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Speaking of Fat Thursday/Anorexia/Bulimia

Did anyone see What's Eating You last night on E!?  I can't believe how many times that girl Danni was purging.

The dancer was in such denial too and treated it like it was a joke.

Do you think this show is glamorizing eating disorders? 

Re: Speaking of Fat Thursday/Anorexia/Bulimia

  • imageswimbikepuke:
    I didn't see this show.  I didn't even KNOW about this show.  I fell asleep watching "The Dark Ages" on the History channel.  I am permanently scarred though from watching some 20/20 a few years ago, where a bulimic was storing her vomit in a rubbermade under-bed storage container.  They actually showed the interior of the bin.  It was so gross I almost threw up myself.  Now I can't really watch shows about eating disorders without seeing that image in my head.

    omg, why would she store it??  that is disgusting.  Did she just not want to use the toilet?

  • imageswimbikepuke:
    I didn't see this show.  I didn't even KNOW about this show.  I fell asleep watching "The Dark Ages" on the History channel.  I am permanently scarred though from watching some 20/20 a few years ago, where a bulimic was storing her vomit in a rubbermade under-bed storage container.  They actually showed the interior of the bin.  It was so gross I almost threw up myself.  Now I can't really watch shows about eating disorders without seeing that image in my head.

    Off topic but my sister had a suitemate in college (each had single rooms thankfully) that purged into a bin in her closet.

  • They store it to hide it.  They don't want to keep it.  It is very suspicious to have the toilet flushing all the time.  Then it gets hard to dispose of it all at one time.  
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  • I could have lived my whole life without knowing any of this

     

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  • I think that it is a common problem with bulimics to store their vomit. I watched an "Intervention" with this girl who was bulimic and would vomit into glad bags in her closet. She was a nanny, and would vomit into glad bags in the garage when at the other house. Then I think once a month, she would gather them all up and take them to a dumpster.

    The camera crew followed her into a buffet, and the amount this woman ate disgusted me. It was really sad because her husband knew, and refused to have sex with her because he was worried she would get pregnant and harm the baby by throwing up. I think she ended up getting treatment and "got better"

  • imagecopzgirl:

    I could have lived my whole life without knowing any of this

     

    Seriously, just when you think you have heard it all!

  • In college, Mr.P had a roommate that once left his vomit sitting in a trash can in his room (that Mr.P had to WALK THROUGH to get to his own room) for an entire day.

    Maybe he was bulimic. 

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  • imagePescalita:

    In college, Mr.P had a roommate that once left his vomit sitting in a trash can in his room (that Mr.P had to WALK THROUGH to get to his own room) for an entire day.

    Maybe he was bulimic. 

    haha, or had a rough night of drinking!

  • imagecopzgirl:

    I could have lived my whole life without knowing any of this

    FOR REALZ. IndifferentIndifferentIndifferent

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  • imagePescalita:

    In college, Mr.P had a roommate that once left his vomit sitting in a trash can in his room (that Mr.P had to WALK THROUGH to get to his own room) for an entire day.

    Maybe he was bulimic. 

    Possibly as there are male bulimics. Although there are many more female bulimics.  I would venture to guess that this particular situation had more to do with drinking however.

     

  • I haven't seen this show LB.  As long as the show treats these folks with respect, gets others to recognize that they have a problem, and offers resources/phone numbers to get that help I think it probably does more good than bad.
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