A victim of anorexia nervosa, Natalie had virtually turned into a skeleton. I remembered gasping in silent shock; she was a shade of the beautiful babe that quite a number of guys had been crazy about. It was my first life encounter with an anorexia victim, and I was to meet a few more as the year passed.
But as I read the article, a wave of relief swept over me. She had managed to seek professional help and is now recovering. As I read her blog, which I've tagged on the side of my own one, I begin to understand a little more personally about this issue than what I already know from my own personal research. A new revelation that I'd learned was the issue of control. Some sufferers of anorexia on one hand enjoy the control they have over their own bodies, seeing the numbers on their weighing machine go down, being able to control their diets etc., while on another hand lose control of their emotions and rational thinking.
However, what struck me most was Natalie's personal revelation of her relationship with God. Peppered around her blog posts were little snippets of how people close to her showed her how much God loved her with their little actions. People like her parents, her best friend Pearl (who I also know) and the supporters on her blog. I don't actually think that she hears God's voice too clearly, because people who do can't help but talk or write about their conversations with God. But I think the actions from the people around her is more than sufficient to show God's love adequately, in order to battle with this life-long issue of anorexia.
You don't have to be suffering from anorexia to read her blog. Inside all of us we struggle with certain inadequacies about who we are. Some of the sins that are rooted so deeply within us have connections to these inadequacies. Pornography for example. I'm not generalizing this to all men, but some men are addicted to pornography because of what the world tells them: That they need to have certain amounts of money, looks, brands, cars, power etc., to get a certain kind of woman that the whole world supposedly adores. In the meantime, while capitalists are cashing in on the huge amount of money spent on looks, brands, cars etc., men who can't afford these things, or who can afford them but find them useless, turn to pornography for a short-term fix, and slowly it becomes an addiction. Quite quickly actually.
So do give her some support when you can. She's a pretty lady and a good writer so most of you guys won't find it much of a chore to update yourself on her life. If you can suffer mine, her's is a breeze. And for the ladies, there's quite a bit of food pornography in it, so beware. Food can be to anorexia-prone girls what videos of beautiful, naked women are to pornography-prone addicts. Why else can we explain why female magazines have 10 times more advertisements on food than men's magazines?
Most anorexics are very intelligent. Many are high achievers, like established dancers, yet they feel that it's not enough. -Geraldine Tan, psychologist at Center For Effective Living
Take it from someone's who's been through it. Pornography is a life-long struggle, as much as anorexia is. The world makes a big deal out of anorexics because they are visually outstanding, but if you look carefully into the eyes of some guys, their addiction to pornography is often equally as noticeable, if not worse. -Valentino Casanova
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