The comments thread - Page 5

LittleK · 03-19-2010, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brikka

"you look healthy and not too thin, you don't look bulimic at all"

ugh I HATE this comment. WHen I was IP i had ONE friend say "I had no idea you were anorexic, who caught it, you looked healthy"... and it fucked w/me a lot, even though everyone else .. what do ppl think they are accomplishing when they say this and why does it FUCK with you so much even if everyone else says something to the contrary??

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brikka

client who walked in and sat down at my desk to talk, "i am on my lunch break but not taking it so that I can get this done. i am sure that what i eat for lunch is way way different than what you eat for lunch. i certainly need 'real food' unlike you. you look like you eat carrots and drink hot tea every single day for lunch."

again, amazed at what strangers will say to you.. WHY?

Brikka · 03-21-2010, 02:36 AM

^^^ yes people (as in strangers and family and friends) never cease to amaze me with the shit that they say, or hearing about what people have said to others.

littlek - i would have been so upset to hear that while in IP. was this a fellow patient or a friend that came to visit? i hope you came back with a bitchy remark. remarks like those just hurt so badly. i think it messes with the mind b/c your brain doesn't know what to believe and then getting two conflicting messages about your body just makes you not want to trust a damn soul

which reminds me of a comment that i almost forgot (which i did). while i was IP a friend of mine came to visit and said, "oh, i thought you were going to be thin"...i wanted to die

loolabelle · 03-21-2010, 03:14 AM

one of the worst comments i ever got was one of the most painfully simplest. it was after about a year of 'recovery' in which i made sooo much progress.. id gained to a healthy weight, been through many hours of councelling and made a huge effort to change the way i felt about my lw etc and was finally starting to see it as something that had been holding me back, something i didnt want anymore in my life...
step dad:
"i dont know what all the fuss was about. you looked fine, you looked good."
great.

03-21-2010, 02:36 AM	#42
Brikka Zirconium Valued Member (most of you :P) Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 27 Posts: 3,035	^^^ yes people (as in strangers and family and friends) never cease to amaze me with the shit that they say, or hearing about what people have said to others. littlek - i would have been so upset to hear that while in IP. was this a fellow patient or a friend that came to visit? i hope you came back with a bitchy remark. remarks like those just hurt so badly. i think it messes with the mind b/c your brain doesn't know what to believe and then getting two conflicting messages about your body just makes you not want to trust a damn soul which reminds me of a comment that i almost forgot (which i did). while i was IP a friend of mine came to visit and said, "oh, i thought you were going to be thin"...i wanted to die __________________ Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. — Marilyn Monroe BMI: 18.4 Last edited by Brikka; 03-21-2010 at 02:37 AM.

03-21-2010, 03:14 AM	#43
loolabelle Lithium Valued Member (most of you :P) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: lala land Posts: 112	one of the worst comments i ever got was one of the most painfully simplest. it was after about a year of 'recovery' in which i made sooo much progress.. id gained to a healthy weight, been through many hours of councelling and made a huge effort to change the way i felt about my lw etc and was finally starting to see it as something that had been holding me back, something i didnt want anymore in my life... step dad: "i dont know what all the fuss was about. you looked fine, you looked good." great. __________________ YOGA KILLS

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