r/thanksimcured • u/Such-Time-3072 • 6d ago

Social Media "Just eat it🤓☝️"

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These were on an Instagram reel where a girl was celebrating the fact she got over her ED.The fact that people can be this ignorant is beyond me

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u/ASweetTweetRose 6d ago

There’s a girl on Instagram who has ARFID and gets comments like this. Some people often blame her mom, that her mom must be a bad cook for her daughter to not want to eat. People have commented saying to starve her and then she’ll eat. It totally doesn’t work like that!!

Zero understanding for ED!!

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

if a parent starved their kid with an eating disorder the kid would just continue to starve themselves even further

source: have an ed and parents who always said "if u don't wanna eat then starve"

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u/ASweetTweetRose 6d ago

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I don’t consider myself to have an ED but I (feel like) I understand ARFID — eating isn’t always enjoyable for me. It’s a chore. And when my Crohn’s is flared it’s even worse.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Tbh I don't think I have anything severe like anorexia because I have periods when I eat normally and periods when I won't eat on purpose.

I guess people fucked me up by comparing me to my underweight sister my whole childhood, now we look basically the same yet I still feel like I'm not as skinny as her, even though I literally am.

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u/designated_weirdo 6d ago

I don't have an eating disorder but I do have a history of disordered eating. It sounds similar to your experience - periods of eating normally and then choosing not to for however long. I have times where I will choose to go hungry because nothing is "interesting" enough to eat. Or just no appetite and I'll get sick if I try. Then back to regularly scheduled eating like normal. It usually happens when I'm stressed or going through different phases in my energy.