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Yet More Disturbing Contradictions? Humor With Mr. Empath! ^_^ AnaGirlEmpath 81 views Mr. Empath's hilarious observation about the fad diet mags discussed in the last video! We were laughing so hard! This is following yesterday's video: Dr. Oz: Anti-ED Adv...
Dr. Oz: Anti-ED Advocate or Hypocrite? Share Your Opinion! AnaGirlEmpath 221 views I am curious to hear others' thoughts on this... Can you be a FAD DIET MAG supporter AND an Anti-ED Advocate? Mind you these were popular women's magazine COVER STORIES.
For Ladykaat69: Support & Encouragement RE: Difficulty w/ Birthdays AnaGirlEmpath 46 views This video is for @Ladykaat69. She has been struggling a lot recently. Today was her birthday and it was not a good day. This is a message of love, support & encouragemen...
Myths About ED's -- EDAW2012 / NEDAwareness Week 2012! AnaGirlEmpath 61 views This week is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week in the U.S.; overlapping with the U.K.'s b-EAT sponsored ED Awareness Week! Both mottos speak to my heart, so I hybrid...
National ED Awareness Week: BREAK THE SILENCE/Everybody Knows Somebody! AnaGirlEmpath 141 views This is an outreach video I made for my original YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/shewhofeels U.K. Theme for EDAW2012: Break the Silence! [Sponsored by bEAT] U.S. Theme...
Coping w/ Social Situations Involving Food; My Favorite Movies [For TogetherweR] AnaGirlEmpath 160 views This week's topic is about how to deal with social situations involving food. Naturally, these are often high-stress events for inddviduals with ED's. I share some of the...
ATTENTION PS MEMBERS Update: All Is Resolved no worries. ;) AnaGirlEmpath 42 views Hey everyone. PS was down due to hosting fees being due. I'm sorry guys. This has been a very bad month financially. I love you guys & apologize for the inconvenience. *UP...
For Melissa (SerenityRecovers) RE: Waiting For A Call That Will Never Come AnaGirlEmpath 85 views This is a video in response to that of a precious spirit who is in a sad place wherein hope is threatened. Never give up Melissa! Xoxox
How People Reacted When I Shared About My ED [For TogetherweR] AnaGirlEmpath 85 views This week's topic: How did people react when learning that you have an ED? In this video I also offer some reassurance for people contemplating open discourse about one's E...
'Unsafe' Food Mitigation: A.G.E.'s Approach/Nerdout Bonus! [for TogetherweR] AnaGirlEmpath 41 views TOPIC OF THE WEEK: Trigger Foods, aka "Unsafe" Foods. QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What is/was your favorite subject in school? I LOVE Nerdout opportunities...I'm such a geek! ^_...

About Project Shapeshift: Optimal Wellness/Life with Restrictive ED's

I made this channel because my original Channel (shewhofeels) was getting too overcrowded with multiple foci! This Channel is dedicated to addressing issues pertaining to living with a restrictive eating disorder -- anorexia nervosa (AN). I also address the website and forum I inherited a few years ago: Project Shapeshift. I share my uploaded videos with the Community there, as well as here. Herein, I hope to connect with others who also live with restrictive ED's and also share about my Journey.
My site is private; one must register in order to read and participate in the Forum. I share more about Project Shapeshift in the "about me" section below.
Want to follow me outside YouTube?
www.twitter.com/anagirlempath
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Feb 24, 2011

