind again, and im afraid i will never beat this.
i don't think any documentary could fully capture how devastating and depressing an E.D. is. many people don't recognize that an E.D. isn't just about wanting to be thin; it's about numerous other things too.
Man, I miss Polly. I never even knew her outside of the documentary, but it still makes me sad to know her eating disorder eventually led to her death. It didn't have to be that way, it shouldn't have to be that way, for anyone...and still, it's hard to take my own advice when fighting my demons.
k sopheee-do you know Alisa? Did she tell you she craves attention? Actually-she asked for help. And guess what? She got it. And recovery never tasted better for her. Dont judge.
sopheee-that "chick" has a name. Alisa. She asked for help & she GOT it. She owns over 3 yrs of solid recovery. B/c she asked for help, Alisa is healthy & living the life she deserves. "craves attention" - well, YEA! She needed help. Dont we ALL crave attention? Yes, dear, you do too. Nothing wrong with that. She is just 1 of 2 success stories that came out of this doc. Analyze yourself, then tell Alisa she "craves attention." My guess, is that she'd agree. & this was made almost 5 yrs ago.
I am really fucking pissed YT keeps taking these down but leaving all the other shit up from other documentaries. People NEED to see this; I don't give a shit if they can afford to buy the DVD or not.
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You're pissed b/c YT refuses to be held responsible for copyrighted material being posted when they CLEARLY state it's not allowed? get it through netflix.
It has nothing to do with that you stupid twat. If you're going to pull down ONE pull them ALL down! Pull down all of the Intervention episodes and every other full episode of copyright material on here. Why just THIN? Newsflash brain trust; I have THIN both on DVD and the hardcover book so I paid for it thanks. I think the message is more important to get out to the general public than boohooing about some copyright shit when YouTube clearly doesn't give the same treatment to other shows
lint-good god, chill out. I never said anything about JUST "Thin." We're on the same team here, Jesus. Did you eat Bitchflakes for breakfast? I posted Im a Boy Anorexic & it was pulled for the same reason. I'm not against posting ED vids here, I think they're NEEDED here too-I simply stated that it's illegal.
psych 100 made me watch this haha i love college
TheRetardBoyz 2 months ago
i think Alisa annoy me so much because i'm so similar to her. i'm a restricter and regularly binge and purge yet maintain with in a normal weight and absolutely hate it. i hope all this beautiful women are doing well, i miss polly xo
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Finnishreinforcement 5 months ago
i nearly cried too when that girl had a break down,
teddie55able 7 months ago
I've always been very self conscious about my body. I always put myself down, thanks to borderline personality disorder, always cut myself, looking into the mirror and telling myself, "You're disgusting.", "I hate you.". etc. But this past January I met the love of my life. He accepts me and has been so supportive of me. I'm slowly starting to feel better about myself. Please just remember that you're all beautiful no matter your body type, and you WILL live to see a brighter, happier day.
TailsFan23 8 months ago
thanks ...
thinspi8 9 months ago
It's terrible.
Any female can be a subject of anorexia. I know better, but society is just so shallow that my own family members are pressuring me to be "thin and beautiful".
ParadoxAnonymous 11 months ago
its sad becuz iam one of those gurls
peacelovekiwi1 1 year ago
an eating disorder is the worst curse you could ever wish on anyone. I am so happy to have fully recovered.
sedm3553 1 year ago 8
@sedm3553 no one fully recovers from an eating disorder. Recovery is a process not a destination. My opinion and many professionals too.
TrustorBust716 10 months ago
gross
where are the boobs
MsNarutofanatic 1 year ago
can't believe i'm doing this because i cannot stand when people do it, but does anyone know the song played within the first 40 secs and last 40?
effceeyoukay 1 year ago
The girl at 5:33 is BEAUTIFUL. Such a pretty face, pretty skin, hair, eyes, lips... wow
thtktgrl 1 year ago
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@thtktgrl ALL of these women are BEAUTIFUL
munciesORIGINAL 1 year ago
@thtktgrl Miss Alisa :)
TrustorBust716 10 months ago
:( I wish this wasn't rated R, cause not I can't use it for my psychology project.
