Ana/Mia websites

I don't know if anyone's heard, but there's these sick websites that promote anorexia, with two people called ANA and MIA (ANArexia ; buluMIA) who pretend to love you and give you "thinspiration" and use pictures of fat people to say "this is what you'll look like if you eat". and stuff.

It's really sick, and if you search on yahoo!, you'll find hundreds of the pro ANA/MIA websites, including Xangas etc.

One sufferer's Xanga records her daily intake, and on the latest entry, all she ate was some popcorn. Someone then comments and says "too bad about the popcorn, you'll do better tomorrow."

They also have little slogans like "thinner is the winner!" and it's also become sorta like a religion, with ANA/MIA bracelets and prayers to the god ANA asking her to make them thinner.

Anyone else think this is beyond sick?

Buttermilk Rusk:

I don't know if anyone's heard, but there's these sick websites that promote anorexia, with two people called ANA and MIA (ANArexia ; buluMIA) who pretend to love you and give you "thinspiration" and use pictures of fat people to say "this is what you'll look like if you eat". and stuff.

It's really sick, and if you search on yahoo!, you'll find hundreds of the pro ANA/MIA websites, including Xangas etc.

One sufferer's Xanga records her daily intake, and on the latest entry, all she ate was some popcorn. Someone then comments and says "too bad about the popcorn, you'll do better tomorrow."

They also have little slogans like "thinner is the winner!" and it's also become sorta like a religion, with ANA/MIA bracelets and prayers to the god ANA asking her to make them thinner.

Anyone else think this is beyond sick?

Thats disgusting. Its exploting people who are insecure about their body images, and at what cost?. Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them.

My point exactly. These people are beyond sadistic; they're maniacs.

Buttermilk Rusk:

My point exactly. These people are beyond sadistic; they're maniacs.

I just found one of the websites, it was disgusting. There were girls talking about how they were going on 'water diets' and other girls congratulating them etc. Its almost macabre

http://www.yafro.com/clubs/proanamia

Buttermilk Rusk:

I don't know if anyone's heard, but there's these sick websites that promote anorexia, with two people called ANA and MIA (ANArexia ; buluMIA) who pretend to love you and give you "thinspiration" and use pictures of fat people to say "this is what you'll look like if you eat". and stuff.

It's really sick, and if you search on yahoo!, you'll find hundreds of the pro ANA/MIA websites, including Xangas etc.

One sufferer's Xanga records her daily intake, and on the latest entry, all she ate was some popcorn. Someone then comments and says "too bad about the popcorn, you'll do better tomorrow."

They also have little slogans like "thinner is the winner!" and it's also become sorta like a religion, with ANA/MIA bracelets and prayers to the god ANA asking her to make them thinner.

Anyone else think this is beyond sick?

why would somene do that? Thats taking advantage of an insecure person and sending them down in a downwards spiral! Dont they know how many people die from eating disorders? theyre killing people! That should be illegal theyre kinda like murdering innocent people who need help
howd you come accross this?? its disgusting!

Oh, and i forgot to add, this is a quote if found particulary sickening from one of these websites

Quote

Alright. So I ate like a normal person today. Sick.
I got the new "Star" magazine. Hillary Duff looks great at 5'4" and 95 lbs. I'm not eating tomorrow, just to make up for eating today. Chicken granules in hot water is great. So filling! I need to be at 110 by New York trip.

I'm not even weighing myself until tomorrow night.

bloodraine:

Oh, and i forgot to add, this is a quote if found particulary sickening from one of these websites

Quote

Alright. So I ate like a normal person today. Sick.
I got the new "Star" magazine. Hillary Duff looks great at 5'4" and 95 lbs. I'm not eating tomorrow, just to make up for eating today. Chicken granules in hot water is great. So filling! I need to be at 110 by New York trip.

I'm not even weighing myself until tomorrow night.

95 pounds?? is that possible. Im 13 about 5'2 5'3 and I weigh about 9 stone!! is she anorexic?

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

comfortably confused:

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

i'M truly sorry if i offended you in any shape, way or form I didnt mean to.
I just dont think its right to encourage it. I think Im fat and I hate wearing skirts and tight tops cos theyre unflattering but i still love myself. Im 9 stone, thats not evxactly light but id never consider anorexia. I dont think its healthy to look at it in a good way. Sorry again if i offeneded you, i truly didnt mean to

comfortably confused:

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

Well, call me insensetive and brash if you must, but i find it hard to advocate websites that encourage stuff like this. And how exactly is it a help or a comfort?. Its like a competition. I think getting medical help and getting over the condition would be much more comforting.

Its not right for you to call it sick. At all. Sure its horrible, but at the end of the day you can't call people sick because they are suffering, ill and hurting. It probably wouldn't happen on such a grand scale if there weren't comments like that made. I've never suffered from an eating disorder, so i'm not going to say that i understand at all, but whenever you feel bad about yourself you need comfort and support, espeically if you're in a state like that. I can see that its not helping the peoples conditions at all, but not trying to empathize isn't helping them either. Obviously the site makers are suffering too and also need help. How about you try and help instead of judging so fast?

I think its sick that you've been so insensitive.

comfortably confused:

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

I'm not being insensitive to the people with the problem, I'm being concerned about them.

What is wrong with people to make them encourage people to starve themselves to death?

Comfort is showing someone empathy.

this is telling thme that they're not thin enough, and the fact that you're standing up for these weirdos just goes to show that you're hypnotized by them.

