My Friend Ana – shortfilm about eating disorders

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Our program has previously investigated the eating disorders of anorexia and bulimia. On this episode of OPEN FORUM we’re taking a close look at the newly re…
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23 thoughts on “My Friend Ana – shortfilm about eating disorders

  1. I’m going to let ana take me, but not to the point of starvation. I’ve
    tried alone, but its impossible! Ana will help me, but I really don’t like
    Mia 🙁 She makes me sick. Ana makes me skinny. Ana lets me be who I want.

    I can’t do it without her.

  2. that’s really strong stuff, it really gives a non anorexic/bulimic person
    some perspective of what it’s like for those who have these EDs I think
    about a friend of mine interstate who has this same cond. and I think about
    my own mind and how I see so clearly about who I am and i realize how lucky
    I am not to have this, I am in complete control of my own mind, I wish
    everyone could be.

  3. I just love how the film depicted this sick girl as having a functional
    family. I myself suffer, and my family is so dysfunctional and distant that
    my mother wouldn’t notice if I crawled into the house with a broken leg.
    When I weighed near nothing, she used to compliment on how much more
    attractive I looked that I was thinner.

  4. I thought ana was great. She helped me be pretty. I lost 25 pounds in 2
    months. But then i decided she was a bitch, so i left her. But i still
    liked her cat. And i still do today.

  5. OMG! That’s me! Somethimes I eat everything and can’t stop until the box is
    empty. Especially sugary, fatty and sweet food are dangerous to me. I
    usually can’t controll my greed to eat up everything. Since I stopped
    eating sugar and only eating healthy and unprocessed food. I can controll
    my “eating attacks” very well. Just under extremly mental pressure it’s
    difficult. Doesn’t that describe every woman? Does that mean we are all
    mentally ill?!

  6. What about when it no longer becomes a response to any emotion? I have been
    trying to analyze my compulsive overeating habit….I feel like I’m not in
    my own body when I think about food. I could be doing other things and
    unconsciously keep reaching for food. I could even be writing about my food
    diary and keep shoving food in my mouth. I feel like a robot.

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