@Penny: Got it. Also did not mean to be overly nosy.

@chainsawmascara: But it was so stupid, in retrospect—I kept thinking I could EXPLAIN it to her. Like she did not already know! Anyway, good luck. xoxo

@Penny: Some people do...from my own group therapy contacts etc. it seems like recovery from an ED is similar to recovery from a drug, smoking, or alcohol addiction. (I had the former; not the last three.) I think, like many things, there is a sort of sliding scale. Some people have disorered behavior, others are…

@Penny: Have you had an ED? I mean this curiously, not harshly.

@ChicagoSaphique: But their drinking does not necessarily endanger you, unless they like to fight/drunk drive. Your smoking does.

@chainsawmascara: That is awful. All of my siblings have smoked or still do, and I spent years trying to get them to stop. Finally my sister blew up at me, and I realized my lectures were not making anything easier. Now I just try to be supportive when she quits, and not berate her when she doesn't (she doesn't really…

My mom smoked when she was pregnant with me. I was born very underweight, still have tiny lungs (40%) what they should be, and lived my first days in an incubator. Do I think smoke should not be forced on other people? Yes. One of my grandparents died of lung cancer, and it did not seem like a good way to go. When my…

@Clare116: Maybe—I am not very into conversation filler. It's boring, and a waste of time (in my opinion). I have a really busy day job, and a very busy night job. I don't much feel the need to conversation fill. If people want to talk to me at work, I try to accommodate that insofar as it fits into my schedule; but I…

@LutherNipperkin: Co-workers are so nosy. I don't get it. I just want to do my job in a semi-pleasant atmosphere and go home. I only ask people questions if we have each others' cell phone numbers. I assume no one wants me in their business unless they indicate otherwise.

@LutherNipperkin: Yes! When I was sick, I could not have talked about this with my family without totally breaking down, because I felt so alone and because none of us knew how to deal with me starving myself. Hopefully many people will read this, have more empathy/ perspective/ feelings of empowerment & recovery, and…

@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: Hey, but congratulations on getting married! That is a very happy thing (even if stressing you out now).

@Pandorasvoicebox: I didn't tell you that you didn't know; I think different people have different experiences. There are many addictive substances which are legal—caffeine, for example; cigarettes—but not everyone who tries these things becomes addicted. I was very anorexic for a very long time; I deliberately chose…

@Pandorasvoicebox: Wait—you think addicts choose to have addictions?

@psychokitty: Yes! It is always more uncomfortable to me when other people with eating issues bring them up because they need to talk about them. I was very anorexic for a long time—am not now—but those kinds of comments (I'm so fat, I can't believe how much I ate, I worked out this much today) incredibly triggering.…

@you've got red on you: I LOVED My Side of the Mountain. I used to sit in my closet and read and pretend I was living in a tree.

@Ipomoea: Mine was my Dad.

@karolynmckenzie: Celebrity Rehab #balloonboy

@lisas: As the kid of an incredibly abusive parent—but a white, pretty, etc parent— I think abuse should be taken more, not less, seriously in the judicial system. #balloonboy

@Casquivana: Wait—why would her parents do that to her?

@shushi: Thanks for defending the Courtneys! Probably I am a bitch though. At least to some people. However, I work with an excellent Jessica.