tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post490936643304053851..comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Comments on Feed Me!: A basic misunderstanding of anorexiaHarriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-30128175859984299412007-09-04T19:06:00.000-05:002007-09-04T19:06:00.000-05:00Rachel,Exactly. It's not that people with anorexi...Rachel,<BR/><BR/>Exactly. It's not that people with anorexia aren't hungry, it's that food gives them so much anxiety that they are unable to eat.<BR/><BR/>Harriet,<BR/><BR/>Refusal always bothered me, too, especially as I entered recovery. It's so misleading because AN is very ego-syntonic and it does actually seem as if the sufferer is refusing. I'm not saying that I didn't take the opportunity to torture some well-meaning but ill-informed treatment providers with the fact that I wasn't gonna gain weight, but this was also after years of the disease, endless treatment, and a certain amount of cynicism. I was pissed. Fix me, already, dammit!<BR/><BR/>And the last thing with the 'refusal' word, besides implying choice: I never thought I was underweight. So how could I refuse to maintain a normal weight if I already was? Yes, I saw the number on the scale and such, but I couldn't believe- I couldn't <I>see</I>- that I was underweight.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents.<BR/><BR/>CarrieCarrie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-66139842832671846472007-09-04T10:13:00.000-05:002007-09-04T10:13:00.000-05:00I'd like to hear more on this brain receptor that ...I'd like to hear more on this brain receptor that he claims has been shown to be turned off in malnourished peoples.<BR/><BR/>Because at first reading, what he's purporting cannabis does is boost the appetite of an eating disordered person. But in the case of anorexia, it's not appetite that's the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com