Stalkerchick2 1 year ago
This documentary always makes me cry, no matter how many times I watch it
labellavitaxox 1 year ago
3:28 how old is she??
nellcia1993 1 year ago
@nellcia1993 Kathy is 48 yrs old.
TrustorBust716 10 months ago
są chude..Ale jaką cenę za to zapłacily..
nellcia1993 1 year ago
that girl crying at around 6:46[ish] is so sad :[
and reminds me of me, and its hard to watch.
ShannonSmackland 1 year ago
the picture with the girls holding hands while they eat was really touching because it shows that in centers like this you make friends and support the people around you through tough times
RebiTitanic 1 year ago 8
like a wall felt down on me at 6;20 till 6:50(u)
Throwyourselfskinny 1 year ago
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fuck these people are weird
tobesone 1 year ago
i'm not that type of person who makes comments about girls being really skiny especially models but damn' 0:50 i have no words ,so sad and yet she's not even a model,i'm saying that just beacuse for instance many people i know usually associate anorexia only with models saying that they are stupid for not eating etc. which is stupid,people who have eating disorder are mostly judged however people who have other problems such as being overwieght are not
allthislove02 1 year ago
I am really appalled by Renfrew. After watching this documentary, I am disgusted by the place. The nurses, so called "specialists", and therapists are only after one thing. Money. They made two girls who clearly were not ready to be out on their own leave because one "was a horrible influence" and the other girl's insurance ran out. It seems like the workers there do nothing but belittle the girls and make them feel awful. I did not see one time where they actually helped. The place is pathetic.
TeaPartyParade 1 year ago 3
@TeaPartyParade The nurses don't control who gets kicked out because of insurance. The hospital does. It is a money-making business and the insurance companies are truly the ones to blame.
onlykrc 1 year ago
I recently contacted "The Renfrew Center," in Wilton, CT because I'm a 22 year old male suffering from bulimia. And I was "utterly shocked," when they told me that I wasn't someone they could help and verbally implied that only women were welcome at the center. Its important for people to know this and to help identify "male eating disorders," as a evident problem in today's society.
GothEmoWC 1 year ago 103
@GothEmoWC .....they wouldn't let you in? That is horrible, I am so sorry, that is fucked up.
cait72590 1 year ago
Thank you. To be fair though, they were polite over the phone... I joke with my parents how I'd like to start a center that deals with male eating disorders and I'd call it the "Menfrew Center." So, since I haven't been helped with my problem, I'm still bulimic, but its every few days now and might go away on its own. Thanks for your input :)
GothEmoWC 1 year ago
@GothEmoWC I agree with you. I think a lot of these places are insane. I hope you are getting the help u deserve. Plus, this place looks like a darn joke. Making the girls eat a whole fucking cupcake. I mean really?
jkristina 1 year ago
@GothEmoWC I don't think that there is anything wrong with only treating women at the renfrew center. There are plenty of eating disorder clinics in the world that treat men. Wanting to focus on just women is ok and it probably makes the patients feel a lot safer (no offense). Please do not feel that the renfrew center isn't a good place just because they only treat women. Just because they don't treat men it doesn't mean they think they can't have ED's.
alannajeanC 1 year ago
@GothEmoWC There are treatment centers for men as well. why dont you look into those. Its perfectly reasonable that they have a center just for women. Im sorry u couldnt get in to get help but you were looking in the wrong place.
LeEmlie 1 year ago 5
@GothEmoWC I went to Renfrew (in NJ), and in the pamphlet it said there is a men's center. You should look into it. There is a men's center.
iamspecial14 1 year ago
@GothEmoWC thats so wrong of them to do that to u! Oh well ur better off not going there anyway
tatulover2120 1 year ago
@GothEmoWC I realize this is an old comment. But in Renfrew's defense, it IS a "women's treatment center" for the treatment of eating disorders. There are many inpatient programs that accept men. Here in AZ-Rosewood Ranch takes men and an IOP program Healthy Futures takes men too. People come from out of state to Healthy Futures too. I hope you've found a place for you. Radar programs also take men.
