Is it just me Or does it seem that there is a fresh buzz about blogger lately?For a while thereIt had become deathly quietSo many bloggers vanished off the face of the InternetI still think of themAnd send them well wishesSometimes I check their blogsFor clues as to what might have happened It almost seems as if people disappeared mid sentence Some of these girls I had become very close withCloser than my own familySo it really hurts to not know what had happened to themI just hope and pray that they don't need this community anymore And they are living life to the fullest
It's just really great to see some life breathed back in to bloggerSometimes it seems like blogger is Tumblrs and Instagrams slightly behind the times cousinI think that Tumbkr and Instagram are mainly about photos and visuals Here in our corner of blogger We are all about the story Not everyone wants to take the time to read a wall of text But here we do We follow every detail of each other's story Down to what we eat in a given dayThere is unconditional love hereComplete understanding No judgment No pityOodles of empathyAnd compassionI know some people think our kind of blogging is not healthyBut this is not Pro-andThat is something entirely different
I don't have much experience with Pro-anaI guess my very first few posts were verging on itI write about actively trying to lose weightAnd fasts with other bloggersBut it didn't sit right with meI've never really engaged in Pro-andIt all seemed a bit daft to meI've Googled it of courseAnd see The Thin Commandments And the likeAlmost like a cultAnd it seems to be mostly young girls Who just want to be the thin one in their group of friendsSomething entirely different to the clinical diagnosis of an eating disorder I've seen the blogs Girls looking for 'ana buddies'The 'Tips and Tricks'Which are largely completely bizarreOne I read said 'spin in a circle until you feel so dizzy and sick that you can't eat'I mean Do peoe really takes these seriously?Are there thousands of spinning girls out there?It all seems ludicrous to me
I feel very strongly that people need supportAnd to be around others like usBut supporting someone's illness is not okActively encouraging others to harm themselves or lose weight is a step too far for meI don't really engage in conversations about weight loss here on bloggerI don't comment when someone loses or gains weightI don't congratulate Or commiserate I think in all my time on bloggerI've only ever well don-ed one particular personAnd that's because they were over weight and we're trying really hard to get healthyBut apart from that No wayIt's a no go area for me
I also don't comment on people's appearanceAs you just never know what way they will take itI don't focus on the body Or body partsI compliment their hairOr something they are wearingAgainI avoid body talk at all costs
I was wondering about youDo you think there is new life in blogger recently?What are your views on Pro-ana?Gave you ever engaged with these sites?What is your take on congratulating weight loss?