r/AskReddit • u/AlarmedObjective1492 • 12h ago

What's the sickest you've ever been in your life?

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u/Pug_hammy 11h ago

it must really suck to see people glorifying it all the time. i hope you’re better now.

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u/Altruistic_Brick1730 11h ago

Nobody glorifies anorexia

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u/ashesmuse 11h ago

Pro ana content is an entire internet subculture. Was particularly bad on tumblr back in the day.

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u/cryptamine 10h ago

and to think, you could have just googled it to spare yourself the embarrassment

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u/Unique_Winter_6505 11h ago

You can’t be serious

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u/Altruistic_Brick1730 10h ago

The only people that glorify it are anorexics. If it was so glorified there would be a ton more people with it.

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u/Ok_Tank5977 10h ago

There’s more than enough people with it as is.

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u/diddlydooemu 10h ago

How many more do you need?

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u/the_fairy 9h ago

That's not nobody. Also, have you never heard of Thinspiration? It was a huge thing on Tumblr not that long ago, maybe still is, I'm not there anymore but I can guarantee it's still a thing outside Tumblr.

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u/7CuriousCats 5h ago

And its far worse cousin, Bonespo. When thinspo is no longer enough, you graduate to bonespo. I rediscovered some bonespo and thinspo I had saved when I struggled with an eating disorder, and holy shit I did not realise it was that bad.

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u/the_fairy 4h ago

Jeezy Chreezy. I don't even know what to say. That's so sad. Like I'm still going through my own stuff. I didn't know or predict it could get worse. I guess I'm not surprised but yikes.

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u/ChangesFaces 8h ago

One of the biggest pop-stars/actresses of the current age is publicly experiencing full-blown, about to die, anorexia. 

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u/JustAnotherStonerYo 6h ago

This comment gives me second hand embarrassment

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u/amakurt 2h ago

just look at hollywood, its very glorifed. the general public will glorify celebrities no matter what.

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u/tournamentdecides 11h ago

Do you live under a rock?

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u/Ok-Lynx-6250 2h ago

The last time I relapsed, I wasn't even eating every day, so losing weight frighteningly fast. As I was tipping into underweight, I started getting CONSTANT compliments on my weight loss. From people who knew me too, so knew what I looked like healthy.

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u/LICK-A-DICK 18m ago

That's horrible :( I'm sorry love. I hope you are doing better now. It's a long road but you can do it <3