by
SeiLa
@ 2007-09-29 - 03:17:03
Ok... This issue is really bothering me...
There are debates going about who is to blame that young girls ( and boys ) develop an Eating Disorder!!!
There are alot of people who are pointing the finger to Pro-Ed websites and Forums, others say the media is to blame, because they show us stick thin models and celebritys everywhere we look.
So I wonder, who really is to blame?
Well the answer is : NO ONE and EVERYONE, simple as that, because if we continue to point the finger at others , we will never see the error of our ways.
Some parents and doctors think that Pro-Ed website are bad for the people who have an Ed. They are trying to shut them down without even realising that if they do so, Ed people wont have no where to go to talk to like minded people aboiut what they are going through. And the media isn't doing the Ed people any good, by glamurising the Eating Disordered World, by telling people about only the dark side of the Ed world. Because there is soooo much more to it.
No one, except the Ed people , actually know how it feels to life every day with an Ed, and what its like to have it, to be a part of that world, and how hard it is to get out.
I know that alot of people think that all Pro-Ed websites and the people on them are really bad and 'evil', and are trying to destroy other peoples lifes, trying to 'teach' young girls how to 'be' anorexic or bulimic. That they are Against Recovery and/or are doing it for the attention.
In my oppinion the real danger is the media. The more they advertise the whole issue, the more young girls will think that this is 'cool' and acceptable. A young girl who reads her sisters teen magazine, or reads one herself, will see the whole Ed issue there and think that if its in a popular and cool magazine, than it is cool to have it.
The following part was written by a person who has an Ed:
Ana in My own Words."
People ask me what is Ana? To me? Why is there sucha craze about her? What does she has that everyone so desperatly wants?
Well, the answers to these questions are very simple...
-Control
-Perfection
-Weightless
Ana is someone ( something ) that will be there for you when no one else is. And will listen to you and help you through. Ana is perfect, she means control and she is a mean bitch! You can't get rid of her when you want, but when "they" help you, you don't want her to go!
You can't help but to listen to and do what ever she tells you to do. Sometimes you don't even realise that you are following her orders, because you are so used to it."
Another Girl said that : " Ana is our saviour. Our dearest mother. WE love her. She gives us self-love and self-control. For that we listen to her and do what she tells us to do.
A close friend of mine, who has an Ed herself had different views on this issue!
" I strongly dissagree. Some people are developing Ed's as a means of attention seeking, some think that it will make them cool or interesting. And none of this has to do with the media, just their own screwed up minds"
