elanya

've had to force myself to stop looking at those pro-ana communities. They make me sick to my stomach. The worse was one I stumbled across where the original moderator had been hospitalized because of her anorexia. They set up a separate journal to chronicle her recovery, the whole time the updater is relaying messages from this girl telling everyone to "be strong and keep starving." The last entry in the journal is that the girl hung herself in the hospital bathroom. And a lot of the comments on that journal were girls going on about how strong that girl was and what an inspiration she was.

These communities really are dangerous. I wish there was a way to stop them, they tell insecure young girls that their self destructive behaviour is a good thing.

Some evil part of me wanted to join and use a picture of Terri Schiavo as my icon, like so many of the use a picture of Ashley Olsen. When they ask about it, tell them that she's my inspiration, she was willing to starve herself until her heart stopped and caused brain damage.

Heh, I forgot I was using my friend's computer and accidentally posted this comment while he was still logged in. Should be careful about that. :)