They do get hungry, and tired. The thing with anorexia is that no matter how much they want to eat, and they do want to, they can't. It's just not within their control. After you've been hungry for a bit, it starts to go away, it starts to get easier to forget about. And by that time they've lost any control they might have had. The anorexia doesn't give them any choice, and the pain of hunger is nothing in comparison to the fear it gives them of gaining even one pound. I hope tha
CAN SOMEONE PLZ HELP? i have done a lot on research on anorexia but i still don't understand how they dont get hungry? i mean you must get hungry and lack energy and not be able to do stuff? dont they ever get such a crazy pain in their stomach they just need to eat?
@idfgirl18 watch "a warning from beyond the grave." That woman got to 40 lbs. Look at Samantha kendall and aimee moore. They were at 60 and 70 lbs (samantha was really tall). Read Wasted, Marya Hornbacher's autobiography. She gets to 52 lbs. I've seen other cases, too. It may not be as frequent, but it does happen. You don't have to be super short. That's what happens when your body's eaten away all the fat and muscle, and after your bones waste away from osteoporosis.
they keep calling nancy "skin and bones." she is super skinny but compared to the 60 and even 40 lb girls i've seen, she isn't skin and bones. of course this doesn't mean that she doesn't have a serious problem that shouldn't be addressed asap.
@TheHateQueen it is. with really serious anorexia, your bones start to get eaten away because there's no more fat and muscle for your body to feed on. you also get osteoporosis (sp?) because you're not getting enough nutrients. type in "rudine" and click on the vid that's called "a warning from beyond the grave" and you'll see how bad ana can actually get.
Why in hell didnt the parents take her to court sooner, better yet why didn't the doctor say something when nancy left the hospital in the first place? I thought it was obvious from like part 5 of the movie that her parents should have thought about taking her rights away from her.
I know everyone's entitled to representation in a court of law and everything but how in good conscience could a lawyer represent a girl who wants to let herself waste away and die? But the only thing in this life left that we have full authority over is our body. Who's to say she doesn't have the right to want to die? (Thinking about Dr. Kavorkian... but she's not dying of cancer or something, she's dying because she can't eat.) I don't know which side of this one I land on.....
@KDVx3 The problem is, if the law starts denying people representation on the basis that they're 'clearly' insane or guilty, etc, it's a slippery slope. As the English lawyer Sir William Blackstone said, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer". The whole notion of insanity is outdated anyway. Some psychologists now think 'insanity' is a sane reaction to an insane world. Also, people should have the right to harm themselves, provided they don't harm others.
The anorexia center that she went to is nothing at all like that. They would have made her eat every meal. They would have watched her and made sure she did it, she wouldn't have been able to hide it.
if someone is forced into a mental health facility for being suicidal, rehab for drug abuse why not force someone with an eating disorder to seek treatment?
people in these stupid comments keep talking about the mother, when you fricking see a girl about to die, THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!! YOUR JUST GOING TO CRITIZES PEOPLE LIKE THIS UNTIL THEY DIE!?!?!?!?
I would have told her oh you are 18 ok so get the hell out of my house! Or leave her in a shelter! Do you want to live at home??? Then do the treatment!!!!!
Leukemia is blood system disease , otherwise it is called "white" cancer, when leukocites suffer from cancer. It's very bad and serious, human organizm always becomes skinny then.
My stomach is grumbling right now like it has been for the past 3 days and i'm watching this, confused about Nancy when i'm doing the exact same thing. People with eating disorders, or at least i think, have the most hypocritical good-intentions.
I love how the dad is so clueless all the time, like hes really trying hard to grasp anything at all. When he simplified the moms 3 minute tantrum about having to get a lawyer:"you mean I have to go into a court room saying my daughter´s crazy??" Haha Hes incredibly sweet and loving though:)
I love how the dad is so clueless all the time, like hes really trying hard to grasp anything at all. When he simplified the moms 3 minute tantrum about having to get a lawyer:"you mean I have to go into a court room saying my daughter´s crazy??" Haha
im a recovering anorexic but just watching nancy move so delicately.. i know that feeling. i know how she feels.. your bones aching, light headed and it actually hurts.. it hurts so much to walk and the emptiness is almost unbearable.. kidneys aching.. this movie reminds me so much of the pain
that sucks that because she's over 18 they have to basically just watch her kill herself. at least with younger girls they could make them get help...
@jazzanagirl if she gets sectioned it is just for that stay... once they force feed her and get her to a "healthy" weight they have to let her out... if her dad gets power of attorney then he can make decisions for her until she is truly better...