No matter what you say, this is wrong.

bloodraine:

comfortably confused:

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

Well, call me insensetive and brash if you must, but i find it hard to advocate websites that encourage stuff like this. And how exactly is it a help or a comfort?. Its like a competition. I think getting medical help and getting over the condition would be much more comforting.

The medical thing is right... really but this is more of a mental issue, people who are obsessive complulssive... like people are with cleaning or something this is them being it over weight.
I'm sorry but for someone who has never experianced it (I'm guessing... from the sounds of it you haven't) you wouldn't know what it's like to find people going through the same thing, talking to someone who doesn't lecture you over something that you know is wrong.
Recovery is NOT easy... this is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I don't sposse you cry everytime to take a mouthful of something then feel so much guilt after. Everything about it is hard. I dont think they are right... anymore. I still don't see them as 'sick' though. There are elements of comfort in there, when they go on there (message boards) they don't get attacked like you all seem to be doing.

GangControl:

Its not right for you to call it sick. At all. Sure its horrible, but at the end of the day you can't call people sick because they are suffering, ill and hurting. It probably wouldn't happen on such a grand scale if there weren't comments like that made. I've never suffered from an eating disorder, so i'm not going to say that i understand at all, but whenever you feel bad about yourself you need comfort and support, espeically if you're in a state like that. I can see that its not helping the peoples conditions at all, but not trying to empathize isn't helping them either. Obviously the site makers are suffering too and also need help. How about you try and help instead of judging so fast?

I think its sick that you've been so insensitive.

i didnt say the people who were suffering were sick at all!! the websites encouraging them I think are wrong. The people just need help.

Fade2Black:

GangControl:

Its not right for you to call it sick. At all. Sure its horrible, but at the end of the day you can't call people sick because they are suffering, ill and hurting. It probably wouldn't happen on such a grand scale if there weren't comments like that made. I've never suffered from an eating disorder, so i'm not going to say that i understand at all, but whenever you feel bad about yourself you need comfort and support, espeically if you're in a state like that. I can see that its not helping the peoples conditions at all, but not trying to empathize isn't helping them either. Obviously the site makers are suffering too and also need help. How about you try and help instead of judging so fast?

I think its sick that you've been so insensitive.

i didnt say the people who were suffering were sick at all!! the websites encouraging them I think are wrong. The people just need help.

Amen to that. The people themselves aren't sick, the websites who encourage them are.

Buttermilk Rusk:

comfortably confused:

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

I'm not being insensitive to the people with the problem, I'm being concerned about them.

What is wrong with people to make them encourage people to starve themselves to death?

Comfort is showing someone empathy.

this is telling thme that they're not thin enough, and the fact that you're standing up for these weirdos just goes to show that you're hypnotized by them.

No matter what you say, this is wrong.

I'm not standing up for them... no where in my post did I say it was right. I just said that you were being insenstive. How the hell and I hypnotized by them when I have said I am doing my best to get better, it's people like you that don't help. I know it's wrong but I hate that you all call it sick.

I've explained myself in the post to bloodraine about it being in the mind.

GangControl:

Its not right for you to call it sick. At all. Sure its horrible, but at the end of the day you can't call people sick because they are suffering, ill and hurting. It probably wouldn't happen on such a grand scale if there weren't comments like that made. I've never suffered from an eating disorder, so i'm not going to say that i understand at all, but whenever you feel bad about yourself you need comfort and support, espeically if you're in a state like that. I can see that its not helping the peoples conditions at all, but not trying to empathize isn't helping them either. Obviously the site makers are suffering too and also need help. How about you try and help instead of judging so fast?

I think its sick that you've been so insensitive.

CORRECTION!!!

NO ONE (well, not me, anyway) is saying the sufferers are sick; they are aptly labelling the people who encourage this as sick.

bloodraine:

Fade2Black:

GangControl:

Its not right for you to call it sick. At all. Sure its horrible, but at the end of the day you can't call people sick because they are suffering, ill and hurting. It probably wouldn't happen on such a grand scale if there weren't comments like that made. I've never suffered from an eating disorder, so i'm not going to say that i understand at all, but whenever you feel bad about yourself you need comfort and support, espeically if you're in a state like that. I can see that its not helping the peoples conditions at all, but not trying to empathize isn't helping them either. Obviously the site makers are suffering too and also need help. How about you try and help instead of judging so fast?

I think its sick that you've been so insensitive.

i didnt say the people who were suffering were sick at all!! the websites encouraging them I think are wrong. The people just need help.

Amen to that. The people themselves aren't sick, the websites who encourage them are.

damn straight

There are also alot of warnings on these sites, I know it doesn't help much but it let's people know what they are doing to themselves.

comfortably confused:

You know you all sit there and call it sick but people go there to get away from people like you. I used to go on them all the time, they are there for security and comfort. Yes okay they are wrong but they do also make you feel better.

You say
"Whoever makes these websites needs to realise Anorexia and Bullimia are very very serious conditions, and people die from them"

The people who make them have the conditions, they know what they are doing.

Now I realise they are wrong (became really ill with anorexia but I'm now in recovery) You'll find that they all state that you don't have to go on them if you don't have an ED or you are in recovery. They also (about 95% of them) have links to recovery sites. They don't think ED sites are right they are there to help.

I can't believe you can all be so insensitive to people with problems.

I dont think im being unsensitive. I appolagised to you if I did offend you, but im not saying the people are in the wrong or are sick, the websites are.