Comments on: Pro Anorexia Mothers http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/ Body Image, Eating Disorders, Proanorexia Culture Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: emmy. http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/#comment-4574 emmy. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:28:59 +0000 http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/#comment-4574 first off, i do have to agree with Mis: they are not trying to be "selfish." they are sick, as upsetting as the situation is. they are mentally ill. second, i grew up in a house that surrounded me with food and dieting situations. my mom did her best to raise me with "normal" eating habits, despite her constant attempts at [healthy] weight loss (as she has always had a weight problem on the other side of the spectrum). Children notice it all. I had a girl in one of my treatment groups that did everything she could to keep her eating disorder hidden from her children.. and then walked in on her pre-double-digits daughter purging. this.. makes me so sad. hidden or not, it's in their environment and there's no shielding it no matter how hard you try. children are smarter than adults, sometimes. it just.. makes me so sad. first off, i do have to agree with Mis: they are not trying to be “selfish.” they are sick, as upsetting as the situation is. they are mentally ill.

second, i grew up in a house that surrounded me with food and dieting situations. my mom did her best to raise me with “normal” eating habits, despite her constant attempts at [healthy] weight loss (as she has always had a weight problem on the other side of the spectrum). Children notice it all.
I had a girl in one of my treatment groups that did everything she could to keep her eating disorder hidden from her children.. and then walked in on her pre-double-digits daughter purging.

this.. makes me so sad. hidden or not, it’s in their environment and there’s no shielding it no matter how hard you try. children are smarter than adults, sometimes. it just.. makes me so sad.

]]> By: Mis http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/#comment-4575 Mis Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:53:48 +0000 http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/#comment-4575 You need to remember that those "selfish" women have a clinical Disorder. What you don't know is how absolutely awful it is to wake up knowing your day is run by what you consume, and how you consume, and when you consume. Who is the skinniest mama at Stitch and Bitch? In some social circles that matters, and drives women to impossible standards. Money is a factor, as well. The more, the thinner. Try to help instead of harm, you may actually see you have a few large flaws, yourself. You need to remember that those “selfish” women have a clinical Disorder. What you don’t know is how absolutely awful it is to wake up knowing your day is run by what you consume, and how you consume, and when you consume. Who is the skinniest mama at Stitch and Bitch? In some social circles that matters, and drives women to impossible standards. Money is a factor, as well. The more, the thinner. Try to help instead of harm, you may actually see you have a few large flaws, yourself.

]]> By: Anonymous http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/#comment-4573 Anonymous Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:29:30 +0000 http://mamavision.com/2007/10/20/pro-anorexia-mothers/#comment-4573 i think its very unfair for you to say that a parent with an eatting disorder is selfish and if a social worker saw what was on the site that they would take there children away ect.... Just becasue someone posts thinspo pictures on a profile or talks about how they have fasted for the past couple days, or how this women was complaining how she could not hold any food in her stomache....like if you have not realized these women are sick, physically and mentaly...its an major battle, one that i dont think you totally understand at times. I myself am not pro ana but on my myspace page there are photos of mary kate and some other thin girls, and things that say to eat or not to eat that is the question ect..but thoes are my feelings and the things i struggle with every single day that does not make me a PROMOTER of eatting disorders. I know its not right for me to be doing this to myself, that im never going to be satisfied, I know im not "fat" but i cant BELIEVE IT and for alot of people they know what they are doing to themselves and how its unhealthy ect....but when your wraped in that world, living daily with the thoughts and feelings its hard to climb on up outta that whole most of us get into. I think you might even be suprised at how many of them might have also gone to treatment, and maybe more than once and still cant shake this deasies....its something more than being a selfish person its not like they want there kids to live the life they did, i sure as hell dont and they must be terrifed that they cant stop or change there ways and what if my child follows in my foot steps...i just think you think anyone with a picture of a think girl or bloging about there fustrations or thougths about wanting to maybe starve one more day...if you read all the blogs youll see that they also state why cant i stop, whats wrong with me you just find the ones that dont state that and make a big fuss about it. I will admit that there are some out there who are pro ana and are dead set in there ways but again its a deasies. but the main thing is just stop kinda asuming everyone who has a blog on eds or a myspace page about theres does not make them TEACHING others...these people need a place to vent and communicate with others who understand... i think its very unfair for you to say that a parent with an eatting disorder is selfish and if a social worker saw what was on the site that they would take there children away ect….

Just becasue someone posts thinspo pictures on a profile or talks about how they have fasted for the past couple days, or how this women was complaining how she could not hold any food in her stomache….like if you have not realized these women are sick, physically and mentaly…its an major battle, one that i dont think you totally understand at times. I myself am not pro ana but on my myspace page there are photos of mary kate and some other thin girls, and things that say to eat or not to eat that is the question ect..but thoes are my feelings and the things i struggle with every single day that does not make me a PROMOTER of eatting disorders. I know its not right for me to be doing this to myself, that im never going to be satisfied, I know im not “fat” but i cant BELIEVE IT and for alot of people they know what they are doing to themselves and how its unhealthy ect….but when your wraped in that world, living daily with the thoughts and feelings its hard to climb on up outta that whole most of us get into. I think you might even be suprised at how many of them might have also gone to treatment, and maybe more than once and still cant shake this deasies….its something more than being a selfish person its not like they want there kids to live the life they did, i sure as hell dont and they must be terrifed that they cant stop or change there ways and what if my child follows in my foot steps…i just think you think anyone with a picture of a think girl or bloging about there fustrations or thougths about wanting to maybe starve one more day…if you read all the blogs youll see that they also state why cant i stop, whats wrong with me you just find the ones that dont state that and make a big fuss about it. I will admit that there are some out there who are pro ana and are dead set in there ways but again its a deasies. but the main thing is just stop kinda asuming everyone who has a blog on eds or a myspace page about theres does not make them TEACHING others…these people need a place to vent and communicate with others who understand…

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