I actually just had one of those classic nightmares where you are trying to do an exam and the clock is ticking and you dont know the answers and nothing is getting done and everytime you look at the clock it gets later. 😣
On a nicer note, I’ve almost reached 100 lbs lost! I started at 299, now im 205. I’m honestly just so proud of myself bc I’d never thought I’d be able to do it in the first place and it’s so nice being able to walk without getting winded lol
complex subject but from my experience i wanna say its so dumb when people say you should just tell people with eeating disorders that they’re too thin and to eat more or whatever because I honest to God felt proud and it encouraged me to keep at it when i got comments out of concern for my weight like it is the opposite effect and if you really want to help, comment on everything but their weight like compliment the person for their accomplishments and efforts to improve and their personalities... don’t mention the weight.
ive gained like 10 maybe more pounds and a lot of my clothes are so uncomfortable but im always scared to go out of my way to lose weight because ive struggled with eeating disorders since i was 11 and its a slippery slope but like seriously...its not like i can afford a new wardrobe lol dont reblog
im not even joking i have the fucking worst like sensory reactions to food,,,,i only know like 20% what sets off my nausea,,,,sometiems its texture sometimes taste,,,,fuck sometimes ill encounter a crunch bit i wasnt expecting and freak about bugs beiing in there eben if there isnt crunch if ive been having a genreal bug freak out i cant eat period
i just want to be able to eat normal stuff to not worry about going to restarauts or worry about wasting food i cant finish stuff that makes me nausea since ill straight up puke and then ill just have a depression meltdown which id ont fucking need
“To the bone” , portrays Ellen 20 year-old anorexic girl who has spends the better part of her teenage years being shepherded through various recovery programs , only to find herself several kilograms lighter every time. Determined to find a solution, her dysfunctional family agrees to send her to a group home for youths , which is led by a non-traditional doctor. Surprised by the unusual rules. Ellen must discover for herself how to comfort her addiction and attempt acceptance.
An eating disorders are thornier issue, stranger, more uncontrollable. In my perspective the wider culture participates in perpetuating this illness, and so maybe that’s one of the reasons why Hollywood-a place filled with thin women –is hesitant to address the issue. Thinness is equated with beauty norms that it’s a culture wide propaganda bomb.To address anorexia , this would mean to look like.
The scenes in the film , which shows Ellen getting gradually sicker with a bruised spine( the result of obsessive crutches) , sunken cheeks , furry arm hair ( body’s way of keeping a thin body warm and concave stomach. Truly reveal the side effects of having anorexia nervosa. The part whereby the client has an “ outside-body experience”, where by the see themselves and how they look , and realise the need for intervention , for me is the best part of the film. As client finally gained emotional insight and came to the realisation that she needs help, and this was a big milestone as this would mean that client would be compliant to treatment.
As occupational therapy student in training , I wasn’t too sure what our role is in intervention with eating disorders , and after watching this film I was interested to finding more information about this mental illness. The article written by Klump (2008) explains how when malnourished and emaciated , individuals with anorexia nervosa ( AN) have alterations of brain structure and alterations. These alterations involve brain circuits known to module appetite , mood , cognitive function , impulse control , energy metabolism , and autonomic and hormonal systems.
Personally I feel that the film could have included more about the multi-disciplinary team approach ,and not just the doctor only being portrayed in the treatment of the individuals mental disorder. For instance as occupational therapist play a pivotal role , as individuals with AN have an occupational imbalance.According to Keel et al (2000) social adjustments tends to be impaired as social competence communication skills are poor and social networks tend to be small. Vocational and educational functioning in individuals with AN is below of that expected, with absences from work and school ( e.g , 5.5 months per year in school over a 2-year period) . Thus OT intervention would be ideal therapy.
Reference.
1. Keel PK , Mitchell JE, Miller KB , Davis TL , Crow SJ( 2000) .Social adjustment over 10 years following diagnosis with anorexia nervosa.Int J EEat Disord 27:21-28
2. Klump.K (2008) Academy For Eating Disorders Position Paper : Eating Disorders are serious mental illness International Journal of Eating Disorders 42:2 97-103
3. de la Rie S, Noordenbos G , Donker M , van Furth E. ( 2000)The patien’s quality of life and eating disorders .Int K East Disord 40:13-20
Film: " To the bone" (2017) directed by Marti Noxon.Available from Netflix
Hi, sorry this took a bit to answer, thank you so much for asking! I am not an expert on this topic either, so please keep that in mind and let me know if I should rephrase something!
Now to the question: I don’t really see/headcanon Tim as having an eating disorder. When he started as Robin, we see him eating pretty normally, later maybe more junk food and stuff, but I think he would want to have enough energy for muscle growth and exercising and being Robin, since that is not easy and the body needs nutrition. I think he would be handling that pretty responsibly. (Same goes for sleep, it is shown that he knows he should rest but like, for most of his Robin comics he just tries to get sleep but is too busy with being Robin and his personal life.)
Later when he is Robin he goes through a lot of loss and when he becomes Red Robin, we see him go through a lot, over a longer period of time, emotionally, which culminates in being replaced as Robin and not believed by the people he cares for the most (like Dick and Alfred) and I think we see him become depressed? Isolating himself, becoming focused on this one thing (finding Bruce), and we see him having symptoms of survivor’s guilt from the very beginning, really, and then in Red Robin he suddenly starts eating kinda, healthy? But we see that when he gets better, when he has proof and connects with his friends and family again. It might be a part of the survivor’s guilt, making him extra conscious about what he eats and to eat healthy because he is alive so he should be good to himself, but, I am not sure it goes that deep. So, personally, I think Tim is mostly just trying to cleanse all those chips he ate before by salads and egg whites. (Or something. )
But if you headcanon him with an eating disorder that is fine! This is just my opinion.