@aleynabubbles Same reason it would not make sense to me or you as to why someone would want to take drugs or drink 60 beers in a day. Its a disorder of the mind, whether addiction or compulsive and etc..
@heylie13 no offense, but that's not right. some people can't help the double chins or the chunkiness. it's genetics. i mean there are some people who eat to the point of that, but there's also others who can't help the way they look, ya know?
@marissanicolexo Very true. I have had to take a corticosteroid for Crohn's Disease, and it gave me chipmunk cheeks, made my stomach bloat, and increased my appetite. It's like the signal to my brain to stop eating was suppressed, and the other side effects made it worse. I would look in the mirror and cry, because I didn't recognize myself. Now that I am off them, I don't look fat anymore. As for the double chin...I think it's because of the meds too, but if it's not, then it's genetics. >_<
Someone needs to smack Nancy right across the face. She says she knows she's sick but she's trying. She can't even put a piece of food in her mouth. Someone needs to hospitalize her against her will. That's the only way she's going to live.
i hope she dies in this movie.(not literally) but just so that thinspo girls realize that if she keeps up with this that's exactly where it leads to...death.
@lozerssexy what has your comment to do with your life? I didn't mean to offend you. i just think you have no idea because a movie doesn't get the thought of death in your head. what if the character dies....no "thinspo"-girl would care...they are so in denial and so desperate to be thin that it simply doesn't matter.
if the parents really want her to get better they should just say "fine ur over 18,u dont want help u can't live her anymore!"
that helped me. When i was in nancy's situation my parents said that to me and i refused so they made me leave....after 1/2 a day i came back. They asked me again if i wanted help and i said yes.Im better now (not completely better) but much better than i was
A popular musician in the 1970s, Karen Carpenter, with all the money in the world ended up dying by the time she was 33 of anorexia. I see dad gave her his wings... he's fallen on hope... as a fighter pilot would say from here on in it's "on a wing and a prayer".
This isn't about her right 2 have her disease. S'about the to be Self. Being terrified of the realities of adult life, but not wanting 2 have every decision made 4 you.The sense of helplessness: being told "u will do this" because "u r reasonable" or if that doesn't work - "b.c. we know best" or "b.c. u don't know what u need, we do". & the sense of not being able to say "I DO know what I want, let me!" They never let her learn how to do that w/ little things. So she did it w/ a big 1, hmm?
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i was diagnosed with anorexia 3 weeks ago then in attempt to eat more.. i eat some buts then was so schocked that id eaten something else iv binged eaten for 2 weeks. iv gained alot of weight.. and in sadness i took loads of pills today to die cus of weight gain and im getting pains in the heart now.. i dont want to die now cus im going back on my diet tomorow.
hello.. please help me.. i dont want to relapse into the horrable anorexia.. i hate it. im dieting soo. its going to consist of salads(with olive oil) on it.. friuts and fish monday and fridays.. just tell me what i have to say in my head to make you anorexia does not come back.
The actress was struggling with anorexia at the time and the movie was filled backward someone on another part was talking about it......I think in 3...
@sbellino Being very skinny isn't an indication of anorexia. The mom's body type is naturally skinny ,and she probably has a fast metabolism. She also exercises, which probably helps her stay skinny. Also, the mom clearly eats healthy and regularly, so she' not anorexic and doesn't contradict the movie's message.
@RaniSyn Very well explained. I would also posit that some of her resistance to Nancy's problem at the beginning might've been how she saw her daughter's body being similar to her own.
@sbellino have you also been able to note the fact that nobody in this movie ever fucking eats, except for that scene where all the anorexics sit together in the dining hall and actually DO eat? it's pretty ironic. i really like this movie, but that's something that's just really twisted.
@sbellino I've found that it's not actually that unusual. My mom is really thin and she's about as thin as I was at my lowest weight yet she always says these things like "Oh, I'm not that thin. I'm perfectly healthy."
@sbellino The actress who played the mother was Jill Clayburgh, who was diagnosed with leukemia four years before this film was made. Jill's frame could have been the result of her body's suffering from chemotherapy. Chemo can really debilitate a person's body, inducing a lack of appetite and nausea too. I do see your point, but I think it was just an unintended coincidence. Full kudos to Jill and Tracey for working despite being ill. Unfortunately, leukemia took Jill's life last year ;( RIP xx
Not true. I've been pretty darn sick myself, and while it was rare I slept and even rarer that I dreamt, I did have one or two. That's probably why they stuck out so much. While it's true malnutrition distrupts regular REM cycles, it doesn't make dreaming impossible. It's just unlikely/hard to remember. I recall a few times I fell into a waking REM, my body was so tired. I didn't dream then, but it was strange all the same. Like falling into a time warp that lasts for a blink. Starvation's odd.
