Something that is on my mind recently because I spend too much time on TikTok :)
I hate the skinny epidemic, I think it is all so dumb and harmful..but I hate recovery accounts ‘de influencing’ even more.
Every post I see from a ‘recovered’ anorexic is clearly an excuse to show off the fact they successfully once starved themselves. Their idea of ‘de influencing’ is almost always stating the most obvious of side effects from starvation or straight up showing pictures of themselves severely underweight.
Side effects such as: hair loss, lack of energy, weak muscles, heart problems, vitamin deficiency and, death, are all desirable problems to someone who is anorexic.
In the depths of my anorexia, shitting myself was a desirable side effect because it meant I was finally ill like those girls on my fyp.
You are often giving people goals by talking about anorexia. I think conversation around the disorder is incredibly helpful. The awareness that talking about it brings, saves so many lives. However, I think the bulk of it should be centred around reasons to recover. I do not mean ‘recover so you can stand in the shower!!’ because that still implies that if you’re sick enough you shouldn’t be able to stand in the shower. Reasons should be focused on mental recovery; physical side effects and physical reasons to recover are not helpful in conversations about a competitive mental disorder and they never will be.
All this to say, I hateeee!!!!!!! recovery accounts.
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