by Nicole
What
the hell is going through people’s minds these days?
As if it isn’t bad enough than tons of little girls, women, and even
men are literally starving themselves to death, now there are sites to help them
stay on the path towards the grave! I
read about them and thought they had to be a joke, so I decided to check a few
out. I refuse to list the sites
here because if any of my readers are suffering from an eating disorder the last
thing they need is some moronic little girl telling them easier ways to kill
themselves. The first one I went to
listed the “Thin Commandments”, which included “If you aren't thin you aren't attractive”, “Being thin is more
important than being healthy.”, and “Being thin and not eating are signs of
true will power and success.” It
also included the Ana Creed. Apparently Ana is the pet name for the devastating
disease, anorexia. The creed
includes such pieces of wisdom as “I believe that I am the most vile,
worthless and useless person ever to have existed on this planet, and that I am
totally unworthy of anyone's time and attention.” Followed by “I believe
that other people who tell me differently must be idiots. If they could see how
I really am, then they would hate me almost as much as I do.” The sites also
offer excuses, which include blatantly lying to your family by telling them that
you love them too much to hurt yourself. If
you prefer the bulimia route, they have tips for that too.
What kind of irresponsible person would promote this disease? How can someone be so stupid as to help other people destroy themselves? Why does anyone think that thinner and thinner is better? Who the fuck wants to look like Kate Moss, one of the ugliest women in the world if you ask me. I just don’t get it. I don’t get why people want to ruin their lives like this.
The sad part is, as sick as it may be, these people have a right to put this crap on the net, and as a firm believer in free speech, I have to defend it. I have to sit here and say to myself “just because they’re wrong and stupid doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be allowed to speak because someone somewhere most likely things I’m wrong and stupid and I wouldn’t want them to tell me I couldn’t speak”. The important thing is for parents to monitor their children’s internet viewing and do their part to keep impressionable kids away from this trash. Unfortunately, many anorexics and bulimics are past the age of adult supervision. Sadly, I’m sure many people will die as a result of getting support in favor of their disorder instead of getting the help they need. Furthermore, if society would stop making icons and sex symbols out of the sickly thin, perhaps we would see a drastic reduction in the amount of girls dying from these eating disorders.
If you have an eating disorder, please get help. Don’t allow society or anyone else tell you that you have to be thin to be beautiful. Normal people don’t weigh 12 pounds. It’s not natural, it’s not healthy, and it can only lead to death. If you persist in this lifestyle, you will die young. What is the point in starving yourself to be “beautiful” if you aren’t alive long enough to enjoy being “beautiful”?
Artwork for this article done by Snow Wolf Art .