Filed under: anorexia, eating disorder recovery, eating disorders, pro-ana
Sure, my heads gonna get away from me sometimes. That’s- you gotta expect that. If I’m trying to lose weight, if I’m watching my calories of course there’s some sick part of me which is going to want to turn it into something- into something way bigger than it really is. That’s- it’s normal. It doesn’t really mean I’m actually doing anything.
So maybe I miss being tiny, maybe some sick part of me misses feeling my ribs and hip bones in the bed at night. The smile I’d get, the secret triumphant comfort of that smile. But that’s not what this is about. This is about a perfectly ordinary, even healthy, desire to regain control of my weight. Any doctor would advise the same thing. Any doctor, anyone, any normal woman wouldn’t want to be overweight and neither do I.
So maybe my head goes off, goes into places which are a little darker than a normal dieter. That doesn’t make what I’m doing, what I’m actually doing rather than what I imagine I might do later- that doesn’t make any of it unhealthy. It’s not out of control, I know the difference between what I’ve done and what kinds of things I’d do if I was sick again. I’m going to draw the line, I know I will. I don’t really want all that sickness back again.
I’m over reacting. Stop over reacting. Act normal. You’re normal now, this is silly, this is hysteria, just act normal. If you act like it’s a big deal you’ll make it a big deal. It isn’t a big deal. IT ISN’T A BIG FUCKING DEAL. Okay?
I just want to lose a little weight, that’s all. Like a heroin addict just wants to get a little high. Like any normal overweight woman. That’s what I am. That’s all I am, now.
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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It’s never far away, eh? Have nothing to say to change your mind, it’s your mind, your life. You know yourself too well now to be told otherwise. Are you afraid of being awesome too?
Lola x
Comment by Lola Snow November 7, 2009 @ 3:39 amAn act of creative writing only. I’m far too awesome to fall into such an obvious trap. Much less make the trap myself, bait it, and wander around looking in every direction but that one whistling cheerfully.
Comment by vive42 November 7, 2009 @ 2:42 pm