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 Jul 23 2006, 01:08 AM
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I was in chat when someone posted a link to some girl's Xanga. I clicked it expecting to find some interesting material. Instead what I found was both disturbing and (in my opinion) psychotic. It appeared to be quite cult-like.
I don't know how much history this has, but I just recently stumbled upon a HUGE number of "Ana girls", or females that are "Pro-Anorexia Nervosa". In their blogs they seem to be glorifying a very serious and dangerous eating disorder. Has anyone else seen anything like this before? It makes me feel really naive to think that I am just now finding out about it. And to think that there are support groups for people that glamourize being anorexic... For more information I've provided links to two sources that I used to find out more about it. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana Please note that any opinions stated in this topic are not meant to offend anyone. They are STRICTLY personal opinions. |
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Jul 23 2006, 01:46 AM
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Being a member of a support forum [read: not "pro-ana"], I've seen that often. I'm not really sure what to think of it, other than just scoffing and ignoring it. Many of these girls can, actually, go on to develop full-on eating disorders through this "pro-ana"-ness, and that is quite scary. Most, from what I've seen, get tired of it or realize they were idiots. Which is good.
The forum I am a member of, though, originates from the pro-ED [eating disorder] "movement". The creator of the forum even claims to be the original website in which eating disorders weren't discussed as just the regular DSM-IV crap.. Yeah, I think she almost takes 'credit' for it all. Almost. It's been around since..2001 or 2000, I think. It's gotten ridiculous, though. There are such things as bracelets and actual colors that are used to identify eating disorders; there are nicknames for the disorders like "mia" for bulimia and well, ana for anorexia; online tips that are very idiotic and..yeah. Recommending someone take syrup of ipecac to induce vomiting is just..  . There's not really much you can do for someone that believes an eating disorder is a choice and would like to lose a few pounds as a part of their diet--other than filling them up with facts and the whole "it's-a-deadly-mental-disease-not-a-diet, lolz" crap, which sometimes helps. However, many of these girls can be dealing with an actual eating disorder and with taking part in this "pro-ana" crap, it just makes it harder for her/him to get help in the long run. |
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Jul 23 2006, 02:04 AM
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QUOTE(autodidact. @ Jul 23 2006, 2:46 AM)  It's gotten ridiculous, though. There are such things as bracelets and actual colors that are used to identify eating disorders; there are nicknames for the disorders like "mia" for bulimia and well, ana for anorexia; online tips that are very idiotic and..yeah. Recommending someone take syrup of ipecac to induce vomiting is just.. ....wow. I know wannabe-anas. It's so dumb. They used to post images of anorexics on their pages. It was weird because they were.. obese.. and they never got skinnier.  I think it's sad. 
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islandgirl4eva I'm a new Ana Jul 23 2006, 01:08 AM
tic tac. Eh, never seen anything about that. As much as I... Jul 23 2006, 01:11 AM WINTERBERRYxxx Even I, a full blown anoretic, finds this hugely d... Jul 23 2006, 09:25 AM
suddenly she winterberryxxx... it's anorexic, not anoretic.... Jul 29 2006, 03:31 PM autodidact. QUOTE(suddenly she @ Jul 29 2006, 1:31 PM... Jul 29 2006, 04:02 PM WINTERBERRYxxx QUOTE(suddenly she @ Jul 29 2006, 3:31 PM... Jul 30 2006, 02:17 PM ichigofan Um the websites starting poping up around 2000-200... Jul 26 2006, 12:59 AM tainted_angel I remember somehow finding out about those xanga b... Jul 26 2006, 01:07 AM n00b i always see these sites.
They always subscribe to... Jul 26 2006, 01:25 AM yummy_delight I've seen one it made me want to throw up.
N... Jul 26 2006, 02:32 AM bballchick1 QUOTEi always see these sites.
They always subscri... Jul 26 2006, 10:23 AM Freaky Krazer People who support anorexia are stupid and makes M... Jul 26 2006, 10:25 AM This Confession yea
I found it a long time ago. My friend was in o... Jul 26 2006, 10:40 AM airam i know. it's really sad Jul 26 2006, 01:38 PM stephinika Yeah I stumbled upon some of those before in the p... Jul 26 2006, 01:54 PM Quarantine. thats not the only group supporting for that kind ... Jul 26 2006, 02:05 PM Kathleen QUOTE(Quarantine. @ Jul 26 2006, 3:05 PM)... Jul 26 2006, 04:17 PM xbabyboo Wow..thats sad..Theres a lot of groups that suppor... Jul 26 2006, 02:45 PM annabel_x Yeah..I've seen xanga's like those before.... Jul 26 2006, 03:05 PM xlilaznchickx i've never seen xanga's like that..since i... Jul 26 2006, 03:18 PM Skyline Drive Yeah it's pretty damn sad..
There is nothing... Jul 26 2006, 03:21 PM xCrys I agree ^ ...Completely. Jul 26 2006, 04:18 PM nyctophiliac they should just go kill themselves Jul 29 2006, 04:55 PM bonjour_x ^ sure.
yeh i saw one on livejournal a few months ... Jul 29 2006, 05:58 PM one_and_only yea i saw this something about this on tv. website... Jul 30 2006, 03:13 PM Teenage Mutant Ninja Meg i've seen this before...
i have a friend, luke... Aug 2 2006, 07:47 PM BrokenDream Wow. How disturbing. Aug 5 2006, 08:32 AM islandgirl4eva It really IS disturbing. I don't knock people ... Aug 6 2006, 02:45 PM teeners__15 haha yea i ran into this "cult" a while ... Aug 7 2006, 01:54 AM Spiritual Winged Aura support the ones who are recovering from ana/bulim... Aug 7 2006, 02:10 AM archana I've came upon those blogs on featured content... Aug 7 2006, 11:56 AM |
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