for the last two years i have been a self harmer and a compulsive under-eater. no, not diagnosed. i’m not proud of it. it’s an absolute nightmare to look at food and just the sight of it makes you want to throw up. i’ve never been anorexic, and i’ve never turned for help.

i’m speaking out against this, because i understand that some people have been living this way, for as long as they can remember. i wish them all the luck in the world for their recovery.

it’s to the wannabes who spell every other word wrong telling people here how they’d like tips to become “ana” and how all they want to be is thin.
thin’s not beautiful. i was thinking exactly the same way as all you girls here, thinking if i’m thinner people will like me more.

two days ago i realised i’m ruining my life. we only live once. there are so many people in this world that are a lot worse off than me. why should i starve out of choice when people out there have no food to begin with? why should i cut myself to feel something, when i can have fun, and be a normal human being.

i hope one day you grow up, and realise the impact you’re making on yourselves, and your families and friends. i’m not saying this to hurt anyone, offend anyone or encourage anything. i’m speaking out, because i want to.

if people don’t like you because you’re not skinny enough for them, they’re not worth the bother. if you actually took the time to realise the impact it can make on your life, “deciding to be anorexic” then maybe you wouldn’t just “decide”.

it’s a disease, and it needs to be treated and diagnosed properly. not some wannabe thirteen year old saying they’re “so0o0o0 ana” because they starve for a day.

i’m fourteen, by the way. i’m around if anyone needs to talk, [my website isn't related to ana at all by the way- it's a photography website] but if you’re one of those wannabes then please, don’t bother.

good luck to those recovering, and those “pro-ana” communities really need to be banned. i appreciate some of them encourage recovery, though.

best wishes, and such.

hannah, 14.

Let’s point out one thing.

There is nothing cute about a girl or boy with bones and skin, nothing else. Your body begins to eat your muscles from the inside. Guess what? Your heart is a muscle. Your tongue is a muscle. Your legs, and arms, and every other part of body, has muscle.

Simple fact.

You’re killing yourself.
Slowly.
But you are doing nothing but dying.

People are horrible. Look at the media. Those perfect little whores with their big breasts and such.

1 reason I hate Barbie dolls.

Every girl wishes they could look like that.

It has been scientifically proven that looking like a Barbie is IMPOSSIBLE.
The end.

You will never be a Barbie.

For boys, being Ken is nearly impossible.

It is all a bunch of retarded bullshit.

I hate anorexic and buliema.
It’s a disorder. Eating & mental.

The end.
It’s over.

If you so badly want to be “ana” then don’t eat. Simple as that. Don’t ask for “tips” & crap, just don’t eat.

I dare you to make it through a day.

I swear, the number of wannarexics makes me want to vomit (no pun intended) but seriously, you all are idiots. Try going to rehab & try getting out of bed without collapsing because you haven’t eaten in days. Try punching yourself & crying & taking hundreds of diet pills because you hate yourself & you wish you were dead. “Ana” is a bunch of BS. Try watching your father cry & your brother scream at you to eat a rice cake. It’s not “Great”, it’s probably the most horrible thing in the entire universe & I wish all of you would just shut up & get over your annoying, attention-seeking selves. Let me quote those who SERIOUSLY need to get lives

“I was barely anorexic & I want to be it again!”
No one wants to BE anorexic, more than anything they want to recover or die. Take your pick
“I want to be anorexic so bad!”
No you don’t, you want to be skinny & get attention.
“Hi, I used to suffer from ana!”
Ana is the name for the girl that lives on your street & probably makes fun of you, hence, you suffer.

Ugg, people disgust me…

All this reading sure makes me hungry!

=D