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Wow! I saw this video and it made me feel so exposed. I didn’t know whether to be offended or appreciate the video at first. I found myself wanting to judge how people are choosing to speak up about eating disorders. Instead of just taking it in and appreciating the message, I judged the girl. I judged her and was making sure that she was being true to the role she was portraying. I know, I am totally going over-the-top, right? But it’s how I was reacting naturally to the whole thing.
In case you are a reader who doesn’t know about me - I have never thrown up my food. I have friends who have done it and I have fantasized about it, but I have never done it. The fact that I could actually see myself doing it - yeah, that scares me. No. It frightens me. I can completely understand the mindset of it. It is a fast way to get rid of what is making me feel so guilty inside.
I don’t know what is the best video out there on eating disorders. With this one, I know it is good intentioned, but for some reason, it doesn’t sit well with my stomach.


Posted in General on February 25th, 2009

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  1. Stephen Says:
    April 4th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Nice blog you should monetise it with adwords.

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