TrustorBust716 10 months ago
@GothEmoWC ED centers tend to be segregated by sex, just as mental hospital wards. Mixing genders tends to complicate things regarding treatment and staff management. I hope you recover soon. If you ever want to chat about your ED with someone who is recovering, message me. Good luck!
babybunnyberry 9 months ago
@GothEmoWC Wow, I am so sorry you had to face that blatant rejection of your eating disorder! I hope that since then, you have been able to receive help and overcome your illness!
jadejellybonesful 5 months ago
@GothEmoWC Well, the Renfrew center is a facility specifically geared towards women. I don't think they were saying that you didn't have an ED, or that they wouldn't help you exactly, it's just that it is a womens facility. It is sort of like an all girls college in some ways. I know plenty of other coed facilities and residential places, plus I am sure there are all male centers too.
jacalynn11 5 months ago
@GothEmoWC I was in residential treatment with a man, and it was awkward. I think that al men or all women is best.
Raffertyfan87 5 months ago
i heard a different statistic from what the director says and 50 % is certainly an untrue estimate of those who really do recover from anorexia, no? I feel like on the internet there are people who obsess over the disorder and romanticize it with statements like "Ana is always with you", which may be true to an extent but i heard that it was 8 out of 10 that recover..50 % would be 5 of 10.
effceeyoukay 2 years ago 4
every one out their struggling from an eating disorder!! and i mean a real eating disorder! not one of those attenting getting ones! listen to me CAREFULLY!! if you are finnaly considering getting help! im so glad, and applaud you on your strength and realizing you need help to fight this evil horrible disease, but DO NOT go to renfrew!!!!! its a sadistic evil place not interested in helping you, and only wanting to turn a profit! there are sooo many places you can go, please do not go there!!!
Sophiaxxdarling 2 years ago
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while me being a guy id have to say the girls who do not eat just for looks are actualy a BIG TIME turn off i mean common we all know the media is full of shit they are fake and in ten years will look like a dryed up resin eat healthy eat right foods men love curves and well i dont have to explain ahah no flat chest thank you common its not hard to understand and if ur gaining to much weight then well your not eating healthy ITS CALLED FRUIT!
mellowmushgrapetripp 2 years ago
maybe some don't want to be checked out by nasty pigs on the street. maybe if they get thin enough they won't have to worry about nasty freaks staring at them and thinking nothing but sex
MsSchuk 2 years ago 18
well wouldnt that emplicat the notion toward an unhumanistic experience (sex, perception of ones self and others) and overview of life, if i am not correct we are human so i was just emplying certain details of human information processing i think what video your looking for is more of a religious conquest on how to dehumanize yourself into bizare fedism taugh and preached by the disrupted hormonal and nerological.
mellowmushgrapetripp 2 years ago
Yes it would implicate the notion toward an unhumanistic experience. Anorexia is a mental disorder and many have the need to feel un-needy and not as a slave to their own body. In order to achieve 'perfection', it is the same as striving to get as close to inhumanity as possible, because humans are not perfect. In this very book (Thin) it is said by a girl that she believes the perfect anorexic is dead. This is rather realistic because dead would be the closest thing to inhumanity.
MsSchuk 2 years ago
@mellowmushgrapetripp
It has nothing to do with making people like yo. nothing to do with looking "sexy".
nothing to do with getting guys.
