Thinspo - the most idiotic girls in the world.

Well just a few minutes ago I was searching for something (completely unrelated) on google and stumbled upon some "thispo" girl's blogs. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. The first one I saw I thought was a joke, but then there were MORE. Those girls are literally starving themselves on purpose and they know it. They say things like "Be strong. Starve on." And, "I'm so proud - I've only eaten one meal today" or "I didn't eat all weekend and lost five pounds!" What IDIOTS! What complete and total IDIOTS. Even when my ED was it's worst I would never admit that I was starving myself, nor did I even realise it myself.

Ugh, these kind of girls make me so mad. They're all going to end up half-dead and ugly as heck. JUST EAT PEOPLE. Food is your friend and your nourishment. Good grief.

Ay I totally agree and what gross slogans.  I remember coming accross this kind of thing too and even with an eating disorder, thought it was just crazy. 

However, we have to remember that these girls have a mental illness - they think what they are doing is right (just as I remember thinking 700 cals a day was the right thing for me) so it would be hypocritical of me to say Just Eat!!

Just hope they realise they need help as soon as possible but seriously those sites shouldn't be allowed - they are sooo triggering.

That is repulsive and I've never heard of such a thing.  It really is sick that these girls feel as though starving themselves is some sort of "badge of honor".  You're right too-- they are delusional to think sickly skinny is one bit attractive.

I don't think they're triggering - they're infuriating. "Skinny is beauty." Yeah right girls.

Being skinny and having anorexia does not make you beautiful. It makes you hideous and ugly - inside and out.

i was suprised as hell a while back when allegra versace was on perez hilton, well i typed her name into you tube... omg!  related videos where "thinspos" and such.. well you could imagine if you have never seen a thinspo before what a flood of 'you tube videos' where like... WOW!

honestly having had an eating disorder, i found it could be 'triggering', regardless it was surprising.  i wouldn't call them idiots though - they are sick. they should think about how a young healthy person seeing that could perceive it though....

Thank you for stressing this completely true fact!

i am confused is this a joke,  i did not find it triggering actually because i am doing so super fantastic in my recovery right now i am laughing at these idiots,  i wont laugh so hard though cause they will be dead soon,  and thats just pathetic.  lots of people with ana are not doing it to be thin...we just want control these girl just wanna be superficial stripper like hotties and land some sleazy guy and have people talk about how cool they are because they wont eat a thing.  waste of time and waste of space i my mind.  

That's very sad.

It really gets to me seeing site like that, not in a triggering way though. I read them and I just find it terribly sad, that they can be so proud of destroying their lives and health.

Original Post by betty1302:

I just find it terribly sad, that they can be so proud of destroying their lives and health.

 The thing that ticks me off is that they aren't trying to do it for health, they're doing it to "look hot" and "get guys". Well let me tell you, guys do NOT like bones.

it's a reflection on how twisted our society has become :/

it scares me more than anything else, tht people my age think those things...

Mm. I wrote this in part of rants a little while ago, but it reflects my thoughts on pro-ED movements quite well - pro-ana, in particular.

If you're going to starve yourself, then kindly don't advertise it to the world. Don't make excuses. Don't come up with reasons to justify killing yourself. But don't throw it around, near glamorise it in the faces of those really trying to recover. It's not pretty to die slowly.


... just need a break from stupid people who cannot seem to comprehend what they are doing to themselves and the people around them. For what? For vanity pounds. For the approval of others. For a dress size.

For osteoporosis. For infertility. For hair loss. For chronic conditions. For a shorter life.

Eating disorders are a debilitating illness and for those that want and deserve the help, I am supportive. Patient. But pro-ED is vile.

Original Post by zebulancherry:

I don't think they're triggering - they're infuriating. "Skinny is beauty." Yeah right girls.

Being skinny and having anorexia does not make you beautiful. It makes you hideous and ugly - inside and out.

holy crap.  why the hate?

you're talking about girls who are clearly troubled, whether or not they're medically sick.  how about a little compassion?

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by zebulancherry:

I don't think they're triggering - they're infuriating. "Skinny is beauty." Yeah right girls.

Being skinny and having anorexia does not make you beautiful. It makes you hideous and ugly - inside and out.

holy crap.  why the hate?

you're talking about girls who are clearly troubled, whether or not they're medically sick.  how about a little compassion?

exactly what i thought while reading this.
thank youuu. <3

hey - i'll take a neurotic skinny girl over a mean girl any day of the week .

