BULIMIA AWARENESS / HELP

My attention got drawn to this article:

BATTLE WITH BULIMIA

I don’t know this magazine, but it is popular press as I believe and I hate these kind of magazines.
These stories always show one side and of course the celeb in its midth is the one getting the attention. Which is fine, BUT if it is about something so serious like Bulimia it just makes me sad.

Bulimia is not a choice.
Of course the media and those stupid ideals in our societies preach us that we have to be perfect and thin and all that, BUT (again) Bulimia is a mental illness and the Body image part is just one facette of it. It is so sad to read this, because there is this young, pretty girl who suffers from Bulimia, but there is no sentence about what Bulimia is REALLY about.
I wished the media and those sources in specific would raise more awareness on this matter just so that people around us start understanding and can eventually be of help.

I am angry.

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3 responses to “BULIMIA AWARENESS / HELP

  1. imaginenamaste

    I agree with you–I cannot stand it when popular magazines include articles about a celebrity or someone who has an eating disorder or any other disorder and almost glamorize it and then make it sound like something that is easy to fix and just happens like a cold.

    • stopmyeds

      thanks for your post! I like your avatar picture 🙂
      why don’t you post your blog link when leaving a comment?
      best

  2. I’m with you, too. I blogged about this last month – that “Us” article “The Hills Made Me Bulimic” was ridiculous! http://redeemedfromthepit.blogspot.com/2009/06/hills-dont-make-people-bulimic.html

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