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If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, you are not alone.
If you are in the United States, please try:
National Eating Disorders Association (support, resources, treatment options)
If you are outside the United States, visit IASP to find help lines related to eating disorders for your country.
For self-help courses on body image and general peer support, please try Koko.
If you need some inspiration and comfort on your dashboard, follow Post It Forward on Tumblr.
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Giving in to self-destructive behaviors and sticking it through in recovery are both painful and exhausting, but only one is suffering in the right direction.
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edtwt is dead I'm desperate for ed mutuals on here so please if you're 20+ and have an ed and your sw is over 160lbs let's be moots?? We don't ever have to talk I just want moots :/
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Your digestive system is made of smooth muscle. Smooth muscle, like all muscle, has the potential to atrophy when not used. So if you’re having digestive issues while in recovery from a restrictive type eating disorder, know that this is normal. Your body is just getting used to eating larger amounts of food more frequently. It isn’t very pleasant right now but if you stick with it it’ll pass. I’m proud of you. Keep going <3
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It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week, so I wanted to dive a little deeper into eating disorders -- specifically 7 invisible and misunderstood eating disorders. As many of you know, this channel started as content around eating disorders, and I've been working in ED recovery as a therapist for most of my career. As the channel evolved, I started creating more mental health content around different categories because I saw the need. But having done years of research and work around eating disorders and ED recovery, I know that there are many people who are struggling with this on a daily basis. And we often think eating disorders show up as the ones we often hear of like Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia, but there are several other forms of eating disorders that can interfere or affect your life in serious ways. Let's talk about 7 invisible or misunderstood eating disorders, and how to heal from them.
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I'd love to see what all the obviously pro ana people on this hellsite who deny being pro ana, actually consider pro ana.
They promote the idea that starvation and dangerously low weights are good and something positive to attain with their posts.
They promote severe Anorexia by posting thinspo and bonespo all over their blogs with tags like "body goals."
They give tips for eating as little as possible, find "ana buddies" and literally encourage them to starve (in case you didn't know, "pro ana" is short for "promoting anorexia" to others, which is against the TOS everyone agreed to when making a blog, so having an "ana buddy" is the kinda the most pro ana thing anyone can do since the point is to help each other starve).
Saying "it's just for meee, I'm not promoting to others!" Is also bullshit because they all use as many pro ana tags to get attention for their posts, and if they were just posting for themselves they could do it on a private blog, where they wouldn't be inspiring others to KILL THEMSELVES like they do with a public blog covered in tons of "ana tags" for attention because you need that clout and want to feel "special."
How do the aforementioned actions not fit the definition of promoting anorexia?
For the pro anas reading this: there is no excuse for promoting EDs. Promoting an ED is NOT a symptom of EDs. You are responsible for everything you post publicly, especially when you are seeking out people to trigger with all those dumb tags.. people truly posting "for themselves" wouldn't even use tags. There are ways to talk about your struggles with an ED (if you have one) without making it seem like a positive thing to deal with- and don't say "but I'm mentally illlll, it's not MY fault I'm intentionally hurting people!1!" No. unless you are severely impaired mentally (you wouldn't be able to blog, but I'll pretend for this example), you are entirely capable of knowing what you are doing is wrong, especially because you use those misspelled tags to hide your promotion of EDs- that attempt to not get caught by people like me who will report you shows that you clearly know what you're doing is wrong and not allowed on Tumblr.
Get out of denial- if you do these things, YOU ARE PRO ANA. Accept it and stop trying to hurt people by spreading your disgusting content all over Tumblr; especially in the recovery tags- it still blows my mind that there are people cruel enough to post about their starvation diet in the ED recovery tags, but yes, pro anas are just that shitty.
FUCKING STOP.
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i had a really good therapy session today and coffee date, challenged myself by splitting a pastry andd made an everyplate meal (my friend gave me a coupon) without focusing too much on the nutritional info. some anxiety about it but it was tasty and felt good about trying something new! date was #3 with this person and it feels really promising. i haven't drank since thursday so fully detoxed, feeling more clearheaded, sleeping better, not urgey.
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I am not stupid or broken, I am reacting humanly in inhumane conditions.
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