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challenging towards positive change.
Created on 2008-03-10 02:26:45 (#15115088), last updated 2009-11-28
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Basic Info| Name: | challenging towards positive change |
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| Membership: | Moderated |
| Posting Access: | All Members, Moderated |
| Description: | recovery-oriented eating disorder challenges |
About Welcome to  ed_positivity, a community dedicated to positive ED-related challenges. Please read the rules and the disclaimer at the bottom of the userinfo before joining. This community is a direct corollary to all of the ed challenge communities on lj that promote negative and unhealthy challenges that only serve to immerse you further in your disorder. Here the focus is on more positive health-oriented challenges (such as reducing the amount of times one weighs oneself, meal plan compliance, trying to eat healthier, etc.). The community is not strictly recovery-oriented and members in any stage of an ED are encouraged to join. You know how members in pro-ana communities will post in order to get support from others in going on group fasts, doing the insanely low calorie suicide diet together, and generally self-destructing? The purpose of this community is to apply the same principle to more constructive behaviors. Members are encouraged to post when they're trying to do something positive for themselves and hopefully get support in their endeavors. The idea of using online support to reach your goals within pro-ana communities is actually a good one-- the only problem is users are supporting one another's destruction, not health. Hopefully we can apply the concept here with more positive outcomes. Eventually, we hope that the community can become somewhat self-sustaining (as many pro-ana communities are) with members posting challenges and others joining in, but there are also mod started challenge threads. Off topic (non-challenge) related posts are also allowed. You are welcome to post here for support or if you need to vent, but it is imperative that you keep a positive recovery (or health-minded) outlook. Pro-ana posts or posts encouraging destructive behaviors are not allowed. Since we believe very strongly in online support you can also post looking for lj friends here, but please place the post behind a cut. Also, it is imperative that you are open with other members about the content of your journal; if you mention triggering things, please warn members of this when posting. Since we try to focus on the whole person, please try to include information about yourself other than your ED in the post. Additionally, your journal should have a health/recovery-oriented focus: if you're routinely posting pictures of thinspo, the low amount of cals you eat each day, or updates on your latest attempt at weight loss, you are still welcome to join the community but this is not the place to look for lj friends. All posts are also moderated to be sure they fit within the guidelines of the community. Not sure where to start/how to go about creating a realistic challenge for yourself? See our post on setting s.m.a.r.t. goals (note: you need to be a member to see this).  1. Please put any triggering material behind an lj cut. This includes any mention of behaviors. People are triggered by many different things and it's common courtesy to give members a warning. 2. No mention of numbers. Period. 3. Do not use triggering icons when posting. This includes images of celebrities frequently used as thinspo (such as MK, Nicole Richie, etc.), anything with the words "ana" or "mia," allusions to one being fat, and/or mindless semantics about how life is better when one is an emaciated waif. If you do this your post will also be rejected. 4. When you join, feel free to post the optional introduction form: When we reject posts, we give the reasons why the post is being rejected. If you listen to the suggestions and re-post, your post will be made to the community. If you don't listen to the suggestions and re-post your post will be rejected again (and we will give you the reasons why it is being rejected, again). You're welcome to advertise communities you feel are relevant to ed_positivity, but we will not approve your advertisement if we feel it doesn't meet the ethos of the community.If you have problems with the community and/or other members please post about them in the community issues post at edpositivitymod, the community for moderators of ed_positivity, rather than in the moderators' journals. Comments to the community issues post are screened for privacy.This community is very much in its infancy and any suggestions are greatly appreciated. :) →disclaimer The terms "ana" and "mia" in our interests are for search purposes only. It should go without saying that we do not support the pro-eating disorder movement or encourage destructive behavior in any way, but this is the Internet and people can be dense (and, yes, we've already had pro-ED people attempt to post in this community). You can join the community if you consider yourself pro-ED as we know that change happens gradually; however, you can not post pro-ED content, espouse pro-ED views within the community, or use triggering icons (please see the rules above). Posts are moderated and blatantly pro-ED posts (e.g. talking about how you're pro-ana/mia, looking for pro-ana/mia friends, etc.) will be rejected and result in instant ban from the community. Thank you. |
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