I don't know what anyone else's views are, but I would not be comfortable being a member here if there was "tip sharing" going on.
In a post yesterday, [which is locked to members only, meaning that if you are not an approved member of this community you cannot see it], a member talks about how you should "be able to share tips" and not "very well get angry at people convincing others to "Starve on" when we are a part of a PRO-ANOREXIA community, can we?".
That member also mentions that they see it like "every person on here is an extremest to one end or the other- but this isn't a recovery site." Yeah you're right its not exactly a recovery site but with anorexia generally comes recovery, whether its 8 months later or 8 years later.
I just totally disagree. And I'm not the only one.
This site [for me anyway] is about supporting members here going through an eating disorder and empathizing with them. Its NOT about telling someone how to kill themselves faster, how to purge if they eat and we all eat, don't deny it. Its also not about creating drama and fake suicides [which we have had a lot of in the past fortnight] or making people feel horrible about themselves.
I remember I saw a post from a user on here who no longer posts and she had posted photos. She stated that she had a BMI of 13, an utterly critical low BMI, and had weeks to live if she did not recover soon, and guess what one of them comments said? 'OMG you look amazing! How did you do it? I so wish I could look like you, you don't look ill at all. Stay strong & think thin.' Like what the hell is that about?! Sure yes, plenty of you will have BDD, a warped body image or have probably just gotten used to the way emaciated people look [sure you've been staring at your thinsporation for hours yeah?] but that is no excuse to tell them to continue in their ways. If you see a photo of a member on here who looks deathly thin, tell them they look really ill and suggest them getting help in the nicest possible way.
I just hate to think that there are members on here getting 'tips' from other members on this site, sure if you wanna do something, do it or don't so it its your own decision, but helping someone drift towards a very dangerous situation is mind blowing. Sure yes, eating disorders are very dangerous, they CAN kill you but there is no need encourage anything that could threaten someone even more than an eating disorder could.
I'm actually appalled at some members on here.
I'm speechless about them.
And to the general public reading this, please take note of this:
This was the original:
COMMUNITY INFORMATION
The community's name - "proanorexia" might mislead you ("pro" typically meaning "in favor of"), so here are my thoughts on what it represents.
Pro is NOT short for:
* promote * procure * produce * prolong * proseltize * propaganda * promising * provocative *
Pro could more appropriately be:
* proximity * prognosis * propensity * prominent *
But there is another side to proanorexia, other than the daily struggles that most members go through, the recovering side.
Each year many members post about recovery. Whether its them being afraid of the unknown, wanting to pursue it, being forced etc., we all support them. Not one person on here, that I know of, would tell them not to recover, people that believe that 'they don't promote recovery and just encourage members to stay within the boundaries of anorexia' are completely wrong.
And 'ANA/MIA' is another issue. Members use the wording 'ana' or 'mia' are used in personificating the sufferers eating disorder which makes it less scary to them, they don't believe they have an imaginary person standing next to them telling them what to do, its a thought [voice] in their head created by the lack of protein.
And group fasts are NOT what this community is about. If you want to start a group fast go to Xanga or Myspace [don't]. They are dangerous and can kill people. Why the hell would you want or NEED someone to motivate you to fast? Is the mirror not enough? You need someone to tell you to 'PUT THAT FOOD DOWN YOU FATTY', yeah? I think its horrible. And it is NOT welcome in this community by me, if you want to do that add the member and make a post in your PRIVATE JOURNAL if you MUST, but please don't group fast.
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