~Future Crazy Cat Lady Spinster, M.D.~

OK, so here’s my bitching rant for the day.

I just stumbled across a multitude of blogs dedicated to or touching upon the serious topic of “Eating Disorders”. I completely support blogs of the kind if they spread awareness of a disease like those because they’re rampant and dangerous. I DO NOT, however, support when they are used to gain attention or snap back at people who say something like “You’re perfect the way you are” or “As long as you’re healthy, that’s what counts”. I saw responses to some anon asks on many blogs which shot back with comments like “Well, you don’t know me so don’t say I’m fine the way I am”, etc. I get that those types of disorders are usually accompanied by some mind-set requiring extreme therapy or a deep-seeded need to be as thin as humanly (or inhumanly) possible. In most respects it is Taboo. And people just don’t talk about it. I’ve had many friends who have suffered with weight issues, body images, self-esteem, and disorders of their own…

Similarly, if you are simply blogging about weight loss or the conscious decision to not eat food, then YEAH. THAT pisses me off. I mean for God’s sake at least lose weight in a healthy manner. Faster isn’t always better. Learning patience probably won’t hurt you… and knowing the random things I do about medicine, I can tell you that simply not eating randomly throws off your metabolism and causes you to store the fat you have before you use it so you are being completely counterproductive. Bingeing and purging wrecks your throat and teeth and fingers. Anorexia and all of these disorders screw up your body’s natural defenses and malnutrition has NEVER been good for anyone EVER… On the other hand, this is tumblr and you can blog about whatever you wish and I don’t have to follow you, blah blah blah. Anyways…