It's punishment. It's control. If we wanted to just lose weight, we wouldn't kill ourselves in the process.
alwaysUmpteen 2 years ago 4
@alwaysUmpteen
well whos control is it out of you and i never controled it in the first place so what does it matter.
no one is in controle
the cost of sanity, in this society, is a certain level of alienation. your punishing yourself if you feel to conform to a bankrupt culture runed by wiskey drinking assholes inform yourself and set aside and see for yourself the illusion of the society liberate yourself from the illusion of culture take resonsibility for what you do and wat u think
mellowmushgrapetripp 2 years ago
@mellowmushgrapetripp ps i love to take psilocybin msuhrooms and lsd HAHAH
mellowmushgrapetripp 2 years ago
Ha... @ 5:45 she says "you can get better" but that means you get fat again. I know because I'm her. Now that I'm "better" I'm bigger and still not happy.
simplespirit101 2 years ago 4
I'm 110 lbs and 5'3 ft, and I'm really happy with myself, even when I'm not skynny, I'm just normal
ValeriiaJ 2 years ago
Why are they forcing them to eat things they don't want? If she wants a bran muffin, that fine. its not like being fat is the answer. I mean the way to treat them is to admit that they have a good point, but that they are overstepping. Not to just pretend that eating chocolate and pizza is the answer.
lollipopfop 2 years ago
The point of doing the practice foods is to show the patients that it's okay to eat junk food. We refuse to eat it because we're punishing ourselves. They don't feed patients sugary foods to be mean and promote unhealthy eating, they're trying to show that normal people enjoy this stuff and it's okay to allow yourself to have it.
It actually helps a few times after doing it. You learn to love food again.
alwaysUmpteen 2 years ago 4
im just like that girl that was crying saying she wanted to be thin...except i cry to myself...~wanna b thin!
demilovatorox910 2 years ago 4
Well watching that girl cry made me cry.
lovebasil 2 years ago 2
same here :(
lillynilly331 2 years ago
Whoever the hell thinks that anorexics should eat soy products is just promoting vegan health nut ideals. Soy is full of hormone analogs and would be horrible to feed to someone with an eating disorder, especially a woman.
ginariggio 2 years ago
this was hard to watch because that is how I feel
hollowriver 2 years ago 4
What the patient said about the pizza (it's hard enough to eat, let alone to eat *this* on top of everything else) is so true. Pizza? For an anoretic? What the hell? Feet them up on meat and veg, not fattening food that'll make them relapse after treatment. God.
obsessmuch666 2 years ago
*anorexic. (or maybe you meant anorectic)
And you're right, they souldn't feed them pizza.
amandaphobia08 2 years ago 2
in those facilities, I'm not totally sure of what they feed the, but they should focus of feeding them juicy fruits, vegetables, soy milk, nuts, thigns that don't contain extra unnesecary oils.. i mean the pizza, wtf?
and I get mad when people say, "just shove it down their throat." People who say shit like that need to fuckin' stfu.
pruanelover4ever 2 years ago
i saw this movie in my school
forbiddenfruit2894 2 years ago
The poor girl in the chair talking to her friends remind me of me when I was in grade 9... It breaks my heart becuz I still feel like that to this day but I am big!!
I really hope that every preson get better from this disorder... my heart goes out to you!!!
damnurugly 2 years ago
if anyone out there is hurting and just need some one to talk to u can message me i know..........
skinnypeach1 2 years ago
i was ana for.. several years. i didn't "start." i became. i didnt do it for my body i did it so i could controll somethign in my life. i didnt realize i'd become obsessive until i was 79lbs and chewing gum for the 5 calories. it took years of forcible eating at what i now see was a very moderate pace [at the time it was neerly unbearable]. from 100 cals a day i remember when i got up to eating 500. it completely freaked me out. took muchhh of couselling and force but..well, i'm still alive =)
causecowgirlsdontcry 2 years ago 3
5'3, 13 years old and 107 lbs.
i eat 500 calories a day, which i dont think is that bad. anorexics have like 50 a day. im an outpatient.
snazzzable 2 years ago
that aint true, not all of them eat only 50 a day... some 200, some 1000, it's not all about the calories....
btw 13 years old and only 500 calories is not enough, i think you should talk about it with somebody... good luck
ipp1377 2 years ago
Who is that person at 2:09?
annaisjesus 2 years ago
im sick of being the fat chick and i have tried mostly every thing to become thiner. but i would never go that far. close.. but not all that way.
kellyijaker 2 years ago
I feel you.
heliobacter20 2 years ago
you are I are in the same boat.
