Don't get me wrong - I don't watch it just so that I can moan about it. I guess i used to watch things like this to beat myself up/ try and eat less etc etc. This season I watched a couple of episodes out of curiosity to see if their eating disorder coverage would mention bulimia at all. Does it hell. Considering Bulimia is the most prevalent of all eating disorders, you would think the media would want to help raise awareness and break down the taboo.
You know, even when I've been in treatment - as a day patient and an inpatient in 2 different hospitals - I've been made to feel like my illness is 'second rate' to the far superior anorexia. I've had patients with anorexia tell me i have no idea what it feels like to be scared of eating and terrified of gaining weight - 'because I'm fat'.
It's about time that people realised that Bulimia is in every way as serious as anorexia, and those suffering with it deserve the same access to treatment.
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