From One Survivor to Another

gender-interrupted asked: (TW: EDs) As someone who was heavily involved in tumblr's pro-Ana community, I approve of the van, to be honest. The community was one I stumbled upon and it helped me to drive my calorie intake from 500 calories, to 200, to 100. My purging from every few times I binged to every time. My exercising from occasional to obsessive. It's dangerous, because even the most supportive posts read to me as "I was skinnier and worse than you, that's why I could get help".

Posting this because other perspectives are always good to hear. I’ve had some mixed results myself with some communities. Like, at first the community i was a part of was supportive and beneficial, but then it started to feel a lot like people just sitting in a circle, encouraging each other in this terrible, masturbatory way. I’m really undecided right now on what is the best way to go really.