I'm 13 & 128lbs & 5 feet.
and I'm not proud to say that i'd rather be anorexic.
SLIGHTLYlovely 2 years ago
Hey, I'm 5'7, 13 years old and 120 lbs. I'm fine with the way I am. I just wish I could pass on my security to all of these girls. It makes me very sad to see people despise themselves like that.
doodl3bugg13 2 years ago
15, 5'9, 138 pounds, I'm recovering.
amandaphobia08 2 years ago 2
Good for you. Eating disorders and body issues strike heavily in my family. Myself, my mother, my father are all extremely weight conscious but none so much as my older sister. At 15, she nearly died of anorexia nervosa. She was hospitalized for months but eventually "recovered." She is 29 years old now, engaged, successful, beautiful (still thin but healthy) and happy. She is still aware of her weight but it doesn't consume her. I know you will get there too. Good luck:)
jpeopolis 2 years ago
I dropped to 98lbs, spent 2 weeks in hospital, and 8 in a treatment center as an inpatient followed by 3 weeks outpatient treatment.
amandaphobia08 2 years ago
Sounds similar to the treatment my sister received. Nice to see things haven't changed too much in 14 years!
One thing I would encourage is to share your story because you never know who you might help in the process. I was a ballet dancer and have, what therapists lableled, an "anorexic mindset." Without a doubt I would have developed the illness if it wasn't for witnessing that feeding tube being shoved down my sister's throat as she screamed.
You have endured a great deal of suffering....
jpeopolis 2 years ago
in your young life but I know you can use that experience to move forward and embrace life.
I am so proud of my sister. She lives in Tribeca, has a great fiancee, an enviable job in p.r, and a masters from a top university. You too will be happy and healthy once again!
jpeopolis 2 years ago
i dont know why girls starve themselves they crazy hope girls get help before they die.
jakegirl25 2 years ago
they arent crazy, :) some girls dont know why they cant eat/dont eat, and no disrespect, but if you understood an anorexic 100%, then you very well likely would be anorexic yourself or a scholar in the subject :) it took me major horrid experiences to jolt me into wanting to get better, but if you can imagine being in ahuge circular maze, the exit has a special key, and you have to search for the key and the exit, it is a living nightmare, because it is so easy to give up looking for the exit.
minimal1975 2 years ago 2
first thing is im not disrespect anybody but girls likes to be skinny not the good way in the bad way which is not good and just because this girls you seem on tv have pefect body bull crap you had to work hard and eat health food.
jakegirl25 2 years ago
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jakegirl25 2 years ago
Before you call someone "dumb" for having a disorder that they have no control over, learn proper grammar! Geez.
brittneycrews 2 years ago 7
first thing is if girls age 13 and older dont eat looks likes a skeleton which is the truth my old friend name cindy fernandez was 80 pound which is very outspoken eat right and exercise girls dont starve yourself if you do you die which is the truth.
jakegirl25 2 years ago
I went to Renfrew when I was 16 Im 18 now and have been good with the ED but latley Ive been thinking about weight again and feel that less food for a while would be better just till I lose 20 pounds but no more than that
XXNikkizXX 2 years ago
Don't get sucked back into hell. :(
EshnaHere 2 years ago 2
Tryin not to It sucked
XXNikkizXX 2 years ago
I wish guys would realize that skinny chicks aren't as sexy as the thick ones. But not too fat. I'm talking about in between skinny and fat. You know. Lean.. HEALTHY
I am a guy. and all you motherfuckers who dig these anorexic bitches need to get out more. Only dogs like bones. woof woof motherfucker. Hows about you come kiss my white ass.
Thin = Weak
If you are struggling with an eating disorder I am truly sorry. God Bless
And if you have any scientific evidence to argue with me then
Metalitron12 2 years ago 4
I saw this in health class
it is really sad
SkyCandyProductions 2 years ago
Its a day to day fight. It never really goes away.
purebloodjiselle 2 years ago 50
Well Anorexia can go away with a change of mind set. But until you accept the fact that when you eat you are going to gain weight no matter what. Then the disease will carry on forever. So in some sense yes. It never goes away. But with a change of mind set it can. Ive seen people recover before. But it is very hard to change your habits and its very easy for the disease to come right back after you have recovered.
