Hey woah I am NOT pro-ED, I have an ED, there’s a huge difference. Posting memes about my struggles on ED themed subs is no different than people posting memes about suicide or self-loathing on r/2me_4irl or r/depressionmemes. It’s a mental illness and joking about our struggles can make it easier to cope with them. NOTHING I post makes having an ED seem glamorous or desirable in any way. I’m working on myself, I posted a picture here because I genuinely can’t even tell what I look like and wanted honest feedback that I knew would be different than the way I see myself. That is way different than promoting EDs. I don’t support them and I am NOT pro-ED, having one is hell and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But it takes time to work through things like mental illness, and talking about my behaviours while I am unable to resist engaging in them is completely different than endorsing them or even pretending they’re healthy behaviours. I would have never even known my behaviours were unhealthy until I found the communities I participate in, and I credit those communities to being what pushed me towards therapy and recovery in the first place. Venting to people who relate and can empathize while I work through my struggles is WAY different than promoting them to others. I absolutely resent and disagree with being called pro-ED, I am not and want nothing to do with those people or that label. I am NOT pro-ED. I’m just trying to deal with my own mental illness.