Some Peoples Children

So I was blog creeping the other day ( you know trying to promote my blog and get it out there and start networking) and some of the things I came across were just plain disturbing. Most of which that I came across were about these teenage girls who were starving themselves, seriously starving themselves because they felt like they weren't good enough. What sickened me even more was the support they were getting from strangers telling them that what they were doing was a good thing (although this girls were seeing stars when they were walking and they loved that) and telling them to keep going. I was sickened, saying that they couldn't wait for their parents to leave on holidays so they could go back to not eating. I wanted to tell these girls that they are crazy for what they are doing and that they are seriously causing their body SERIOUS harm and their organs are going to start shutting down because it's not getting the nutrients it needs. I can't believe that society is supporting this behaviour because "skinny is beautiful" and they are encouraging young girls to stop eating. I had to stop reading these blogs because of how angry they made me, but when someone who is so intent on being "skinny" and being "desireable" nothing is going to break that mentality until either A) they get rushed to emergency or B) they die or C) they realize that they are doing to their body or lastly D) someone comes along and helps them beat this horrible disease. I had a touch of anorexia when I was a teenager/ in my young twenties and I wanted to not eat. But the difference was, I hated feeling bloated which is what happens when you don't eat for a week. So that sometimes made it worse (thanks to my husband who yelled at me for being so stupid he made me eat again) then my body went back to normal. I am sure if I had support from someone to tell me not to eat, I probably would be in a lot of trouble. Nothing works right when you don't have the nutrients to feed it, your brain can't function, your always so tired because on top of all this you're also working out which requires more calories. It's just plain stupidity that these girls feel the need to do this to themselves. What is even more scary is that the parents don't know that this is going on, but when you're in the middle of something how can you see it? I hope that these girls see the light and realize that what they are doing is cutting their life span in half just to be "beautiful". I want to be beautiful too, but I also want to watch my children grow up strong and healthy and then watch them have children. I want to live, on that note I am going to eat a sundae and not feel guilty about it.