Quote From: betch28It's been on my DVR a while. I have a few episodes on my DVR of Dr. Phil's, something that last season never happened.
Everytime I hit the info button on the Dr. Phil eps I've had waiting for me, I'd say this one is the one that caused me to roll my eyes more than the rest.
Has anyone ever been to an ana/mia webiste? People are pretty honest on the web, esp when they are communicating with people who share their mindset. And some common trends on these websites are a pride over being "bones," pride over control, wishing they were fairies, and posting pictures hoping to be some poor girls "thinspiration," a term that ana/mia's use on pictures of women who are "bones" to inspire them not to eat.
Everytime I see Dr. Phil feature these girls on his show, I get sick. It feeds the problem. It may as well be a step-by-step on how to be ana/mia, and the gain you get from being one. GAINS: Attention, being taken care of, not being expected much of, AND the poster child of thinspiration!!! ana/mia's see this girl as a success, and this girl knows this.
They wouldn't do this if there wasn't a gain. We dont do anything unless there's a benefit for us to do so.
All the talk of shame by the girl, the "you have the power" talk by the doctors, all sounded like a bunch of lips flapping around to me. The substance wasn't there, for they were not focussing on the real problem, which is people with this problem have a genuine pride over their efforts, and are more than happy to share them, cleverly veiled under "shame" for the masses who they know dont get what they're really accomplishing is being a STAR for the cult of ana/mia.
Anyway, this girl, like the reat of the "fairies" who masquerade as shameful on network tv are nothing short of annoying, and I wish you would no longer feed the problem by airing their garbage unless you're willing to expose the actual problem behind why these people do this.
I have to admit you are right, I am a recovering anarexic, I say recovering because i do eat everyday but my mind set is really not healthy. I've put my emotions away from ED and applied them to unrealistic fears and phobias and am now borderline agoraphobic...anyways, i think its shame full to have this girl on stage in a small skirt and tank to expose her thinness...i have to admitt i was looking at anarexic pictures, not to feel thinspired but because my mind wants to just see...and there was the doc phill show...so i could watch and listen to none of the lips flapping but see her thinness....sick right?, i know...but i think its very wrong to parade these girls the way dr.phil has done..while i can understand he wants to shock some girls watching to recover, i can tell u for sure, for every girl u have shocked into recovery u have inspired 10 more to be thinner...it dangerous to even think about showing real live thinspo..and thats what anarexic girls are thinking...i get to watch real live thinspo...anyways to address the other thing u said about quack docs spitting from the mouth....gumming it up so to speak....they only have an hour...they cant exactly start therapy on the stage...its just a summery and a few words on how to help a dying girl....so dont be sooo harsh..
Imagine standing in front of a mirror and seeing an obese person staring back at you. Now imagine that this person looking back at you actually weighs only 60 pounds. Dr. Phil takes a look inside the mind of an anorexic and bulimic 28-year-old named Aimee, whose frame is so fragile after years of deprivation, doctors have said she has the bones of a 90-year-old woman. Her bulimia is so extreme, she vomits up to 150 times a day and by evening, sees blood. What dark secret from Aimee’s childhood could have set her on this path to self-destruction? And is she too far gone, or can she come back from her downward spiral before it’s too late? To answer these and other critical questions, Dr. Phil calls on his team of medical experts, The Doctors: Dr. Lisa Masterson, an OB/GYN; family therapist Dr. Tara Fields; pediatrician Dr. Jim Sears; plastic surgeon Dr. Andrew Ordon; and E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork. Plus, Dr. Phil invites a previous guest who was starving for perfection to share her story. Will her personal triumph inspire Aimee to believe that recovery is within reach? Plus The Doctors address teen obesity. What's at stake in this new generation's battle of the bulge? Get in on the conversation!
