Its ok to be angry. Triggers are the worse thing for us. I know how you feel. Please message me if you want to talk more - life is worth living and fighting for

i agree with you, that it's a trigger to hear people list weights, BMI or calories. I purposely don't do that.
PLEASE everybody, if you absolutely feel the need to post that stuff, put TRIGGER in the headline, so we can avoid it if we want to.
It's tough to open a post and find POUNDS and CALORIES staring at us in the face.

I know how you feel, but when someone says "weight mentioned" or "food mentioned" I just have to look like its a bad car accident and you know you shouldn't look but you're compelled to anyway.

not to be a bitch or anything, but these people have a freedom of speech and should not have to censor their thoughts just because it might bother someone else...perhaps they r extending their hands in hopes of someone taking them into their care and help them....i remember being in treatment and having to worry about every little thing i said worrying that i might say something that would affect someone elses recovery...not a fun place to be...so my suggestion to u is to contain urself to ur journal and ur friends for the moment because obviously the message board is not the best place for u right now

Well said Missy

Yeah Missy!

I agree with nettie 100%. I think those people are just proud of their low weight and want everybody to go OH my God you are so skinny.
Missy I think it should be the other way around. Don't post that stuff on the discussion site where everybody is looking for help, but post it in your journal and then invite your friends to read it. That way it isn't forced on everybody. The free speech thing is kind of lame. It's not ok to post things that pull other people down. There are different sites for that if you know what I mean.

if u cannot handle talking about all of the aspects of ur ED, then perhaps u should not be on an ED discussion board...cuz like it or not, a big part of EDs are numbers....and i for one refuse to censor myself just to keep others from getting bothered...if u cant take the heat then stay out of the kitchen!

ok i see where your comming from missy and yes they might be reaching out for help whitch is great, if they are but as i said in my origional poast "a least put a waning on them or something" as b4 i read them i didn't know if these pll where say crap i've relasped, look how much i've put on or look how skinny i am if there was some sort of warning then you would know not to read them or to read them and encrouage i hope that makes scene

Because this is a RECOVERY support site, anything public that triggers (and therefore encourages) disordered eating should be discouraged.
that's the reality. We all have freedom of speech. We all have a brain to know when to use that freedom and when not to, if it hurts others.