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Hello! I recently created this YouTube Account in order to address issues surrounding restrictive eating disorders. I will be focusing on issues very personal to me; specifically, anorexia nervosa & EDNOS-restrictive subtype (EDNOS-r); Project Shapeshift, a long-standing, international ED support site for adults (18-50+!); & the history of the ProAna Movement, a controversial phenomenon which was birthed by individuals suffering from ED's; seeking empowerment & to reject the victim/sick label. Personally, I have mixed emotions about ProAna, but I have been no more disturbed than in recent years, with the advent of the Second-Wave ProAna Movement; primarily comprised of minors 9-13 years of age.
I feel it is important to understand the origins of the ProAna Movement as a whole; differences between the First-Wave & Second-Wave phenomena & issues surrounding both. The recent phenomenon of mainstream populations considering ED's like AN as "chic" or "cool" is profoundly repugnant to my being. I am adamant about the fact that for most who walk Ana's Path, this is NOT A CHOICE! People who practice Volitional Anorexia are another story & a much more recent phenomenon. These individuals covet anorexia & embrace the tenets of asceticism as a Lifechoice. Some even pretty up their agenda with a relatively new, more socially acceptable moniker: CRON (Caloric Restriction; Optimal Nutrition).
What of my own Journey? I have been everywhere this disease can take someone -- including to Death's door. Today, I utilize my knowledge & experience to reach out to others who also Live with ED's & share the bridging philosophy which has enabled me to effect a tenuous but undeniable peace: Living in Optimal Wellness. My goal is to promote greater understanding & to share my personal concept of balancing one's Life & one's restrictive ED in a feasible, functional & realistic manner. IT CAN BE DONE! For myself & many others, the Journey is a day-to-day, moment-to-moment internal war; one from which most of us (60-75%) will never be entirely free. . One CAN learn to minimize the deleterious effects of his/her ED, but there is no cure. Even in the countless memoirs which are considered recovery stories, the acknowledgment that Ana never leaves us is pervasive throughout them all. This is a message which needs to be acknowledged & discussed. Modern treatment modalities have failed to help the majority of individuals suffering from chronic, intractable AN. It is this awareness, coupled with my own personal experience, which has culminated in my honing the Optimal Wellness philosophy.
I define Optimal Wellness as follows:
1. Striving to Live WITH, not FOR, one's ED!
2. Striving to find a workable balance between overt ED pathology & perfect health.
Embracing this approach allows one to eliminate the discouraging, distressing dangling carrot monotony of chasing a non-existent "cure". The day to day experience of striving to Live Optimally Well is best described as "walking the Thin Red Line." This line, for me, is the bridge between overt ED pathology & perfect health. One must exert a consummate effort to achieve this elusive, tenuous balance, but it CAN be done!
The incidence, prevalence & impact of eating disorders has never been greater. In my own Journey, I have explored many approaches to Living with an eating disorder. I am 36 now & have been walking Ana's Path in balance for several years now!
IT IS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE that modern treatment modalities fail to help the vast majority of individuals with anorexia nervosa -- especially when the disease is long-standing.

I also discuss the website and forum I inherited in February of 2010: Project Shapeshift. This Site and Forum Community is among the very few surviving First-Wave ProAna websites. Our Creatress authored a thought-provoking, intellectual, highly respected & most thoroughly-studied (and now, infamous!) body of texts ever written from inside the ProAna Movement: Ana's Underground Grotto. The original texts are published on our main Site to preserve our history, but our current focus has been amended to OPTIMAL WELLNESS with restrictive ED's!
There is much to say about the advent of the ProAna Movement & its psychosocial impact on our society today. I will no doubt address these issues further over the course of time.

If you have any questions, comments, requests or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me here at YouTube or via email ( anagirlempath@project-shapeshift.net). Be well, precious ones!
~*TOGETHER, WE ARE STRONGER!*~

xoxox!

~A.G.E.

Age

Hometown

Boulder, Colorado

Country

United States

Occupation

Permanently disabled by chronic illness.Fellowships/Internships at University (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Medicine) -- did not complete studies due to illness.

Interests

Pharmacy, Medicine, Reading, Writing, Vlogging, Cooking, Anorexia, Eating Disorders, Reading, Animals, Birds, Eclectus parrots, Pugs, Cats, Hens, Connecting with kindred spirits and more! ;)

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