During the last 6 months I have read 3 manuscripts of anorexic suffering written by people who have partially recovered and 4 books about anorexic suffering which have actually found a publisher.
Our staff here at the National Centre for Eating Disorders, who know about a lot about eating disorders, have also read these works (no confidentiality requested) and we have all ended up dismayed and overwhelmed by the grisly details of what people have done and thought as a result of their illness often for years on end.
We have Post Traumatic Anorexia Disorder for which the cure is rest, compassion for ourselves and others, and taking care of ourselves.
But as we move in to eating disorders awareness week must ask for whom is this useful, for Sufferers? The Public? Therapists? No one?
You may know me by now, I say what I think and I don't play the party line. If you really want to know about the good, the bad and the ugly anorexia porn, check out what I have written on our website blog (I don't want to write it twice). The bad anorexia porn might be a reality star posting bony pictures of herself on Instagram.
But are these accounts any better? If you want to know what I really find valuable, follow this link.
http://eating-disorders.org.uk/anorexia-porn-who-needs-all-the-grisly-details/
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