I don’t think fashion creates eating disorders, although it can be a trigger. I also don’t necessarily think people always get eating disorders because they have a bad body image, etc. I, for one, know that I actually had a very healthy body image before I got an eating disorder. I always laughed at even the slightest hint that I was supposed to be as thin as, say, a celebrity; I did not like the way the very skinny celebrities looked. To me, Beyonce, J-Lo, and Queen Latifah looked amazing. Renee Zellwegger was too skinny (at her low weights) and not attractive at all. Models? Models didn’t even exist in my world. They were just people in pictures to me.
The way I look to other people has never been that important; the numbers on the scale, and the food manipulation itself, have always been the important things to me. I am rather underweight for my body type, and I do not think that I look good — in fact, when I am able to look in the mirror objectively (which admittedly isn’t very often these days) I think I am too skinny. But I still cannot make myself eat more food or gain more weight, because that would mean a loss of control, and right now I find that idea absolutely intolerable.
Do I make sense at all?
1 comment:
Just found your blog through Mamavisions. This response makes so much sense. Afterall, eating disorders are about control. I share a similar opinion about fashion creating eating disorders. I don't think it creates them, but it sure doesn't hlep the situation.
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