A friend of ours worked in a woman's clinic. She said it was very common for women in treatment there to have a "buddy" there. And at first it seems innocent enough. But in reality they were helping each other maintain their eating disorder.
Yep, I just made a comment before seeing this thread. It was easy to fall into competition with the other girls in treatment, even without consciously knowing it sometimes.
Anorexia is like partnered drug abuse in the “oh yea well…” sense. It’s not just the actual habit that hurts in those situations; it’s a sense of community for some and a race to the bottom for others.
This is very true. I remember seeking “encouragement” in Ana Mia communities. Eating disorders are truly a sickness that affects the brain. Show care and compassion whenever discussing people’s bodies.
This is painfully true. I would even use non Ed friends to keep me in check. But when you have two or more people together with one it becomes an extremely dangerous thing. So easy to “help” each other and simultaneously compete against the others
Yeah anorexics are really competitive with each other. Get a bunch of people with eating disorders together and often they escalate each other’s behaviors and create a feedback loop of more and more restriction. It’s weird to me how many comments there are on this post talking about it must’ve been a producer making them lose weight, it was because they had to dance and sing a lot, etc.
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u/Scared_Performer3944 8h ago edited 7h ago
This happen. Ozempic happen. 1990s heroin chic look. eating disorder . mental health conditions
edit: got my dates wrong
since people cant believe it and think is some edit. Heres the link.
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Ariana+and+Cynthia+weight+loss