impacting ad about anorexia

This video is short (48 seconds) but powerful. it shows exactly how i, and many of us, feel, and also shows exactly why we cannot trust our distorted perceptions. warning: there is a very thin person in the ad - if that might trigger you then don't watch it.

some of you might want to even show this to your family and friends - not to scare them, but to help them understand. it may really open their eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umojyvQoTw

That's one thing about me that never held to my own perception of my own ED. When I was getting thinner and thinner I saw it in the mirror I knew I was thin (maybe not as thin as others saw, but I knew that I was.) it's just I didn't care. It became more like a game to me just to see if I could actually keep losing weight..it was mostly an obsession.

Thanks for sharing the video, but it does not show far enough into the ED world it's a whole lot more then just seeing a bigger image (for some.)

yes i definitely agree, for me its not just about thin/fat either, but i think the video really helped me see for the first time that yes my perception really is distorted and untrustworthy.

also i think it's useful to show people who ask, 'youre so thin/your not fat, why cant you SEE that?'

and yes, i dont expect a 48 second clip to provide an indepth analysis, i know there is tons more involved than just seeing oneself as fat.

but, for those of us who struggle with always seeing our butt or thighs or stomach or whatever as too big, as fat, no matter how thin we get, its a useful video for showing us the falseness of our own perceptions and also for showing other people how we can perceive ourselves the ways we do.

and, of all the ED ads ive watched, it perhaps had the most impact in the shortest span of time that ive seen - it's not a documentary, its an ad, and i think its very well done from a filmmakers point of view.

silent, what you have said i related to ssoo well

but yes it was well done.

i thank the lord that i never got that thin.

i believe you follow your dreams, and weigh in not based on what others say but what you are happy, comfortable and HEALTHY at, with EDs its hard to see that for yourself, so i also try to meet what my closest family(mum) believes looks healthy, because i trust her, and agree that i look great where i am, despite reaccuring feelings of fat., those moments can go die in a corner

Original Post by silentdeadlyrose:

That's one thing about me that never held to my own perception of my own ED. When I was getting thinner and thinner I saw it in the mirror I knew I was thin (maybe not as thin as others saw, but I knew that I was.) it's just I didn't care. It became more like a game to me just to see if I could actually keep losing weight..it was mostly an obsession.

Thanks for sharing the video, but it does not show far enough into the ED world it's a whole lot more then just seeing a bigger image (for some.)

I felt the same way, I saw I was thinner.

If I said I thought I was fat, it was compared to my own goals but I never thought I was a fat person like in the clip...

Mine you, that skinny girl is fake...it's edited, they wouldn't expolit a person who looked like that to make an ad.

This is another phenomenally designed ad campaign about women and body image, and what every person can do to chip away at the social emphasis on being thin. (Unlikely to trigger.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKPaxD61lwo

Original Post by zid2:

This is another phenomenally designed ad campaign about women and body image, and what every person can do to chip away at the social emphasis on being thin. (Unlikely to trigger.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKPaxD61lwo

Yeah, this one is amazing. I watched it first in high quality and it was really effective (bit less effictive on youtube but still works wonders for me). It hasn't changed how I act because I hate fat talk anyway and try to promote healthy body image talking whenever I can. It's upsetting how a term of energy: 'calories' has the power to take over people's lives. That's just one example of why FAT TALK needs to be stopped. :|

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIjRxT_Y9g