I think that's what's best, if the parents don't force her back into the hospital she will die, she's too weak and malnurished now to do everyday things.
im trying to get better now as i just found out i mightent be able to have kids. but now i cant stop so be careful with urself xxx i hope its worth it
Not always unable--just harder and unlikely. A good number end up unfertile, but many go on to have children. Some even get pregnant while still starving. I guess it just depends on each individual's system and body resilience.
There's been some interesting research and news articles contemplating the effects of becoming pregnant while Anorexic. I haven't really read many of them, though. I don't much care for sex or children, so I haven't given it much thought.
how can you say you can help me and i asked for advice when youve just ask someone to be your ana buddy. that discusts me.. i asked that quesion 7 months ago to someone and 7 months later i developed a full blown anorexia. its hell.. why do you want that.. anorexia is ahorrable mental illness aswell as bad pyhsical changes.. i lost my peroid for 4 months.. thank god its come back.. im healthy now!
@shinznay you don't have to be ana to lose your period... i started doing cross country and I haven't had mine for about 6 months now but there's really nothing you can do about it
im watching this as an anorexic, but also as a mummy of two, and i dunno, i dunno what i would do if any of my children were anorexic like me, because i love them so much and would want them to eat, but at the same time time, i can see it from her point of view, its rotten, i dont wanna think about that scenario, but watching this has brought that up in me even more, the fear of what would i do if my child had anorexia, and its spurred me more to carry on gaining more weight.
I love this movie. Thank you for uploading it. Love almost the whole cast, especially the beauriful Teryl Rothery who plays the lawyer, Lenore Molee :D
The part where she is talking to her dad about her feelings makes me cry every time. I live how she feels in this seen everyday. I am depressed each day and my emotions are so stressful and painful to me.
Oh god, i can tell this film was written by someone who really knows about depression. that line "Where did those feelings go and why can't I get it back?" hits so true.
must be tough for nancy's lawyer; she knows this girl is dying but has to defend her even though the result of her winning is likely to mean nancy's death.
the dad is such an ass-hole!
hello your daughter is dying help her!!
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They do get hungry, and tired. The thing with anorexia is that no matter how much they want to eat, and they do want to, they can't. It's just not within their control. After you've been hungry for a bit, it starts to go away, it starts to get easier to forget about. And by that time they've lost any control they might have had. The anorexia doesn't give them any choice, and the pain of hunger is nothing in comparison to the fear it gives them of gaining even one pound. I hope tha
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CAN SOMEONE PLZ HELP? i have done a lot on research on anorexia but i still don't understand how they dont get hungry? i mean you must get hungry and lack energy and not be able to do stuff? dont they ever get such a crazy pain in their stomach they just need to eat?
97nglamour 1 month ago
This is above and beyond, how can they take it this far to realize what she is doing that to herself?
djgirl947 1 month ago
Her brothers love her so much!
blksoul26 2 months ago 2
@idfgirl18 watch "a warning from beyond the grave." That woman got to 40 lbs. Look at Samantha kendall and aimee moore. They were at 60 and 70 lbs (samantha was really tall). Read Wasted, Marya Hornbacher's autobiography. She gets to 52 lbs. I've seen other cases, too. It may not be as frequent, but it does happen. You don't have to be super short. That's what happens when your body's eaten away all the fat and muscle, and after your bones waste away from osteoporosis.
xxxfantasyhorse 2 months ago
does she have a eating disorder in real life?
0448367766 4 months ago
@0448367766 she had anorexia in real life, they did this movie on her way to recovery and filmed it backwards
croatian23 3 months ago
Eating disorders are about control.
