[SlatkaMala]

I had somebody say "I wish that I was anorexic. I need to lose all this weight!"

GRRRRRRRRRRR! No you don't! You don't know what it's like to be all wrapped up in calories, exercise, food and all the obsession that goes with an eating disorder. Not to mention the expense from all the medical bills. And the disruption of your life.

What comments from ignorant folks have annoyed you?

[mandazzle]

"Why can't you just eat?"

Ugh. So much more than that.

[hopefully21]

So agree dazzle if it was that simple i surely would be doing it everyday with no problem some ppl just dnt understand

[mightaswelllive]

"you're not fat"

...ok thanks, and you're just saying that.

[KeepHoldingOn]

“stop being anorexic and just eat already”

That pissed me off so much!

the one that made me so mad was: “you have the choice to be anorexic just like you have the choice to be bi”

I don’t have a choice to be anorexic, if I could push a button and go to being absolutely normal I would have pushed it a while back. I want to be normal, I don’t want to be like this, I just am. The obsession is terrible, the weakness, and fatigue are horrible, and the medical bills are horrendous like SlatkaMala said. I guess it depends on ones views about being bi but that just made me so mad that someone said that to me....

[NoLeafClover]

" You look fine,don't make yourself sick "...that was said right after I told that person I b/p'ed several times a day. AHH!!!

[PurpleFlyingMonkeys]

I get the most annoyed with the "proud anna" type. The websites online that more than willingly helped me go back down the dark path that nearly killed me. The girls with their "I'm so proud of my ed... Look how little I can eat, no better yet let's make it a competition". Too many girls online are trying to make ED's into the newest fashion trend, and when you tell them "It's not as glamorous as you think" they laugh and say they know what they are doing and this and that. Ugh, the girls (and some boys) that think that harming your body earns you cool points, they need a reality check. Hopefully just not the kind that lands you in the ER like most ED reality checks end.

[SlatkaMala]

Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys

I get the most annoyed with the "proud anna" type. The websites online that more than willingly helped me go back down the dark path that nearly killed me. The girls with their "I'm so proud of my ed... Look how little I can eat, no better yet let's make it a competition". Too many girls online are trying to make ED's into the newest fashion trend, and when you tell them "It's not as glamorous as you think" they laugh and say they know what they are doing and this and that. Ugh, the girls (and some boys) that think that harming your body earns you cool points, they need a reality check. Hopefully just not the kind that lands you in the ER like most ED reality checks end.

Oh those pro ana types burn my *** too! I get so angry with them and their death pact ways.

[2009Dutch]

Annoying things:

- You can have some of my weight
- But these ~~~ are really good!
- How are you? Did you put on/ lost some weight.

It's annoying to me that ppl seem to think an eating disorder, or anorexia, is about not liking food, or think it's all about the weight: if you gained, you should feel better? (most of the times that were the hardest days).
I appreciate it when ppl are honest and just say; I don't understand it...but it must be awful. It is. And my answer is; Be happy you don't understand, b/c that would mean you might have it too.

[whoswho]

...In response to seeing that I'm in my normal weight range:

"Well, at least it's not that bad."

It doesn't matter how sick I am, how many times I B/P, how desperate I am for help; as long as I'm in my healthy weight range everything is fine. After hearing that, I just want to show everyone how self-destructive I can be.

OR

"You don't look like you have an eating disorder."

Because that sounds an awful lot like: "You're fat."

[tennisgrlcc]

"Your so tiny/thin I wish I could be that tiny"
"Your only ___ size wow your lucky"
"Well your weights at a healthy range" why does it mean that if i'm at a healthy weight i'm ok, because I can make myself gain or lose weight
"it's not like you have an eating disorder you just aren't hungry" wow can't believe people said that. Well maybe if you heard the war in my head every day at lunch or saw how many times i b/p in a day then you will think differently.

[hrdcoreathlete]

I had somebody tell me my problems would all go away if I actually ate...low and behold nothing automatically goes away. It blows my mind and extremely ticks me off at how naive people are that "bad things" actually do happen to children and as a result we suffer as adults!

[oepika]

I agree with the "You don't look like you have an eating disorder." one.

Not everyone who struggles with it are obvious visually. It upsets me because it's like they don't have any respect for what other people struggle with. If anything, it just triggers the need to try harder.

[itspeaks]

I just hate how my mother talks about my eating disorder in a total ***** way. I don't know how to explain it. Like its not something serious.. I don't know. She just is so naive about it.

[serenity24]

Originally Posted by SlatkaMala

I had somebody say "I wish that I was anorexic. I need to lose all this weight!"

GRRRRRRRRRRR! No you don't! You don't know what it's like to be all wrapped up in calories, exercise, food and all the obsession that goes with an eating disorder. Not to mention the expense from all the medical bills. And the disruption of your life.

What comments from ignorant folks have annoyed you?

I had someone say I wish I was as skinny as you...and that same person said I wish I could starve myself like you do.

People really are ignorant...they truely dont have any concept of the mental anguish of obsession and self abuse and individual with a eating disorder goes through. And like you said the financial toll it takes is enormous.

[littleyellowspider]

Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys

I get the most annoyed with the "proud anna" type. The websites online that more than willingly helped me go back down the dark path that nearly killed me. The girls with their "I'm so proud of my ed... Look how little I can eat, no better yet let's make it a competition". Too many girls online are trying to make ED's into the newest fashion trend, and when you tell them "It's not as glamorous as you think" they laugh and say they know what they are doing and this and that. Ugh, the girls (and some boys) that think that harming your body earns you cool points, they need a reality check. Hopefully just not the kind that lands you in the ER like most ED reality checks end.

Oh my gosh yes. I am an avid user of tumblr and it amazes me how many "proud anna" blogs there are. It's like being anorexic is like the hipster thing to do these days. I have never been proud of my eating disorder and would never encourage anyone else to do it. I know everyone is different within their disorder but this does just really upset me. The same goes for self injuring, I know a girl who cut herself and then actually took a photo of it and posted it on her public blog with the caption "how I spent my friday night".

I also agree that it is annoying when people say "just eat! how hard is it?" It's really, really hard.

[hopefully21]

Doesnt look like you have an e.d. U look healthy small but healthy how can u have. E.d. Only ana really suffer they dnt eat at all u b/p so your getting something inside u WRONG thats what pisses me off making my ed less impt than ana y both can kill you at the end of the day. UHhHhhghhhhhh