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I am familiar with/read her blog. From my perspective:
She is very ill and clearly knows she is ill, but doesn't promote it at all. She really doesn't tolerate any kind of silliness in the sense of wanas, and I've never seen her claim to eat healthy- or really even talk about food.
if you're interested here is her response to a question concerning her opinion on her weight.
sorry to be judgemental, but imo there is no way this girl is healthy. she looks really ill. and she knows it. and she wants it that way. she's apparantly a cutter too. do we have another Felice here?
wow, her skin color is kind of..greenish.
plus i don't like the anime thing. people wanting to look like dolls scare the shit out of me.
I think it is just plain mean to say things like that. She has never said her habits were healthy. And so what if she is a cutter? Does that make her matter less? Just because you don't like her interests, it doesn't give you the right to tear her down. She is obviously sick from a mental disorder. Would you go up to a schizophrenic and tell them their skin is green and poke fun at them? How could anyone WANT to be dying of an ED? There are girls on this very forum suffering beyond compare and you think they want it that way?
Going back through her tumblr a year or two, she looked a lot better to me. She was still really skinny, but she looked more alive and not sickly. It makes me really sad that no one's intervened, but I mean I bet they've tried... I just want to see her get well and look more lively again
sorry to be judgemental, but imo there is no way this girl is healthy. she looks really ill. and she knows it. and she wants it that way.
but still, this would be one more reason for me to say she shouldn't be on the internet showing herself like this.
I know I'm new here and I really don't want to start off my membership by getting involved in drama and I don't mean to attack you but I feel like you're wrong here.
The social stigma that comes with mental illness is huge. Many sufferers spend years in hiding, friends turn away, people judge. To me, you're implying that this is right - we should be hiding, we should not show ourselves, we should act like everything's perfectly fine for the sake of others, no matter how we feel about it.
i don't follow her, but this thread here was made to talk about her appearance and her blog so i looked it up and commended as requested. btw reading her blog i did not find any comments from her about having an ED, so it was not clear to me if she is in denial, or is "just" super thin but not suffering from an ED or whatever. all i saw was a girl who is showing herself exageratedly sick looking to the world on purpose.Fuck that. For some of us, the internet is the only outlet we have left because we turned everyone else away. If writing a blog helps Michelle in coping with her struggles, let her. If you* are triggered by her pictures or her writings, don't look at them, don't read them, don't pay her any attention. You're responsible for yourself. If you feel like shit looking at her pictures, ask yourself why and work on learning to handle your triggers.
Well, you said "she shouldn't be on the internet showing herself like this." I apologize if I misinterpreted your words, now that you've explained what you meant I see and understand your point.ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! idk how you come to think this, i never said anything about hiding.
I think she's definitely aware of the fact that she's sick. She never said it outright, however, I saw someone asking her if she was healthy and she replied something along the lines of, "Do you think I look like I'm healthy?"btw reading her blog i did not find any comments from her about having an ED, so it was not clear to me if she is in denial, or is "just" super thin but not suffering from an ED or whatever.
alright @Apple, now you crossed a line. you don't need to like me but stop interpreting things i say and twist my words all the time! you don't know a shit about me! if you had taken the time and read some of my post about my own life and my ED you would never say things like this! i am a suffering member myself and as far as you don't have a clue with whom around here i am in contact to get help and help them, STOP SAYING I DON'T CARE!
back to topic:
i have a problem with people who are clearly ill glorifying their problems through pictures and comments on the internet fishing for attention. i hate it that other girls follow blogs like this, don't see that the person has severe problems and want to look like her. i hate it that other girls who are on the edge themselves or sick already, visit triggering websites like this, or like felice's or a 1000 other similar sites b/c they are in a bad place and feel drawn to all this. and why do i think that? b/c it doesn't help them, on the contrary, it's bad. it's very bad. i have a problem with people making gruesome pictures of their emaciated bodies, choosing certain angles to make them look even thinner and sicker. it's disgusting.
..and for the record: if that girl is truly schizophrenic, i feel very sorry for her. i have friends who suffer from schizophrenia and i know what that means in real life.
but still, this would be one more reason for me to say she shouldn't be on the internet showing herself like this.
That's just it - she has a blog completely unrelated to her illness. She doesn't have to voice her problems in every other post.i don't follow her, but this thread here was made to talk about her appearance and her blog so i looked it up and commended as requested. btw reading her blog i did not find any comments from her about having an ED, so it was not clear to me if she is in denial, or is "just" super thin but not suffering from an ED or whatever. all i saw was a girl who is showing herself exageratedly sick looking to the world on purpose.
Because it would have stop something? I don't think so, but I may be fooling myself.
I know I'm new here and I really don't want to start off my membership by getting involved in drama and I don't mean to attack you but I feel like you're wrong here.
The social stigma that comes with mental illness is huge. Many sufferers spend years in hiding, friends turn away, people judge. To me, you're implying that this is right - we should be hiding, we should not show ourselves, we should act like everything's perfectly fine for the sake of others, no matter how we feel about it. Fuck that. For some of us, the internet is the only outlet we have left because we turned everyone else away. If writing a blog helps Michelle in coping with her struggles, let her. If you* are triggered by her pictures or her writings, don't look at them, don't read them, don't pay her any attention. You're responsible for yourself. If you feel like shit looking at her pictures, ask yourself why and work on learning to handle your triggers. I've never seen Michelle say, "Hey, what I do is great, my life rocks, I'm the happiest person on Earth." In fact, quite the contrary. However, I constantly see her giving advice and trying to cheer people up. If that's a bad thing to you ... well. *shrugs*
Sorry, just my 2¢ on this.
(* every "you" after the asterisk is meant to be a general "you" - not you, Elisa, specifically.)
I mean not necessarily--I can only imagine how difficult it must be--but I feel like having more support or someone who can help her *may* turn things around. Obviously I don't know her situation or anything or if there are people who are that for her, but I don't believe she's a lost cause and should just be left to get sicker and sicker, even if it's what she wants.
I bet she worries sometimes, and maybe it is what she wants, but deep down I believe there's a part of her that wants to get better, too.
I'm kind of sorry I started this thread, I never meant it as thinspo or anything to be clear. I found it originally because of the models. I should have done my research more throughly. Also, her response to weight questions was quite mature.
In truth, I feel nothing but sympathy and love for her if she is suffering so much.
Really well put.
I'm kind of sorry I started this thread, I never meant it as thinspo or anything to be clear. I found it originally because of the models. I should have done my research more throughly. Also, her response to weight questions was quite mature.
In truth, I feel nothing but sympathy and love for her if she is suffering so much.