DragonFly122 6 months ago
i could never do what that lawyer is doing xxxx
Alaurahpinder1990 6 months ago 5
i know this is not a funny movie but that bit about her parents having to pay for her daughter's lawyer is funny lol !!!!!
candyyy68 6 months ago
they keep calling nancy "skin and bones." she is super skinny but compared to the 60 and even 40 lb girls i've seen, she isn't skin and bones. of course this doesn't mean that she doesn't have a serious problem that shouldn't be addressed asap.
xxxfantasyhorse 6 months ago
@xxxfantasyhorse 40 lbs?? It can't be possible
TheHateQueen 6 months ago 4
@TheHateQueen it is. with really serious anorexia, your bones start to get eaten away because there's no more fat and muscle for your body to feed on. you also get osteoporosis (sp?) because you're not getting enough nutrients. type in "rudine" and click on the vid that's called "a warning from beyond the grave" and you'll see how bad ana can actually get.
xxxfantasyhorse 6 months ago
@xxxfantasyhorse its a movie... i doubt theyd make the actress get down to 40 lbs.....
xxaliciajeanxx 3 months ago
Why in hell didnt the parents take her to court sooner, better yet why didn't the doctor say something when nancy left the hospital in the first place? I thought it was obvious from like part 5 of the movie that her parents should have thought about taking her rights away from her.
Bittersweet21222 6 months ago
The blonde haired bro is a wee bit close to Nancy. O-o Just saying.
SugarMami 6 months ago 2
such a strange illness. . . Food some of us love it too much and some of us hate and some of us fear it hmmm
BehindTheHarleyShop 7 months ago
I know everyone's entitled to representation in a court of law and everything but how in good conscience could a lawyer represent a girl who wants to let herself waste away and die? But the only thing in this life left that we have full authority over is our body. Who's to say she doesn't have the right to want to die? (Thinking about Dr. Kavorkian... but she's not dying of cancer or something, she's dying because she can't eat.) I don't know which side of this one I land on.....
KDVx3 7 months ago
@KDVx3such an important argument!
destiny9blondie 7 months ago
@KDVx3 The problem is, if the law starts denying people representation on the basis that they're 'clearly' insane or guilty, etc, it's a slippery slope. As the English lawyer Sir William Blackstone said, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer". The whole notion of insanity is outdated anyway. Some psychologists now think 'insanity' is a sane reaction to an insane world. Also, people should have the right to harm themselves, provided they don't harm others.
SkullOfYorick 6 months ago
Just let her die. Darwinian loser.
godzillaqueen 8 months ago
@godzillaqueen Man, I'm glad you're not God!!
and before you say "you don't believe in God" it doesen't matter, have some compassion dude.
You have children?... when you do, it changes your whole outlook on life and people; it teaches you patience, forgiveness and unconditional love :)
atlasshrugged2u 8 months ago
my best friend is anorexic, but she just denys it. and i want to talk to her 'bout it, but i don't know what to say... :(
INGEDIZ 8 months ago
@INGEDIZ she may hate you but you should go to her parents. she'll thank you in the long run. trust me..
Sageykinsful 7 months ago
The anorexia center that she went to is nothing at all like that. They would have made her eat every meal. They would have watched her and made sure she did it, she wouldn't have been able to hide it.
runtillidie 8 months ago 4
if someone is forced into a mental health facility for being suicidal, rehab for drug abuse why not force someone with an eating disorder to seek treatment?
hipsterpad 9 months ago
@hipsterpad EXACTLY!!
atlasshrugged2u 8 months ago
Nancy's lawyer is beautiful
stewielove101 9 months ago
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they should pray! "wings" aren't going to do anything. only the name of JESUS has the power to heal.
bfree2live 10 months ago
people in these stupid comments keep talking about the mother, when you fricking see a girl about to die, THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!! YOUR JUST GOING TO CRITIZES PEOPLE LIKE THIS UNTIL THEY DIE!?!?!?!?
zilirt 10 months ago
This is what actresses (her mom) looked like before botox and fillers.
AnaCalories 10 months ago
@ChristinaAdamiec, exactly! and that's why the mother is so skinny, in 'real life' she has a severe illness herself!
snibjah 10 months ago
The actress who plays the mother is battling leukemia
ChristinaAdamiec 11 months ago 5
I would have told her oh you are 18 ok so get the hell out of my house! Or leave her in a shelter! Do you want to live at home??? Then do the treatment!!!!!
The80sTube 11 months ago
@The80sTube that is the most messed up thing ive ever heard. you KNOW she would rather be homeless then eat. they alienate everyone to lose weight.
reesesloversunite 11 months ago
Man her brothers are hot!
Burnhambabe143 11 months ago 48
haha 2:52 google captioning
videoman417 1 year ago
they got her a lawyer? i think thats stupid
julie101rox 1 year ago
Leukemia is blood system disease , otherwise it is called "white" cancer, when leukocites suffer from cancer. It's very bad and serious, human organizm always becomes skinny then.
