tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post8204727467175134479..comments2024-03-23T08:25:22.526-04:00Comments on ED Bites: Turning a blind eyeCarrie Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-61952172708254922412011-04-03T16:36:58.015-04:002011-04-03T16:36:58.015-04:00The people around Caro, in time to help her, won m...The people around Caro, in time to help her, won money with her illness image. We know she could be better,she tried, but she couldn't alone.If someone helped her, maybe now we could talk about a model who survived of anorexia, but unfornatelly we are talking about her death. Its sad, but people with conscience (like all in this site) show the world that anorexics can be saved-but the world has to help too.<br />-Im anorexic,suffering too much n nobody helps me. My messenger:<br />thalita_rio.a2@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-69357209960113992172011-01-07T22:20:02.768-05:002011-01-07T22:20:02.768-05:00"Your heart, your liver, your immune system d..."Your heart, your liver, your immune system don't much give a damn about trying."<br /><br />I'm totally saving that quote.Cammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181004571609998125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-8931773782135509042010-12-30T17:46:15.135-05:002010-12-30T17:46:15.135-05:00I'm not convinced that she made more money rem...I'm not convinced that she made more money remaining emaciated than she would have had she gotten herself to a healthier weight. There's a very limited market for a model looking the way she did. Most magazines, designers, and advertisers wouldn't hire someone with such an extreme look. Whereas, had she overcome her ED, she presumably would've found work much more easily. The fact that she wasn't able to overcome her ED despite the professional cost shows how sick she truly was...Crimson Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254830856234479999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-31210538647140380452010-12-30T11:52:07.467-05:002010-12-30T11:52:07.467-05:00Once again our society was stupid enough to tell s...Once again our society was stupid enough to tell someone with an ED that they are basically nothing without it and the world wouldn't give a crap if she wasn't so fragile!<br />Very well written comment here carry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-14100787390141506642010-12-30T11:21:00.278-05:002010-12-30T11:21:00.278-05:00You hit the nail on the head. I couldn't quite...You hit the nail on the head. I couldn't quite figure out how I was feeling yesterday when I read this. And that's exactly why. Because her illness was glorified, exaggerated for others' profits. Horribly sad all aroundJenPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-21724913977515816032010-12-30T10:02:49.069-05:002010-12-30T10:02:49.069-05:00Very well said. What happened was so sad. I can on...Very well said. What happened was so sad. I can only hope that this will serve as a warning for the future - however I'm beginning to worry that we say that far too often. How many warnings does it take??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-54532614789196312472010-12-30T05:55:07.056-05:002010-12-30T05:55:07.056-05:00Carrie,
I agree with your post. To me is the best...Carrie, <br />I agree with your post. To me is the best text about Isabelle Caro. I will insert a link to it.<br />I will try to translate to Portuguese.esqueci a ana (ex-ana)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09238616882126997831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-90462817535766312392010-12-30T05:47:23.113-05:002010-12-30T05:47:23.113-05:00Having read my comment again, I would like to emph...Having read my comment again, I would like to emphasise that:<br /><br />1. There is not much research evidence to suggest that AN is caused by 'bad mothers'. My mother certainly didn't cause my anorexia. She is one of the kindest people I know, and was always very loving and caring towards me as a child.<br /><br />2. It is difficult to know what was going through Isabelle Caro's mind when she agreed to display her emaciated body on a billboard. Perhaps she was simply desperate for help, but didn't know how to go about seeking it, or organsising her mind to accept weight gain. She said she wanted to recover, but the media certainly didn't help by making her into a celebrity while emaciated. That is positive reinforcement for remaining underweight. The poor woman was exploited, badly.Cathy (UK)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-23114006332189094482010-12-30T05:06:56.877-05:002010-12-30T05:06:56.877-05:00The second paragraph of Cathy's comment is pre...The second paragraph of Cathy's comment is pretty much what I was thinking too. It's such a complicated illness - some people who are extremely unwell manage to recover without being forced to, whereas others would die even after being coerced into treatment many times. I don't think it's possible to say that she didn't recover because the life she wanted was compatible with her illness - I can only refer to my own experience, but I imagine she must have been in a lot of pain, and the anorexia must have stolen a great many important things from her, like her health, ability to form fulfilling relationships, any hopes she had beyond maintaining a low weight, etc. Regardless of fame, that doesn't sound like a nice life to me. I would be more inclined to believe fear kept her from changing, but again I can only think of how I would feel in that situation.