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"Contrary to a commonly held belief among the dwindling number of Americans who have not been touched by the disease, young people who fall into the grip of anorexia (15 percent of anorexics die of the ailment) are not, for the most part, trying to look like some magazine icon; they're trying to assert some control over a life that they feel is not really theirs."

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/01/17/anorexic/index.html

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[motheaten.livejournal.com]

humph. anyone who thinks that by dropping a load of weight, they can end up looking like a supermodel is just stupid. one can admire a pop icon and whine all they want about being fat, etc etc etc, but without forcing yourself to control your body's cravings for food, without exercise, without that self-discipline (sometimes perversely self-punishment), you're not going to get anywhere. as you see your body progressing and becoming thinner and thinner, it's only inspires you to push that regimen even harder, to become even stricter with yourself - and then it becomes an obsession. at that state, the knowledge that your self control can create such tangible effects that you can see right in the mirror is euphoric. anyway, my imput.