Rayon18able 1 year ago 2
great movie
XXsammysuicidalXX 1 year ago
My stomach is grumbling right now like it has been for the past 3 days and i'm watching this, confused about Nancy when i'm doing the exact same thing. People with eating disorders, or at least i think, have the most hypocritical good-intentions.
rachellovessyouu 1 year ago 3
The dad needs to stop being such a idiot and get a lawyer so that she won't die. If that was my kid, I wouln't rest till she was eating normally.
MadameMabinogi 1 year ago 5
@MadameMabinogi it's not that easy no parent was to do that to their own child.
KarmaDoll21 1 year ago
I love how the dad is so clueless all the time, like hes really trying hard to grasp anything at all. When he simplified the moms 3 minute tantrum about having to get a lawyer:"you mean I have to go into a court room saying my daughter´s crazy??" Haha Hes incredibly sweet and loving though:)
MLivingbyaprayer 1 year ago 3
I love how the dad is so clueless all the time, like hes really trying hard to grasp anything at all. When he simplified the moms 3 minute tantrum about having to get a lawyer:"you mean I have to go into a court room saying my daughter´s crazy??" Haha
MLivingbyaprayer 1 year ago
im a recovering anorexic but just watching nancy move so delicately.. i know that feeling. i know how she feels.. your bones aching, light headed and it actually hurts.. it hurts so much to walk and the emptiness is almost unbearable.. kidneys aching.. this movie reminds me so much of the pain
GabbyProrsum 1 year ago
@GabbyProrsum you will make it. You WILL make it.
Karloffrules 1 year ago
that sucks that because she's over 18 they have to basically just watch her kill herself. at least with younger girls they could make them get help...
leviosa2812 1 year ago 3
i wish i had an older brother
englishalexis 1 year ago
These parents are REALLY great at saying the WRONG damn thing EVERY time.
BronzeXBombshell 1 year ago 4
why does her boyfriend seem to live at their house?
WeMayBeFreakz 1 year ago
@WeMayBeFreakz what boyfriend??
englishalexis 1 year ago
@WeMayBeFreakz Those are her brothers, she doesn't have a boyfriend.
razorangelfreak 1 year ago 2
It worked for Britney Spears
DragonFly122 1 year ago
Her voice seemed to change in that one scene. She sounds kind of like Taryn Manning.
PrincessKLS 1 year ago
her bro. and her bf. are allways 2gether i think they are gay ! LOL
RubnBritney 1 year ago
@RubnBritney uh they're both her brothers.. obviously
aaalexis213 1 year ago
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@RubnBritney uh they're both her brothers.. obviously
aaalexis213 1 year ago
why dont the doctors just section her under the mental health act instead of going to court? x
jazzanagirl 1 year ago 59
@jazzanagirl if she gets sectioned it is just for that stay... once they force feed her and get her to a "healthy" weight they have to let her out... if her dad gets power of attorney then he can make decisions for her until she is truly better...
mindsjourney 9 months ago
@jazzanagirl That act may not have existed back when this happened.
taylormadediva2009 7 months ago
@jazzanagirl Or the state they live in might not have that act.
taylormadediva2009 7 months ago
@jazzanagirl Because American Laws are different.
diizzyfiizzy 7 months ago
@jazzanagirl because back then during that time period there wasnt a mental health act
crippledwing 6 months ago
every time i see the backyard and the shovel i automatically think they are digging her grave
iLuvYew125 1 year ago
Why does she want to be sick. It does not make sense to me.
aleynabubbles 1 year ago
@aleynabubbles Same reason it would not make sense to me or you as to why someone would want to take drugs or drink 60 beers in a day. Its a disorder of the mind, whether addiction or compulsive and etc..
mustange550 1 year ago
@aleynabubbles She doesn't want to be sick. She has a disease that she has no control over.
PopGirl890 1 year ago 5
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Rizoto88 1 year ago
@Rizoto88 Eat people?? ;)
Bozpot 1 year ago
@Rizoto88
it's a difference be healthy and proud, and to be fat and proud..
double chins and chunkiness are nothing to be proud of. Put down the burger and eat a celery stick or something...
heylie13 1 year ago
@heylie13 no offense, but that's not right. some people can't help the double chins or the chunkiness. it's genetics. i mean there are some people who eat to the point of that, but there's also others who can't help the way they look, ya know?
marissanicolexo 1 year ago 3
@marissanicolexo Very true. I have had to take a corticosteroid for Crohn's Disease, and it gave me chipmunk cheeks, made my stomach bloat, and increased my appetite. It's like the signal to my brain to stop eating was suppressed, and the other side effects made it worse. I would look in the mirror and cry, because I didn't recognize myself. Now that I am off them, I don't look fat anymore. As for the double chin...I think it's because of the meds too, but if it's not, then it's genetics. >_<
HououMinamino 1 year ago
is this based on a true story?
zarate760 1 year ago
lmao
"so you mean i have to go into a court room and say my daughter is crazy?"
