#even many memoirs from people in recovery from EDs STILL list out every disordered behaviour they engaged with and then their book

[leonardcohenofficial]

it infuriates me the amount of media that attempts to portray disordered eating, even in a “non-romanticized” light, and just ends up being a guide for how to both engage in and hide disordered behavior like. i cannot name one film or television program or young adult novel that tries to do this that does not fall into the trap of spelling out tips and tricks on how to give yourself issues with eating, even if the intent of the art is meant to provide awareness to people about these issues/encourage people to seek help. it is understandably difficult to create works about eating disorders, and creators absolutely should be able to move through their trauma and share meaningful stories about eating disorders and recovery; however, it is my humble opinion that creators should be very mindful of what aspects of their stories can have DIRECT negative effect on their readers/viewers

#e d // #disordered eating // #this is okay to reblog if you feel so inclined/remember to tag with content warnings #even many memoirs from people in recovery from EDs STILL list out every disordered behaviour they engaged with and then their book #functions as a how to; i can tell you what books and movies and television programs SPECIFICALLY taught me behaviours i am unlearning to #this day and it's because they detailed SPECIFICALLY very dangerous behaviors in a way that WAS often romanticized #and this isn't really about triggers it's more about 'don't detail every step you did at the worst of your ED if a thirteen year old is #going to read this as a how–to of disordered behavior like #ugh i'm just in a really reeeeeaaaaally bad mood today not to ramble immediately after therapy but. just not happy re: that #and like. i say this as someone who talks about all this frequently in my art and will NEVER detail my behaviours like they do on #fucking like. SKINS because i think as a creator you do have a responsibility even when you're talking about deeply personal and intense #topics #UGH WHATEVER it's just been a Very Weird Day