u/NotYourStrawMan

Ignorance yes, but ignorance needs to be much much quieter and less self righteous.

But not any of the others.

How could she know what a lot of food is? What? Like does she know what time scale you’ll be eating it over? Like, in her line of work, has she not once seen anybody doing a weekly or monthly shop? Large families? What?! Fucking confusing thing to say to anybody even EDs aside...

Correct me if I’m wrong, but are there any non-gmo carrots left on the planet? Like bananas? We fucked with them so we could keep them around, right? Let’s blow some hippie noodles.

So do I. And sometimes, just sometimes, I forget that I’m lying.

But oh boy will they deny it.

My username does check out. Always. It’s my name for a start, not yours, and there’s not even a double standard since I was asking you questions, for the purpose of avoiding making the assumptions to build a Strawman.

Thanks for clarifying, but attacking my username which is important to me was unnecessary.

Do you think they can’t be body positive, or can’t have recovered mentally, unless they gain so much weight that you can’t see ribs any more in the standard, ubiquitous, slightly arched back pose? Do you realise just how high a BMI some body types need in order to not have visible ribs? Do you think you have to look a certain way before you’re allowed to feel good about yourself? Or that if you look any other way, it must necessarily be due to still having disordered thoughts and you should feel bad about yourself and hide away?

Hmm. It’s almost as if different people have different experiences.

Yes they’re so complimentary of each each other.

Well. Maybe it’s Australian folded eggs then.

It’s an omelette then.

Some people are absolutely fine their whole lives, then suddenly develop an eating disorder in response to big life changes like empty nest, divorce, menopause, bereavement, whatever. It’s common at all ages. Don’t believe what the movies say. We aren’t all wispy little teenage white girls with a stupid baby voice and a qUiRkY affectation.

I think if you were going to develop an ED at any point, you were born with the switch. Then maybe you’re lucky and nothing ever happens to flip the switch, or maybe puberty flips it, or maybe something else entirely.

Your brain doesn’t stop developing until you’re about 25, and even then you can have some big mental health predisposition surprises, lying dormant, waiting for some trauma or something to springboard from.

It’s both actually.

You deserve to fuel and nourish your body. If you want to, you definitely should.

My mum said this all the time. It’s excuses. She doesn’t want to take responsibility for what she did to herself, so she lazily insists that it was inevitable for xyz reason.

She died so I can’t even show her my tiny post-baby body to rub it in her face what a liar she was to everybody and herself. Spiteful, yes, but truthful and accurate too.

Thanks for downvotes. Truth hurts. Stay accountable. 👍

My bmi is 16.7 and I am currently on my period. Wasn’t expecting it this time tbh.

It’s definitely a lack of resources thing rather than an overall picture. You lose it when malnourished, not necessarily underweight.

I pooed two days in a row once. 😎

Isn’t it sad that that’s a fond memory.

Knock knock, hello, group chat? It’s me! The password is... maybe... pyjamas? Definitely not shower. Can I come in if I do shower?

No don’t do things for yourself, whine at him to do it / about why he hasn’t done it, if we are going for an eye for an eye.

I quit smoking and nothing happened. It wasn’t suppressing my appetite, ED was suppressing my appetite just fine on its own the whole time.

Ah good, they’ll be pleased to know it works so well to spread delight extremely remotely. What a great review.

Don’t your arms go dead before you can get to sleep?

I use a breastfeeding pillow to keep my knees apart and hips cushioned if I’m on my side or around my middle if on front. They feel like a cuddle.

I would be very happy with my leather pencil dress, but it’s quarantine and I have nowhere to wear it. So. What with the way things are. I’m quite happy with my vibrator.

IBS meds and Yakult make a small dent.