"incompetant, incompetant is different"
ololusername 1 year ago
her parents are awesome
hollyzone 1 year ago
im surprised she can still produce tears.
tigerbaby6 1 year ago
@tigerbaby6
bahahah
zarate760 1 year ago
Someone needs to smack Nancy right across the face. She says she knows she's sick but she's trying. She can't even put a piece of food in her mouth. Someone needs to hospitalize her against her will. That's the only way she's going to live.
JeniBurton213 1 year ago 6
they would just have her sectioned and put into a locked ward, strapped down with a naso-gastric tube. thats what they keep doin to me!
carniekatie 1 year ago
i hope she dies in this movie.(not literally) but just so that thinspo girls realize that if she keeps up with this that's exactly where it leads to...death.
lozerssexy 1 year ago
@lozerssexy you don't even understand thiese girls. no offense
RoteFedern 1 year ago
@RoteFedern right, because you know me and my life.
lozerssexy 1 year ago
@lozerssexy what has your comment to do with your life? I didn't mean to offend you. i just think you have no idea because a movie doesn't get the thought of death in your head. what if the character dies....no "thinspo"-girl would care...they are so in denial and so desperate to be thin that it simply doesn't matter.
RoteFedern 1 year ago
if the parents really want her to get better they should just say "fine ur over 18,u dont want help u can't live her anymore!"
that helped me. When i was in nancy's situation my parents said that to me and i refused so they made me leave....after 1/2 a day i came back. They asked me again if i wanted help and i said yes.Im better now (not completely better) but much better than i was
tatulover2120 1 year ago
the lawyer is mrs bloom from kyle xy!
agquiteh 1 year ago
I would love to be that skinny :/
ThebeautyRevolution 1 year ago
@ThebeautyRevolution me 2
tatulover2120 1 year ago
@ThebeautyRevolution me too! :(
ilovekyle12345 1 year ago
@ThebeautyRevolution me too :( sucks don't it? i'm trying to be that skinny :(
iheartsjonas 1 year ago
@ThebeautyRevolution me too :( but sadly I'm 5'8" and 115 lbs and i look so fat compared to her... ugh i hate my body
agee895 1 year ago
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@agee895 you hate your body ? you are slim
rosie2900 2 months ago
A popular musician in the 1970s, Karen Carpenter, with all the money in the world ended up dying by the time she was 33 of anorexia. I see dad gave her his wings... he's fallen on hope... as a fighter pilot would say from here on in it's "on a wing and a prayer".
suelizjohnson 1 year ago
i love her brothers
zacefronlovee 1 year ago 29
I really like this movie...Nancy is quite realistic. 6:28 was all I ever said. I never wanted to tell anyone what I was thinking.
Kat531 1 year ago 3
This isn't about her right 2 have her disease. S'about the to be Self. Being terrified of the realities of adult life, but not wanting 2 have every decision made 4 you.The sense of helplessness: being told "u will do this" because "u r reasonable" or if that doesn't work - "b.c. we know best" or "b.c. u don't know what u need, we do". & the sense of not being able to say "I DO know what I want, let me!" They never let her learn how to do that w/ little things. So she did it w/ a big 1, hmm?
vergeflower12 2 years ago
nancy..theyre like stong and nice looking... never seen ANYONE on a unit with nails like that!
MrSkidm4rk 2 years ago
how on earth do her nails look like that?
MrSkidm4rk 2 years ago
Who?
Lisa13245 2 years ago
see above lol posted it in the wrong bit..
MrSkidm4rk 2 years ago
Oh haha
Lisa13245 2 years ago
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i was diagnosed with anorexia 3 weeks ago then in attempt to eat more.. i eat some buts then was so schocked that id eaten something else iv binged eaten for 2 weeks. iv gained alot of weight.. and in sadness i took loads of pills today to die cus of weight gain and im getting pains in the heart now.. i dont want to die now cus im going back on my diet tomorow.
shinznay 2 years ago
pm me i think i can help.
just dont harm yourself please.
sxemariofficalpage 2 years ago
hello.. please help me.. i dont want to relapse into the horrable anorexia.. i hate it. im dieting soo. its going to consist of salads(with olive oil) on it.. friuts and fish monday and fridays.. just tell me what i have to say in my head to make you anorexia does not come back.
shinznay 2 years ago
@shinznay seriously ur getting annoying
nasrinv 2 years ago
what did youy take?? are you ok???