There is still hope. Anorexia can be cured. Its just hard to make a change.
Metalitron12 2 years ago
"maing "
Making.
MissesPapillon 2 years ago
Why do they have to put that gastric feeding tube through her belly?
She doesn't need it. They don't have to put emotional pressure on her that way- they have to talk to that girl and feel with her.
REAL COMMUNICATION.
Ok, this is really maing me mad.
MissesPapillon 2 years ago
It's not the obsession to have a perfect body- ist just one little case. The main cause of eating disorders lies in childhood and the lack of emotional communication with parents, sexual abuse, emotional abuse etc.
These girls accept control in therapy plus over themselves because they have been controlled by their parents all their live.
They have never learned how to love themselves.Does someone see that these women are treated disrespectful in therapy????
MissesPapillon 2 years ago
go on google and look up daily motion - thin.. should be all there! x
emskirooni89 2 years ago
OMG IT GOT DELETED! :(
noooooo! i was watching it this morning and now it's GONEE :(
skinnybetchh 2 years ago
OMG the full version of this use to be on youtube in like 11 parts, but its gone now. I had it on my other computer but it broke ]:
Can anyone else upload it? Please?
XXmyXlittleXdecoyXX 2 years ago 2
they have it on google video.
missmisterious82 2 years ago
I used to suffer with the addiction of both anorexia and bulimia. They are terribly painful and make you feel worse then you did before, but you cant quit because you hope someday you will feel beautiful and thin enough. I have gained all my weight back. But im healthy and no longer look sick pale and weak. Sometimes I miss the feeling of the eating disorder. But I remember what I will lose If I go back. not only weight, but my entire life.
samshack8 2 years ago 4
are there any more clips about this?
cazabasha 2 years ago
i really liked this movie
niceguy4good 2 years ago
I remimber eating only 600 calories a day and I was really starving then I got a little to thin. My mom thought I had an eating disorder.
Melmonkey89 2 years ago
i've seen this documentary countless times, and i find myself crying each time. i love this film because it doesn't glamorize and sugar coat what eating disorders actually are. it's honest, and shows the reality of these illnesses. they are not beautiful. they're ugly, extremely painful, and things that i wish nobody else would ever have to experience.
cityofblindinglight 2 years ago 6
"and I wish nobody else would ever have to experience".
thank you. wonderful.
yeah it's pure hell. it's awful
annebeeluverbug 2 years ago
the poptart picture reminds me of what school lunch was like D:
absterz00 2 years ago
YUCK
zootanoggin 2 years ago
this is not beautiful.
it's so sad .
.. :(
BarbiieNetworking 2 years ago 2
woah not cool
TheChase10 2 years ago
this was an enlightening documentary
Dying63 2 years ago
Polly ended up killing herself. So sad.
Gitsie007 2 years ago
very sad...
Buwiba 2 years ago
i read this book. cried
amazingasher4 2 years ago
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I own this book, I look at it everyday to inspire me to be that thin. :]
DebbieGoRawr 2 years ago
You've got to be kidding me. Those girls are sick and dying!
MyThunder8 2 years ago 2
woah not cool!
