pinkstarlight

@pinkstarlight (4)

United Arab Emirates • Age 40

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Should it be legal for anorexics to be force fed?

littlemissmistress @littlemissmistress (187) • United States 23 Mar 07

In some places it is, with parental consent of course. Should it be ok to force someone to eat to prevent them from starving themselves, or is it too damaging psychologically?

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pinkstarlight As I have been in an eating disorder hospital I would know first-hand what it is like to hear yells as people are reapplying the food tube, due to the young woman pulling it out. Is it ok? No, no one should be forced to do anything. But in these conditions it...

26 Mar 07

Numbing The Soul

pinkstarlight @pinkstarlight (4) • United Arab Emirates 26 Mar 07

How is it that so many people in today's society are being admitted to hospital weight a mere 80 pounds to to starvation, self induced vomiting, and substance abuse? Is it today's media that influences us, and if so- why are they...

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Let them breathe

sunilkonda @sunilkonda (1215) • India 25 Mar 07

In India we see them everyday. Running on busy roads…riding buses..Jumping the crossings.. Their hands stretched forward….. I see them going through scrap and dirt. And I cannot stop thinking.. Child beggars... But who...

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pinkstarlight I agree, it is terrible about the starving children left in India and Africa alone to defend for themselves. I blame our society and the government for this. The African government is in huge debt, and any money that they do make, will automatically be taken...

26 Mar 07

Anorexia can never be cured, do you agree?

Pigglies @Pigglies (9329) • United States 7 Feb 07

In therapy I was told, "Anorexia can never be cured, you'll always be in recovery." I agreed with it at first, because thoughts would still often come up and I still wished I could weigh myself all the time. But now I'd have...

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pinkstarlight This is a tricky discussion, as I've also heard you can never completely recover from an eating disorder, in some ways this gives me no hope at all. Why would I try to recover when it has been stated that you never FULLY recover? It's a never ending circle,...

26 Mar 07

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