Tuesday, November 17, 2009






dying to be
thin





Anorexia is typically the main eating disorder projected when it comes to the topic , more less amongst models and women in the media. However, it's become an immense life-threatening illness most commonly among teen girls, but also males. In a lot of cases it doesn't seem to be taken as seriously as it should be, often being called " disgusting " or being told " they have a choice whether they throw up or not." The illness is corrosive of the mind, it allows nothing more for the mind to process except the next binge and workout. The worst half of this illness is people, mainly teenage girls who use this as a "trend."



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The show ' Gossip Girl' has recently received attention from Black Lively being portrayed as the " Bulimic Beauty Queen."




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" The Hills " Stephanie Pratt has been receiving unwanted negative attention from the media on her bulimia. She claims that the perfectionism her parents induced in her as a child built up and resulted in this negative result after being around all the morbidly thin girls on the show's cast.








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It's usually described as eating a large amount of food , then purging; vomiting , - but it's not always. It can be a person who scares the amounts of food and purges , only purges one particular meal , or even who just eats normally but at the end of the day still purges because " they feel fat." Other ways bulimics may uses to rid the body of food include laxatives, diuretics (water pills), and fasting.






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Symptoms
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Distinguishing if someone is bulimic is typically not the easiest thing to spot, like anorexia. Most of the time bulimics are at average or just below weight because they may only binge to maintain their current, but of course not always. A particular detail to pay attention to would be if they run the water while their in the bathroom, most of the time this is done to cover up the sound of vomiting. Bulimics right after meals will go to the bathroom or wait three hours before the food digests. If at home the bulimic will even go drastically as taking a shower so they can do their rituals privately in there . Bulimics will usually say statements such as how fat they feel , exclaiming that they need to lose weight or often asking " how do i look " / looking in mirrors or their reflection often.In most cases, more food is obviously eaten than the normal, their engulfed in overachieving behavior, and frequent weighing. After a binge / purge the person will usually " punish " themselves by starvation or a brutal workout. The main reason for this is because it's the one thing that they can control in an out of control life.




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" Pro-ana " and " Pro-bulimia " websites are a new compulsion for some with eating disorders that are sickening. Sites such as this only. These sites are for sharing " tips " and better " techniques " that only make the illness harder, and if at all curable.







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13 comments:

  1. Mr. TurtonNovember 18, 2009 at 8:22 AM

    Great info, topic, and images. Perhaps focus a post or two on ways to help or getting info. Consider what you want your audience to comment amount. Is there a video or a poll that makes sense to include?

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  2. JennaNovember 30, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    This is a topic I wouldn’t think effects teenagers. I is sad that anyone would think of making them self throw-up.

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  3. bookwormzooNovember 30, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    It's all out there. Actors, actresses, models... They're all trying to look and feel thinner. Did their parents ever teach them that what matters is on the inside? Yes, it feels nice to know that you're healthy and looking good, but when it all comes down to reality, isn't friendship - and I'm talking true, beautiful, gift-from-God friendship - all based on how you act and react to a person? Sure, we're all gonna have those "friends" who are only there because of what we have, what we look like, or what we can offer to them materialistically. But that doesn't mean everybody's like that. You don't have to make yourself throw up to be beautiful. If you're true to yourself, people will come to you like you're the only lighthouse in a hurricane. And you're shining brighter than everybody else because you're beautiful on the INSIDE.

    I'm sorry I went a little off-topic, but it's true, isn't it? People want to feel beautiful on the outside, so they torture themselves on the inside. For those that are bulimic, just remember that there is help. There is hope for a better tomorrow where you don't have to worry about being thin or beautiful on the outside. Let your inner lighthouse outshine your outer beauty, which you all have no matter what the scale tells you.

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  4. chelsea L.December 2, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    I really like this blog. you did alot of work to it and it really explains this disease people can get. bulimia is an issue for sure.

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  5. JuudaimeDecember 2, 2009 at 7:12 AM

    This blog was definatly one of the well thought out ones. No doubt. Well done.

    And just a tip, I LOVE the background, don't get me wrong, but it took me forver to be able to comment because I couldn't see the comment link. I'm not saying take the background off, but you can change the colors of the link, and it might be a good idea to darken the link colors so people can see it, and comment more.

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  6. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 5:20 AM

    Its very hard to find and read some of your comments. I like your blog, because is beauty a great thing but you dont have to be skinny. In fact i think that a girl has to have a little bit of meat on her bones to be beautiful. For those of you who are Bulimic/Anorexic, please get help.

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  7. VolleyballChickDecember 15, 2009 at 6:05 AM

    wow. you did a great job. congrats! it was really interesting and the colorful background really got my attenttion. the pictures, although not very nice, were very good. i can you really though out this blog and you did a nice job. (:

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  8. Olivia G.December 15, 2009 at 6:07 AM

    This is a very interesting blog. You gave a lot of information and it looks really good.

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  9. lukeyDecember 15, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    this is a very powerful blog i like the pictures they tell the big sotry on the issues

    good job

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  10. jeeenna;)September 23, 2010 at 6:04 AM

    to be honest, i don't feel bad for people with eating disorders. i believe they do it to themselves..

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  11. Victoria V.September 27, 2010 at 8:23 AM

    Becoming bulimic is a sad thing. It can really endanger your health and your future. I think people should be happy just the way they are.

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  12. amandaOctober 1, 2010 at 8:08 AM

    this is a really good blog, it comes across as a very strong topic. Very good job!

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  13. AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 8:20 AM

    Bluimia is a terrible disorder. It can seriously harm people as well. I think that people with this disorder should be seriously helped.

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