2FacedB 2 years ago 3
debbie: you're " :] " shows how ignorant you are
pemchem 2 years ago 3
im in college now, and there is a girl in my class who is EXTREMELY triggering. she constantly talks about being fat and how she never eats lunch and she still weighs more than i do. i would NEVER talk to people i personally know about this. the people at my college think im naturally really tiny :(
christianbalefanatic 2 years ago 5
i remeber my first day in inpatient recovery. i wouldnt eat at all. everyone got mad at me and i cried my eyes out. i didnt drink my substitute either. its really hard because it is a coping mecanism. i feel my anorexia comeback harder when i disapoint some1 or something than when i feel fat. its really hard not to go back to it
lilmissrandom128 2 years ago 3
that same thing happened to me
but it wasn't your fault, they were clearly jealous
you were new, and they had been there for a while
but you can get through this, others have
and this movie proves this life isn't a happy one
Bulana00 2 years ago
this scares me a lot :(
donutdude7777 2 years ago
my friend (a boy) is 11 and he is 4 feet tall and 4 inches he is 62 pounds his bmi is 16.1 im terribley worried pleae help,. please help my friend, XoXo Melody
ilovesimspets 2 years ago
My brother is probably around 4 feet and he weighs little more then 50 pounds.
He isn't anorexic, he eats more then me, my mother and father put together, but sometimes young kids have so much energy and grow so much that they don't get fat.
iPaoProductions 2 years ago
Your brother is a midget? 4 feet??
AmelieMermaid 2 years ago
What are you? A giant?
4 feet is a good hight for a 7 year old (he reaches my chest, and I'm 14, considered to be an average hight.)
iPaoProductions 2 years ago 2
shut up like!!
lostlittlegirlygirl 2 years ago
No. He is a child, not full grown.
lollipopfop 2 years ago
my friend (a boy) is 11 and he is 4 feet tall and 4 inches he is 62 pounds his bmi is 16.1 im terribley worried pleae help, this isnt a lie. please help my friend, XoXo Melody
ilovesimspets 2 years ago
In this video clip, Polly is the lady with curly hair. She is shown talking whilst sat on a bed, holding a bottle with a butterfly on it!
hayls1976 2 years ago
ugh Ipacac, tried it ONCE, its horrible nasty evil shi* and I found it for 99 cents at an Ocean State Job Lot, b/c pharmacies wont dispense it anymore for ANY reason
LglEglElle 2 years ago
it really upsets me when people think eating disorders are "vanity" its so muchh more than that no one ever takes it seriously , its kind of offensive too cuz its not a simple thing its a complete life consuming obsession
sophxskullhead 2 years ago 8
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Read Explaining colours to a blind man. Not only will it enlighten many as to what living with a mental illness is like, it also gives comfort to those sufferers who think there is no hope and that they are alone. It is very informative, sometimes shocking but also very funny in parts. All in all, a good read and highly recommended.
hsttraindriver 2 years ago
they all look pretty, how are they considerd eds??? im almost lke that and im not,
taylor831u 2 years ago
Eating disorders are mental illnesses with physical side effects. Not all very skinny people have EDs, and not all people with EDs are very, very skinny.
bhlasterz 2 years ago 8
yeah i know but i wanna be thinn
taylor831u 2 years ago
did you not listen to anything that was said in the video?
imajetsetter 2 years ago 2
umm yeah i did but nvmmm ( i wanttt ot look like that...
taylor831u 2 years ago
Doesn't Everyone?
icycold233 2 years ago
Please tell me that you're being serious and not looking for sympathy. Because this is a serious issue that my family and friends have suffered through, sufferred like the effing plague, and if you're doing this to get attention I am seriously ticked.
SheWritesToLive 2 years ago
no i wasn't looking for sympthy. i know how they all feel with suffering for 3-4 years now. im trying to recover and nothing has worked i recoverd once but got sucked in again, im trying to beak through i over came bulimia (mostly) again, but im falling behind again, and im afraid i will never beat this.
taylor831u 2 years ago
but 8 months ago when i wrote this, i was denying it. so sorry for all the russle it coused..
taylor831u 2 years ago
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george carlin said it best, and i agree 100%: "don't wanna eat? then don't eat. like i give a fuck."
thespookyone65 2 years ago
where can i find the full video?
alawndra 2 years ago 3
does anyone know the song when they are jumping on the bed???
reject707 2 years ago
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lintxxxxx 2 years ago
This is such an amazing documentary. This should be required viewing in school.