"you're talking about girls who are clearly troubled, whether or not they're medically sick."

Ah. Good point. It just irks me so much when people promote and breed their problems instead of working on them positively. Like I said anyone who knows they need help and actively seeks it or even is just trying to seek it - awesome. But I've seen some horrible, horrible stuff.

Original Post by whatisbeautiful:

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by zebulancherry:

I don't think they're triggering - they're infuriating. "Skinny is beauty." Yeah right girls.

Being skinny and having anorexia does not make you beautiful. It makes you hideous and ugly - inside and out.

holy crap.  why the hate?

you're talking about girls who are clearly troubled, whether or not they're medically sick.  how about a little compassion?

exactly what i thought while reading this.
thank youuu. <3

the hate comes from the fact that recovering from an ED is very emotionally trying and difficult and to see something like this glamorized and made to seem okay is wrong. for me at least it also makes me vulnerable to continue being self destructive and i don't like that others can have that effect on me but i can't help it. the hate seems like a natural response to anyone who would encourage someone to kill themselves, which is essentially what they are doing. i pity them and STRONGLY DISLIKE them, while HATING what they are doing. they need help and i am sympathetic because i've been there but i never encouraged others but making it seem cool and attractive.

well, lala, one of the hallmarks of mental illness is that the person typically doesn't know or doesn't acknowledge that they're sick - at least early on.  it's not irrational if you're the one who believes it, you know?

besides, most of these people are teenagers.  teenagers aren't generally the most clear-thinking people.  they're self-centered, often concrete thinkers, and they often don't think much about the consequences of their actions.

Original Post by chrissy1988:

the hate comes from the fact that recovering from an ED is very emotionally trying and difficult and to see something like this glamorized and made to seem okay is wrong. for me at least it also makes me vulnerable to continue being self destructive and i don't like that others can have that effect on me but i can't help it. the hate seems like a natural response to anyone who would encourage someone to kill themselves, which is essentially what they are doing. i pity them and STRONGLY DISLIKE them, while HATING what they are doing. they need help and i am sympathetic because i've been there but i never encouraged others but making it seem cool and attractive.

luckily you have free will and are under no obligation to expose yourself to those people.

Ok, personally these girls just want attention. I mean, granted they ARE sick to want this type of attention, BUT...when I went through my ED I NEVER visited Pro Ana sites nor thinspo crap which I have come across on Youtube and was very dismayed by.

To be honest, I didn't even realize I was anorexic. Then again I may have been in denial, but I wasn't promoting myself off like these girls do. I would have been embarrassed and ashamed to! It's friggin wrong and disturbing. It's like the Emo sites out there..."Oh my god, I want to start cutting myself!" "Oh, I do it all the time....It..It just releases the pain, man." "I've done 3 cuts today." "Oh sweetie, you will get over this. You can get pass  this." *Hence the attention part since no one else is giving it to them at home.

I mean none of this stuff should be joked about. It's just ridiculous and I feel sorry for those girls who come across this crap and are exposed to these girls ignorance. Instead of posting how proud they are of starving themselves they should be sitting in a f***king chair across from a therapist telling their problems to them instead of promoting something this horrid which is more or less killing them and acting like it's a good thing to feel they are part of a *group.*

I bet most of these chicks who come across  that sh** aren't even anorexic, but they read this stuff start the habits by reading about it and start slumming into the life style. *Sigh.

This world can suck arse. God help all of us.

I remember the first time I discovered pro-ana. I was very upset and shocked too. I can't condone or condemn these sites anymore though. Whereas they're obviously not healthy and "choosing" anorexia is not healthy, I often wonder if they're choosing or embracing. I feel there is a difference. I've never had an eating disorder so maybe my thoeries are bunkum but I wonder that if in a world where these girls are permanently labelled sick twisted bad and messed up these pro ana sites are not just the extreme in terms of rebellion in a place where anonymity and acceptance can always be had...the internet! Maybe it's not choosing at all, maybe it's finding a place in their world where they can express themsleves freely without being judged. Everyone in their world will be worrying about them right now, telling them they are wrong...bad even. Now personally I can't call them bad. No matter what you think they really aren't hurting anybody but themselves and to place the wellbeing and safe recovery of every anorexic on their shoulders is not fair. Irresponsible, maybe, bad? Never.