Limorexia 2 years ago
@shinznay mental institution or ur just being stupid and tryin to get attention...
nasrinv 2 years ago
Why does the actress who plays the mother in this movie look almost as skinny as the actress playing the anorexic?
It's a pretty ridiculous contradiction of this movie's message.
sbellino 2 years ago 75
The actress was struggling with anorexia at the time and the movie was filled backward someone on another part was talking about it......I think in 3...
xxxbabyxxx666 2 years ago
i kept thinking that-infact the mother looks thinner than Nancy
vicwau87 2 years ago
@sbellino that's what i was just thinking! lol!
ilovekyle12345 1 year ago
@sbellino thats funny i also noiced it her arms r soo thin!!!
shvesther91 1 year ago
@sbellino Being very skinny isn't an indication of anorexia. The mom's body type is naturally skinny ,and she probably has a fast metabolism. She also exercises, which probably helps her stay skinny. Also, the mom clearly eats healthy and regularly, so she' not anorexic and doesn't contradict the movie's message.
RaniSyn 1 year ago 3
@RaniSyn Very well explained. I would also posit that some of her resistance to Nancy's problem at the beginning might've been how she saw her daughter's body being similar to her own.
ideoplastic 1 year ago
@sbellino Maybe because she is preoccupied?
oncempct 1 year ago
@sbellino have you also been able to note the fact that nobody in this movie ever fucking eats, except for that scene where all the anorexics sit together in the dining hall and actually DO eat? it's pretty ironic. i really like this movie, but that's something that's just really twisted.
LiefsteCamilla 1 year ago
@LiefsteCamilla Nobody really eats on tv, the food is plastic and the shots are edited to show time lapse, lol.
PrincessKLS 1 year ago
@sbellino I've found that it's not actually that unusual. My mom is really thin and she's about as thin as I was at my lowest weight yet she always says these things like "Oh, I'm not that thin. I'm perfectly healthy."
rosethorn18 1 year ago
@sbellino Exactly what I was thinking OMG! HA HA HA! SHE'S WEARING BAGGY CLOTHES TOO EH HEH HEH!
Silthrith 1 year ago
@sbellino Her name was Jill Clayburgh. The reason she looked so skinny was because she had cancer.
carebear27203 1 year ago 4
@sbellino the mother suffered from leukemia for quite some time. she passed away a few weeks ago
cheertiger92 1 year ago
@sbellino The actress who played the mom was sick with cancer........it was not an intentional.
Chibby109 1 year ago 2
@sbellino She had Leukemia.
EkIsLiefVirJou93 1 year ago 2
@sbellino She had cancer......
sumkindawunnerful 1 year ago
@sbellino She was suffering from Leukimia.
bellykelly53 1 year ago 3
@sbellino The actress who played the mother was Jill Clayburgh, who was diagnosed with leukemia four years before this film was made. Jill's frame could have been the result of her body's suffering from chemotherapy. Chemo can really debilitate a person's body, inducing a lack of appetite and nausea too. I do see your point, but I think it was just an unintended coincidence. Full kudos to Jill and Tracey for working despite being ill. Unfortunately, leukemia took Jill's life last year ;( RIP xx
sraphael 1 year ago 31
@sbellino the mother's actress had luekimia.
RocketDontKnockIt 11 months ago
@sbellino
She had cancer at the time, it wasn't an intentional pick for the role.
Kalairian 11 months ago
@sbellino She was suffering from chronic luekemia at the time. x
LizzabeeethLoves 11 months ago
@sbellino she was suffering from leukemia
yuckfooie 11 months ago
@sbellino
acually the actress who played the mother, was suffering from leukemia.
thats why she looks so slim. and the girl playing nancy, was acually recovering from her own e.d in real life. :)
going2bastar 10 months ago
It's not fair to the baby when you are still struggling with anorexia, and pregnant as they are not getting the nourishment both need to survive
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Well one thing. When she was telling about the dream she had,That was a flaw in the movie because If you are as sick as her like i (WAS)
Then you don't have dreams you can't have dreams.
DIEmyBLOOD 2 years ago
Not true. I've been pretty darn sick myself, and while it was rare I slept and even rarer that I dreamt, I did have one or two. That's probably why they stuck out so much. While it's true malnutrition distrupts regular REM cycles, it doesn't make dreaming impossible. It's just unlikely/hard to remember. I recall a few times I fell into a waking REM, my body was so tired. I didn't dream then, but it was strange all the same. Like falling into a time warp that lasts for a blink. Starvation's odd.
