Comments on: something inside that you wanna say, say it out loud, it’ll be okay

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:26:30 +0000

y’know, i didn’t say anything about this stuff for a long time out of shame.

but that same feeling of shame is what got me in trouble in the first place.

so i don’t think of it so much as bravery – more of an act of rebellion.

By: nikoline

nikoline — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:44:27 +0000

your experiences around this are so important. thank you for sharing them, brave woman.

i know i look back at younger versions of myself and really feel sadness about some of my states of mind and related actions. maya angelou said, “you did then what you knew how to do and when you knew better…you did better!” i think by openly reflecting on our, particularly painful, experiences it benefits others in ways we can’t know – and maybe ultimately will mean that other, in this case, girls and women (although obviously boys and men also experience eating disorders) will know how to do better by themselves (as in “do right by” themselves) more often and earlier.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:38:34 +0000

You know, what I think is the most frightening thing is how many little girls I have overheard in various places worrying about their weight at younger and younger ages. It sneaks into conversations at odd times and I hear things I never thought I’d hear from the mouth of…say…a 6 year old.

Thanks for being brave enough to tell your story. I don’t know many women who don’t struggle with distorted body image in one way or another. Myself included. I fight that good fight in my mind much more frequently than I would like.