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kab276 |
attention whores
Sep 21 2009, 10:03 PM EDT
ive been txting my friend who lately has decided shes going to go on a diet. now shes not HUGE but not skinny either but overall doesnt really need a diet. anyway shes decided to eat less and do nothing but talk about all the weight shes loosing. she even started wearing shorts that were too big for her in teh first place so that she can pin the side and pretend shes lost a giant amount of weight. now what she does(and i know shes doing this) is for lunch at school shell eat a special k drink (180cal) and two special k bars (90cal each) and then when she gets home stuffds her face. two of her friends think shes got some problem and are giving her all this attention which is whats she wants. i know shes doing this for teh attention because she is always talking about how little shes eating and her brothers trainer that she goes to with and all teh weights shes lost. the point of my story basically is im tired of people using ana as a way to get attention. if she really had a problem she wouldnt be telling everyone all about it. being ana is embarrassing and shameful and i would die before i told everyone. does she think being ana is something good cause i can tell her its not. other people do this as well for the attention they think itll bring them. i hate it. its insulting to me becuase it makes what im going through seem less important or like its just somehting everyone goes though a "phase". Do you find this valuable?
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Perfected-dreamer |
1. RE: attention whores
Sep 21 2009, 11:21 PM EDT
Ah don't we all have those friends. It's sooo annoying aye!! You just wanna throw bricks at them... You could always buy her something you know she loves then give it to her infront of those other friends and she'll cave probably... then her friends wont give her all the attention... or she will start claiming she's mia too LOL Do you find this valuable? |
Ohhsuger |
2. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 2:42 AM EDT
Hahaha! I so totally know what you mean, there is a girl who is .. sort of my friend, I know her well anyways, and she is normal weight, she is really tall and she looks pretty thin. I don't really care about that, but she has always been thin all her life, and so is her family, they are all just thin. And then she goes like ' I want to be boney .. I don't know why my brothers say I don't eat.. * rolls eyes around the place * ( I dont frikn know ur brothers) , she has also been to a party I've been too and she goes like, "I never eat! and I always exercise, thats why I'm so skinny " & I swear .. to god, I didn't even ask, I wasn't even talking about weight, or dieting or anything I was just standing there, I've met anorexic girls before, and they are not proud of it at all.. no one knows I am anorexic, they just think I'm a health freak lmao.. but seriously, who brags like that, it seems to be begging for attention.. especially since I see her at school and she eats like a pig.. I wish I was exaggerating.. I'm not >.> I totally understand what you feel toward them..
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neelola |
3. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 5:28 AM EDT
I think id feel sorry for her first and then feel really pissed off. Its pathetic when people pretend to have an illness to get attention. Its the same as me pretending i had cancer so that people would be nice to me. If she actually had to live with ana for a week shes never want to pretend she had an ed again.
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Bite-Sized |
4. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 10:53 AM EDT
Yeah, I hate that... I go through that threefold because of self harm issues and the fact that I'm bisexual. Both are terribly trendy and so ana on top of that, I come off like a huuuuuuge tool if I actually tell everyone about it all. And trying to get help for it is even more depressing so I just give up anyways. Even counsellors in my past have been all over the people who were especially loud about their "disorders." I remember several times having my appointment cancelled because there was some "emergency". So eventually I just stopped going.I guess we all have to deal with people like this. The only comfort is when you come across someone IRL, that you can share with that is the real deal, and that can make both of you stronger. Do you find this valuable? |
gemana |
5. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 2:01 PM EDT
Ah I have a friend like that. One of my other friends said she was worried about her and I was like FFS, she isn't anorexic, she just says she doesn't eat a lot and talks about losing weight to get your attention. Don't give it to her coz it's what she wants!!! She says she can wear children's clothes then bought a medium-sized adult top in topshop. I hope she finds out about my ana one day, that'll shut her up. She even had a friend who died of anorexia and yet she still seems to want to be ana!
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fattyfingerz |
6. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 2:07 PM EDT
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erm... this is kind of wierd.. but,thats kind of how my e.d started. then i became secretive about it... the only difference is that my friends kept telling me how ******* fat i was and how "im so ******* fat im an embarresment and unless i didnt eat for 2 weeks i could never evern talk to them again" i cant beleive she actually said that :'( so basicly, i ate nothing a school, scoffed my face when i got home, exercised for hours, took laxatives and then went into school saying that i hadnt eaten... oh and btw. she obviosely does need some sort of help and has some kind of issues (not meaning that offensivly) if she feels like she needs to do that for people to notice her. just saying... (if your gonna read what ive just said plz read the whole thing. hoping no ones gonna be judgemental) 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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gemana |
7. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 2:32 PM EDT
who are you talking to??xxx Do you find this valuable? |
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Ohhsuger |
8. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 5:06 PM EDT
you really used the right words there.. pathetic.. a very pathetic attempt to gain peoples attention .. Thank god everyone can see right through her lies.. but pretending to be anorexic might actually cause her to try starving herself for real, don't u think?