lintxxxxx 2 years ago 2
yep we watched this in health class
alawndra 2 years ago 3
this is so sad
yarden620 2 years ago 3
6:42 ... That's how I feel everyday
lonelygurlme 2 years ago
where can i find the whole thing?:-)
laerkekebaab 3 years ago
what marks are they loocking fore ??
queenbie3 3 years ago
For self harming behavior, like cutting
Jhopkin3 3 years ago
R.I.P polly
we love you.
chipityzu 3 years ago 8
gosh I was so sad 4 her when I found out that she'd died...
anaangel92 2 years ago
Sry, but which of the girls is Polly?
xxx40x 2 years ago
can someone please upload the whole thing? =)
flamerithia 3 years ago 11
It used to be here....I guess douche bag youtube took it off.
anaangel92 2 years ago
Yes, YouTube removed it due to copyright infringement laws. I used to have it here.
AlexisAlways1 2 years ago
ohh no..whay not in german...f*ck
LadyMause 3 years ago
i don't think any documentary could fully capture how devastating and depressing an E.D. is. many people don't recognize that an E.D. isn't just about wanting to be thin; it's about numerous other things too.
it's a struggle every waking minute </3
Brokenx3Dreams 3 years ago
Broken--this doc SHOWS everything you've listed above.
DesertSerenade 3 years ago 2
...guys go thru this to
777RAOUL777 3 years ago 4
Man, I miss Polly. I never even knew her outside of the documentary, but it still makes me sad to know her eating disorder eventually led to her death. It didn't have to be that way, it shouldn't have to be that way, for anyone...and still, it's hard to take my own advice when fighting my demons.
plathbymoonlight 3 years ago
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this is hardcore ha ha
CHRISNICX 3 years ago
k. the 'help me' is just a little overboard, that chick craves attention
sopheee 3 years ago
k sopheee-do you know Alisa? Did she tell you she craves attention? Actually-she asked for help. And guess what? She got it. And recovery never tasted better for her. Dont judge.
DesertSerenade 3 years ago 3
sopheee-that "chick" has a name. Alisa. She asked for help & she GOT it. She owns over 3 yrs of solid recovery. B/c she asked for help, Alisa is healthy & living the life she deserves. "craves attention" - well, YEA! She needed help. Dont we ALL crave attention? Yes, dear, you do too. Nothing wrong with that. She is just 1 of 2 success stories that came out of this doc. Analyze yourself, then tell Alisa she "craves attention." My guess, is that she'd agree. & this was made almost 5 yrs ago.
DesertSerenade 3 years ago 11
it is such a good movie!!
leahkitten 3 years ago 4
even when you want something more than anything in the world this taught me you cant always get it
LoaFreke 3 years ago
I am really fucking pissed YT keeps taking these down but leaving all the other shit up from other documentaries. People NEED to see this; I don't give a shit if they can afford to buy the DVD or not.
lintxxxxx 3 years ago 12
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You're pissed b/c YT refuses to be held responsible for copyrighted material being posted when they CLEARLY state it's not allowed? get it through netflix.
DesertSerenade 3 years ago
It has nothing to do with that you stupid twat. If you're going to pull down ONE pull them ALL down! Pull down all of the Intervention episodes and every other full episode of copyright material on here. Why just THIN? Newsflash brain trust; I have THIN both on DVD and the hardcover book so I paid for it thanks. I think the message is more important to get out to the general public than boohooing about some copyright shit when YouTube clearly doesn't give the same treatment to other shows
lintxxxxx 3 years ago
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lint-good god, chill out. I never said anything about JUST "Thin." We're on the same team here, Jesus. Did you eat Bitchflakes for breakfast? I posted Im a Boy Anorexic & it was pulled for the same reason. I'm not against posting ED vids here, I think they're NEEDED here too-I simply stated that it's illegal.
DesertSerenade 3 years ago
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i found the documentry quite boring, i like how they show pictures and stuff of things that werent even in the program
dearmissedessa 3 years ago
RIP Polly
heartbent 3 years ago 9
Dunno...
naranjainvisible 3 years ago
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disgusting...
melanyfarell 3 years ago