<br /><br />RIP.Katiehttp://themilkfreeway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-87596519120136148182010-12-30T04:04:03.671-05:002010-12-30T04:04:03.671-05:00I completely agree with everything you say in this...I completely agree with everything you say in this post Carrie.. Isabelle Caro's story is tragic. She wanted to be a role model but she instead became a martyr. <br /><br />That sounds as if I am being rather hard and unfeeling (which I don't mean to be), but I do know from experience that people always have a sort of love-hate relationship with their AN. They are also unable to appreciate how ill they truly are. I could see, visually, how thin I was when I was emaciated, but I couldn't perceive it (if that makes sense). It was as if my mind was detached from my body. Most of all I was terrified of my life changing in any way. <br /><br />In her interviews Caro said that the cause of her AN was childhood difficulties and her relationship with her mother. Whether her perception was accurate or not, her choice to display her emaciated body in the context of fashion was rather out of context. But the poor woman was very, very ill.<br /><br />What the media (etc.) should have done was to tell her that she could have the attention she seemed to wish for when she was recovered. She could be a role model of recovery; not of sickness and desperation. When someone is that sick with AN they need to be told that very clearly. And they need someone to take charge of them, their eating and their life, until their brain is sufficiently nourished for them to think clearly.Cathy (UK)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-53522927182168926482010-12-30T01:22:24.750-05:002010-12-30T01:22:24.750-05:00I read about this today on a Livejournal community...I read about this today on a Livejournal community & was struck by <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ed_ucate/1119302.html?thread=22700358#t22700358" rel="nofollow">this</a> comment:<br /><br /><i>It's sad for her family. I wonder if she was secretly pleased to have had "Worse Anorexic Ever!!!11" billing before she died.<br /><br />I wonder if receiving so much attention for low weight and severity of symptoms (and, you know, LOW WEIGHT) does folks like her much good. I honestly think it would reinforce the disorder more than anything. Because then they'd think, you know, 'what am I, if not the thinnest/sickest?' I wonder the same thing for myself and I'm nowhere near as thin. I find myself being afraid to gain, because then I'll just be normal and ordinary and there'll be nothing 'special' that I'm good at anymore. I'm sure I'll get past that mindset, but imagine how much harder it would be for me to do if I were known worldwide for being sick and thin.</i>Jennyhttp://jennyteacups.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-84087178455042016142010-12-30T00:49:16.841-05:002010-12-30T00:49:16.841-05:00this leaves me feeling numb... number than usual. ...this leaves me feeling numb... number than usual. like a reality check into how fragile life really is after all. <a href="http://dietcolagirl.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tia @ Dietcolagirl</a>Tiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079250994113691796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-28132606657804858242010-12-29T23:57:03.069-05:002010-12-29T23:57:03.069-05:00ED takes yet another victim. I can't understa...ED takes yet another victim. I can't understand why casualties like this doesn't draw the world's attention to the damage that ED is doing. Really, people, this idolization of thin that we have created is killing people, and it is going to continue until we wake up and choose something different to desire!!!!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140656536484404635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-79444624863316787502010-12-29T22:49:48.510-05:002010-12-29T22:49:48.510-05:00agreeeddd times 10000
this is so tragic. like a.....agreeeddd times 10000<br /><br />this is so tragic. like a.. kick in the heart. fucking disease.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204169854788665607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-2515532657662842562010-12-29T22:09:47.915-05:002010-12-29T22:09:47.915-05:00Wow- I feel sick. And suddenly, ruefully grateful ...Wow- I feel sick. And suddenly, ruefully grateful for my kick-ass therapist and dietitian who are refusing to feel sorry for me and give in to my pathetic pleas of "I can't do this."hmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-19393242110069057902010-12-29T21:57:06.943-05:002010-12-29T21:57:06.943-05:00Isabelle Caro was a victim twice — first she was s...Isabelle Caro was a victim twice — first she was struck with anorexia and couldn't find her way out of it, becoming deathly ill many times, and then she was exploited almost unmercifully by the media during the last years of her life.<br /><br />These people didn't care about her. They cared about the shock value of an extremely emaciated anorexic to either sell a product (such as Nolita) or increase their ratings (such as Jessica Simpson's stupid ass show). I'm willing to bet not one person took her by the hand and said, Isabelle, let's get you into a treatment center; let's help you recover. Because if she recovered, the gravy train would have come to a screeching halt for a lot of people.<br /><br />She was malnourished, for God's sake, and appeared to be easily manipulated. She never even had a chance.Angela Elain Gambrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08199876962091491591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-53470869645588710082010-12-29T21:55:48.132-05:002010-12-29T21:55:48.132-05:00sad. i hadn't heard she had passed away.sad. i hadn't heard she had passed away.flaweddesignhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646885081594051722noreply@blogger.com