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kab276 |
9. RE: attention whores
Sep 22 2009, 8:31 PM EDT
"oh and btw. she obviosely does need some sort of help and has some kind of issues (not meaning that offensivly) if she feels like she needs to do that for people to notice her."hahah you have no idea how right you are. what makes me really really mad it the other day she called me fat ass and i flipped a **** at her which got me all worried cause thats such a sterotypical ana thing to do. then tody she denyed it and i had to try so hard not to just punch her in the face haha i mean i love her and all but i just wanna scream at her and everyone else like her Do you find this valuable? |
phoenix_7 |
10. RE: attention whores
Sep 23 2009, 8:33 AM EDT
The ones that are loud need some form of help and support but it's the quiet ones you really need to worry about....I think that’s for most things, Ana, mia, self harming, and depression, even just people who are generally sick or injured... Do you find this valuable? |
thindragon |
11. RE: attention
Nov 1 2009, 6:18 AM EST
Everyone knows , Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness.Who is suffer from it, know that it cannot be fake. We are what we are and it is hard get rid of it , without a strength. I know how frustrated is when we meet people, who try to use ana behaviour to bring an attention. But we cannot do anything to stop someone from doing it. We can prompt them to look for a reason why they doing this and help them realize , how stupid it is. Do not blame or label them. Everything have got a reason, our illness same as they needs of illness. Each human being needs an attention and each of them will be fighting for that, this way or by the other. So do not be a barbarian and try to understand and get deeper in someone's problems, which always are a source. Do You know, where her problems comes from? Maybe You are not aware of Your own? Debate it with Your self .. Kind regards. Do you find this valuable? |
creepingdown99 |
12. RE: attention
Nov 2 2009, 4:31 AM EST
"Everyone knows , Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness.Who is suffer from it, know that it cannot be fake. We are what we are and it is hard get rid of it , without a strength.Love the addition of "kind regards" at the end of this post. Do you find this valuable? |
ix3youalot |
13. RE: attention
Nov 6 2009, 3:54 PM EST
i was reading this and felt i just have to comment cos recently my friends been doing something similar well shes about 7stone and has been all her life she just is naturally like that no joke she eats like a pigg! but about two weeks ago we were in selfridges and she goes i feel faint so shes making a fuss and im abit panicky and an assistant comes rushing over tells her to sit down gives her a glass of water and some jelly beans and then a first aider came over and was asking loadsa questions and she said have you ate today and she said no i was like :S cos she had she had a jacket potato with cheese and beans before we went to town and then in town she had a big bacon and cheese baguette. then she started going i bet they thought i was anorexic thats well not fair i said why did you say you hadnt eaten? and she said i dont know it just came out i was like what the hell so yeh i have a friend like that too
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gemana |
14. RE: attention
Nov 7 2009, 8:03 AM EST
ix3youalot, she sounds like the sort of person who would drive me mad! She sounds like a classic attention seeker! I would have said to the assistant if I was there "I thought you had a jacket potato" and dropped her in it! People like that are just looking and asking for attention.xxx Do you find this valuable? |
xA-Ax |
15. RE: attention
Nov 7 2009, 8:25 AM EST
I hate people like that! I have a, well I say mate, and she always does that. She's like oh my gosh I feel faint and my other mates are all Are you alright? Have you eaten?? And she'll go "erm.. " and wait for ages. So that they take it as she hasn't even though she has eaten, mainly when she's with me. It makes me wanna bang my head off of the bloody wall but i doubt it would make any different. She's the reason I don't hang around much with our "joint" mates. I'd never shout it off the rooftops I have an ED. Jesus that's just thick!!!! I HATE attention seekers. xx
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ix3youalot |
16. RE: attention
Nov 7 2009, 11:19 AM EST
she drives me mad but all in all shes a really good friend shes just very self absorbed shes not very happy to listen to anything that doesnt involve her or her boyfriend. tbh i think that the friends that make a big kerfuffle thinking they have an ed are just dumb cos do they not know its a secretive illness its like god do some research watch hollyoaks even.xx Do you find this valuable? |
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gemana |
17. RE: attention
Nov 7 2009, 3:59 PM EST
xA-Ax, one of my friends used to that sort of thing and she still does, I once said to her "for goodness sake, stop being so ridiculous" and that shut her up, they are exactly the sort of people who clearly just want an ed but think it's all about just not eating.ix3youalot, i had another friend like that, she would always talk about herself, make a huge deal out of things, lie about EVERYTHING. Her facebook statuses recently have been things like "why am i being lied to all the time" "why do i deserve all of this", it's just like, STOP ASKING FOR ATTENTION! Ha! I was watching hollyoaks yesterday and I was actually jealous of hannah, knowing she had an ed and got so bad she had to be hospitalised! I loved her storyline the first time round cos i could get tips but now I'm just like go away! I don't want anita to have an ed! I'm so messed up...... lol xx Do you find this valuable? |
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ix3youalot |
18. RE: attention
Nov 8 2009, 5:37 AM EST
gets annoying i actually snapped at her once cos i was trying to tell her something that was important to me and she gets kept like going yeh uh huh as if she really wasnt bothered and then as soon as id finished she said nothing about what i said and said or danny propa made me laugh this weekend and i just couldnt help myself i was like yeh so youve already said about 5 times this morning are you ever happy unless the conversation revolves around you or danny cos it doest seem like it why dont you try getting of your high horse were the world revolves around you and join the little people down here who take an interest in their friends lives and she just shut up and her twin sister said thankyou someone feels the same way and then two other girls katie and becky was like yeh thats true you do talk about yourself alot i was like aaaah :) someone gets me xx Do you find this valuable? |
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gemana |
19. RE: attention
Nov 8 2009, 7:56 AM EST
she sounds so much like my ex-best friend, one time i remember i wanted to do this 100m run at school for some sports day thing and she basically told me i couldn't do it because she'd hurt her knee and couldn't do it herself. i think you'll find that more of your/her friends agree with you than you think!xx Do you find this valuable? |
