im really sick of it. If someone begins to talk about depression, psychosis, mania... *anything* else, people are so supportive.. offer help and understanding... generally at least. i don't hear people telling them to snap out of it

BuT.... mention what is happening with an ED and bam!

"you scare me"(ignorance scares me)

"the body needs fuel" (yes... i took biology too!)

"you have to stop doing that" (right. you first. you just stop being depressed and i'll just stop this)

"why dont you just eat something?"(hadn't thought of that... duh me, thanks)

"fluff, you can't keep doing this" (great, i'll use my magic wand now)

Eating DISORDERS... meaning, not just some super cool new choice we're all dying to try.

it's gotten so that the few of us who know each other have to huddle, PM or hide what we're talking about so as not to draw fire. It's discrimination. We can't share how things are going, how we have fallen down or how we have succeeded. We can't share how hard it is or just share at all...

i mentioned to DocJohn about having an ED chat... and he said all we need is a volunteer to host it... or someone to be nominated or whatever. He posted that in general.

maybe then people can relate their experiences without the fear of what the others present will say... we can't begin to fix this... we can't begin to help ourselves if we can't begin to share without judgement and "shoulds."

we need to be able to speak and not have to be made to feel ashamed.