AshdensSweetheart 2 years ago
False.
I was that sick, and I dreamt about food... pretty much every night. It vary s from person to person
MissMadiD 2 years ago 4
I think that's what's best, if the parents don't force her back into the hospital she will die, she's too weak and malnurished now to do everyday things.
KittyKarryAll 2 years ago 4
im pro ana :( no control!
eili97 2 years ago
i was.
im trying to get better now as i just found out i mightent be able to have kids. but now i cant stop so be careful with urself xxx i hope its worth it
MyNaMeIsJeSsIeW 2 years ago 2
Yeah starving themselves like that does make them unable to have kids it messes their body up.
KittyKarryAll 2 years ago 3
Not always unable--just harder and unlikely. A good number end up unfertile, but many go on to have children. Some even get pregnant while still starving. I guess it just depends on each individual's system and body resilience.
There's been some interesting research and news articles contemplating the effects of becoming pregnant while Anorexic. I haven't really read many of them, though. I don't much care for sex or children, so I haven't given it much thought.
AshdensSweetheart 2 years ago
Like the movie, "Dying to be Perfect" with Crystal Bernard. She was still throwing up even after she got pregnant.
Msrjs078308 2 years ago
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sxemariofficalpage 2 years ago
how can you say you can help me and i asked for advice when youve just ask someone to be your ana buddy. that discusts me.. i asked that quesion 7 months ago to someone and 7 months later i developed a full blown anorexia. its hell.. why do you want that.. anorexia is ahorrable mental illness aswell as bad pyhsical changes.. i lost my peroid for 4 months.. thank god its come back.. im healthy now!
shinznay 2 years ago
@shinznay you don't have to be ana to lose your period... i started doing cross country and I haven't had mine for about 6 months now but there's really nothing you can do about it
agee895 1 year ago
She kind of looks like Linda Blair in The Exorcist when she's talking to her lawyer...
RaulQuintanilla 2 years ago 3
"What are you saying, she's nuts?"
"Oh NO no no no no no no... well, yes." LOL
ost324 2 years ago 6
im watching this as an anorexic, but also as a mummy of two, and i dunno, i dunno what i would do if any of my children were anorexic like me, because i love them so much and would want them to eat, but at the same time time, i can see it from her point of view, its rotten, i dont wanna think about that scenario, but watching this has brought that up in me even more, the fear of what would i do if my child had anorexia, and its spurred me more to carry on gaining more weight.
minimal1975 2 years ago 11
good luck i know you can make it : )
yaminilump 2 years ago
I love this movie. Thank you for uploading it. Love almost the whole cast, especially the beauriful Teryl Rothery who plays the lawyer, Lenore Molee :D
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LglEglElle 2 years ago
thats nasty!
Nfigue2 2 years ago
The part where she is talking to her dad about her feelings makes me cry every time. I live how she feels in this seen everyday. I am depressed each day and my emotions are so stressful and painful to me.
209musicfan 2 years ago 9
Oh god, i can tell this film was written by someone who really knows about depression. that line "Where did those feelings go and why can't I get it back?" hits so true.
ginnyisdacoolest 2 years ago 85
I know, exactly true. I feel empty, dead inside. Ana and Mia are only temp fixes
LglEglElle 2 years ago 2
Nancy looks beautiful skinny.
aiveeyu 2 years ago 6
i hope you're kidding
luvshiei 2 years ago 4
I love the relationship she has with her brother...
moietmavieana 2 years ago 9
giving his daughter his wings was a very symbolic, kind gesture. sometimes the little things make a difference.
hollyzone 2 years ago 6
LOL I thought that stuffed dog was real at first!
lashenova 2 years ago
I love the way Nancy's father speaks. His voice is so smooth.
viannafin 2 years ago 5
where have i seen that dad b4?
lhocker20 2 years ago
Is that lawyer Dr Janet Frasier, from stargate??
Deava 2 years ago
it is! and the therapist is narim for stargate - haha
ishootblankz 2 years ago
god...nancy looks so weak
noXoneXyouXwannaXno 2 years ago 2
must be tough for nancy's lawyer; she knows this girl is dying but has to defend her even though the result of her winning is likely to mean nancy's death.
VelvetUnderground92 2 years ago 12
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I thought that was blood xD
Frumphinks 2 years ago 2
omg me too!!!!
cutiepie9238 2 years ago 2