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I’m having a mommy moment. Or, perhaps, a post-ana mommy moment.
My mother is visiting and feeding my son copious amounts of homemade cookies. Sugar cookies. With sprinkles. It’s driving me crazy. I don’t want one — cookies aren’t my thing. That’s not the problem. It’s that she has set no limits. One cookie has turned into […]
As many of you know, I wrote a short story many years ago that I posted here at Breaking the Mirror. The writing was pitiful (my apologies!), but the concept is one that still haunts me:
Are some mothers and daughters essentially “pro-ana” teams?
I’ve never personally known any mom-daughter relationships that fit this desciption, but I’ve […]
Guess what? I have a great news story that’s perfect for Mother’s Day!
A recent Reuters article linked being a mom to fewer eating problems. Cool, huh?
As the article claims:
“Women have fewer eating problems after having children…largely because they stop drinking as much and behave less impulsively, according to new findings from Norway.”
Unfortunately, the piece does […]
December 14, 2002, I received a delicious surprise. It came in the form of a positive pregnancy test.
I was elated.
I was amazed.
I was scared poopless.
As someone who had anorexia and EDNOS problems for over a decade, I just knew that being “with child” would open the door for Ana to move back into my life. […]
Please don’t be an ostrich if you’re a parent.
What’s an ostrich? It’s someone who sticks his or her head in the sand and pretends that things aren’t going on when they most definitely are.
This attitude is what allows so many eating disorders to go undetected by the people who live with anorexics and bulimics.
I recommend […]
Bracelets with red beads. (Not just “red bracelets”, though.)
That’s what many followers of Ana wear.
Sometimes, they wear them on both wrists, sometimes just on one.
This helps pro-anas identify one another.
Parents, did you know this?
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Thinspiration. It’s what helps keep anorexic and bulimic women and men “in the game.” Whatever form the thinspo takes, it gives eating disorder sufferers the “push” they need to starve themselves or clear their systems of all nourishment.
In a nutshell, thinspiration is what turns Ana and Mia victims into cannibals.
But thinspo doesn’t always come in print or video […]
How many times can I tell parents to be on the lookout for signs of eating disorders in their children, even those who seem “too young” to be worried about such a thing as having the “perfect” body?
If you’re a mom, dad, grandparents or guardian, it’s time to open your eyes and watch out for […]
So… did your mom or dad say that? Perhaps a grandparent or an aunt? Did it bug you, annoy you, anger you?
We parents say so many things without thinking.
Even though my son is very young, I worry that if I make a big deal out of the itsy-bitsy amount he ate for dinner, he’ll spiral […]
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