Lel
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One thing that I, as a guy, for the life of my cannot understand are girls and eating disorders. I can see the intense pressure to be stick thin and glamarous 24/7 that girls are constantly bombarded with, but I'm talking about highschool girls who naturally weigh 120 lb. but force themselves to hover around 100 lb.
Being skinny and asian myself, I of course naturally graviate towards shorter/skinnier girls and it me it's simply naturally more appealing. But this leads to issues because I often get involved with girls who have severe eating disorders and it always distresses me a lot. One time a girl, with whom I was involved with, had such a severe case of it that she ended up in the hospital for a while and it caused quite a stir. She was better for a while, but now she's back into her self loathing attitude about her appearence (though she is not as severe as she was before).
Another girl I knew had a very hard time with it, especially during early highschool and at one point weighed 85 lb. (mind you she's really short). Everyone was really worried about her and she became better, but of course she drifted back to it. She's bulemic, and the act completely disgusts me (especially after on case of food poisoning where I spent the entire night vomitting) but also really worries me.
The thing is, these girls are naturally very petite and skinny but they're pushing themselves to be even thinner. I'm naturally attracted to this (natural skinniness that is) so I always end up crossing paths with a girl who has a severe eating disorder.
How exactly do I approach these situations? Is there any way to help? Personally I'm honestly getting tired of all the self-loathing they do about their bodies and yet at the same time I worry myself over their health. Does anyone else have other experiences they'd like to share?
Being skinny and asian myself, I of course naturally graviate towards shorter/skinnier girls and it me it's simply naturally more appealing. But this leads to issues because I often get involved with girls who have severe eating disorders and it always distresses me a lot. One time a girl, with whom I was involved with, had such a severe case of it that she ended up in the hospital for a while and it caused quite a stir. She was better for a while, but now she's back into her self loathing attitude about her appearence (though she is not as severe as she was before).
Another girl I knew had a very hard time with it, especially during early highschool and at one point weighed 85 lb. (mind you she's really short). Everyone was really worried about her and she became better, but of course she drifted back to it. She's bulemic, and the act completely disgusts me (especially after on case of food poisoning where I spent the entire night vomitting) but also really worries me.
The thing is, these girls are naturally very petite and skinny but they're pushing themselves to be even thinner. I'm naturally attracted to this (natural skinniness that is) so I always end up crossing paths with a girl who has a severe eating disorder.
How exactly do I approach these situations? Is there any way to help? Personally I'm honestly getting tired of all the self-loathing they do about their bodies and yet at the same time I worry myself over their health. Does anyone else have other experiences they'd like to share?