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grr80
i am not pro ana, however, i do visit pro ana sites. i have had an eating disorder since age 11 or 12 and am now 21, and i would prefer to stay on the anorexic end of the eating disorder spectrum since i can’t seem to shake the whole eating disorder thing. i have been ed-nos, bulimic, anorexic, complulsive overeater, complulsive over-exerciser, etc. and figure that if i have to be miserable with an eating disorder i may as well be as thin as possible so i can at least have that to show for it. i am currently ed-nos because i’m not quite underweight, but plan on becoming underweight and have been eating at the most 900 calories a day. i want to recover but don’t think i will be able to like my body if i’m not thin. i would never advocate “trying anorexia” for someone who hasn’t an eating disorder, but i have one already and just use the ana sites for support. if you don’t have an eating disorder, PLEASE don’t try to develop one bacause it will make your life hell and you will never be satisfied with any weight loss any way. it will make you want to lose more and more. don’t get yourself into that trap!!! still, i don’t think that the ana sites should be altogether stopped because i need people to talk to who understand what it’s like and how i feel without trying to change me or tell me i need to eat. when i think i’m ready for recovery i will seek it but i am too afraid to now.
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madeline79
i want to be anorexic so badly. i want it more than anything. i want to be skinny.. not normal.. skinny. i dont know what makes me want this so badly, but i want to be in pain. i want to suffer and i want people to look at me as someone with problems. why do i want all of this? i actually dont even care why. i just want to be anorexic. im borderlined being anorexic and bulimic. i dont eat more than a meal a day and i throw up after eating that meal most of the time. this has been going on on and off for almost a year. is there anyone out there willing to help me become anorexic consistantly? please? someone that wont get on my back about how unhealthy it is for you. because honestly, i dont care about my health or myself. go ahead, say that i have no respect for myself because i dont. someone who feels the way i do please help me.
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Jennifer78
anorexia=death….. you girls say you want to become anorexic, you have no brain. You have no love for yourselves. Anorexia doesn’t make you look skinnier, it makes all of you look like skeletons walking. If you all want to have a heart attack …go ahead kill yourselves.
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77
i’m part of the xanga community. it is not all “pro-ana”. alot of sites are actually support sites for those in recovery, or for those still trapped in this disease. i have suffered from some form of eatting disorder since i have been 7 years old. beginning with bulimia then switching between compulsive eatting and anorexia. at this point in time i am an extremely unhealthy anorexic. my blood pressure is incredibly low. (78/42) i have a very slow heartrate. (38bpm) my hair has been falling out for years now. my teeth are speckled with brown dots from detrioration. my bones are horrendous. i get stress fractures from doing the most normal things because they are so weak. my metabolism is shot. all in all i’m dying. at one point my doctors gave me 2 weeks to live because my heart would not beat on its own. i listen to people say that anorexia is a lifestyle. that they choose to become “ana”. well, 1. i think you’re insane if you would like to choose this for your life. and 2. anorexia will “choose” to kill you just as easily as you choose to become one.
i will defend xanga until the day i die. it has offered support from others that would be impossible to find anywhere else. it may allow some unwitting girl to begin down the path to this disease but it has been a life saver for me and many of the friends i have made on xanga. the people on xanga that are truely suffering from this disease will rarely give tips. one of the most common comments that we leave is to the affect of get out while you still can. not all in the eatting disorder community are “pro ana’s”. many are in all actuality “anti-ana’s” -
Emily louise hall76
how could anyone support anorexia? (can’t spell) i hvae sat here and read every single one of the comments people have put on here and the mogority of them say that they are anorexic and proud of it! are you mad!? do you not reolize what you are doing to yourself? do you not care what people think of you when you walk down the street? or even what boys think of you. please don;t think i’m very judg-mental here when i’m saying all of this but honestly how could you be proud? you people who belive that they are proud of being anorexic should honestly thin again. i mean buying clothes that don’t fit them, not being able to get a boyfriend because your to skinny. do you not reolize that boys like curves on girls. and plus your familys will be embaresed too! its not healthy for 16, 17 year old girls and boys to weigh like 6 stone! its not healty the average for a 16 or 17 year old is 8stone and 4 pounds. that is healthy. i am dissgused at people who say they are proud, because i think that deep deep down your not proud at all!
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Terri75
hi i used to suffer from ana then my parents found out from my phyciatrist an forsed me to eat they thought they were helping after the first few times of crying i submitted an as soon as i could i threw up so then i got diagnosed with bullimia i was like this from the age of 10 - 15 i started to eat helthly after 6 months in a clinic at 16 i fell pregnant and after i had the baby my skin became realy loose from all the years of abusing it it had no alastisity (please excuse the spelling im deslexic)my body is now a teribble mess i still suffer from body dismorfic dissorder but now i am over waight an require surgery to remove the loose skin when i was ten i was the tallest in my class i stoped myself from growin by not giving my body the nutriants it needid i am only 5ft 1 when all the rest of the women in my family are at least 5ft 7 i also have gum desses an my teeth are falling out all the time from the acids in my sick coroding them my hair is also brittle an lank i am not pretty i used to b i just couldnt see it i would beg any one who wants to become anarexic to rethink i wish someone had warned me i no parents shout and tell you not to but it is for the best no one tells you what a mess your bady can became when you recover and if they do you presume it carnt happen to you well it happend to me so i guess it can i almost died so i guess you could say im lucky i hope you can b to if youve just started stop befor the real damage begines to get better you dont have to eat first you have to think the eating comes after any one can fool them selves with an apple.thanks
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anom74
YES I HAVE an eating disorder, but that doesn’t make me PRO-ANOREXIA. (I’m EDNOS by the way; I’m about 5 pounds away from the clinical “17.7 BMI” dignostic criteria). In fact, I am VERY Anti-Pro-Ana for several reasons.
1- The exact words “Ana” and “Mia” make me bust with laughter….it’s a disorder, I really think people sound stupid when they’re like “I’m mia with ana tendencies” Or “I’m mia at night”. A LOT of people self diagnose their disorder, when in fact, they are perfectly normal.
2- I almost died 2 months ago from working out too hard; I ran over my limit and collapsed in front of everyone and had to be carried to my boyfriends car
3- I now have heart conditions because of this….AND low blood pressure (99/58)
4- Even if I wanted to eat, I couldn’t because my stomach HURTS to expand
5- I’m scared that even if I fully recover that I will lasp again OR not live to see my kids grow up(that is, if I can even have any)
6- I have a constand dizzy and tired feeling from low blood pressure; sometimes I am afraid that I will fall asleep and NEVER wake up
7- tachrycardia- hearts beats too fast sometimes because of anxiety (128 beats per min…normal is between 70-90)
^^does that sound like it should be glorified? NO, That’s why I am anti-pro-ana. Glory is brought about because of weightloss, but you don’t hear someone say “Yay! My heart skipped beats today!” No, you hear “oh s***…”. Only one side is glorified, NOT ALL OF IT….why is that? think about it…
Again, this isn’t meant to be rude, this is meant to tell people that they might think I’m someone I’m not. I WILL NOT EVER IN MY LIFE hand out “tips” to lose weight. I WON’T be responsible for you landing 6 feet under.
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karen73
I am 33, battling eds for 16 years. Really bad now, I don’t care. I am so fat I wish I would die from the ed. I don’t care about anything anymore.
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lauren72
the reason people and teens are doing this is because they dont want to be labled as the FAT one…..,thats the reason, you dont see guys with fat chicks, they are with skinny ones, that look good in a bikini , not a beach wale duh, i wold no as im in college and these thngs are comonly talked about
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Sarah71
Do me.
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