anorexia
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a: Anorexia ~
b: spiritual practice
What: "There's something about the whole discipline of anorexia, the awareness. There's something yogic about it. Weighing, measuring. Anorexia is like a spiritual practice. It's different than the normal culture. "
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Writer: Cat Saunders
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Date: Oct 17 2013 5:51 PM
# 4167 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: this monster that either grabs you
What: "Anorexia is like this monster that either grabs you by the neck at full-force, or lurks in the corners of your mind. Its always there, like a serpent laying low in the weeds, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. Its dark mass consumes fragile minds and makes them "
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Writer: Lost in Space
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Date: Oct 17 2013 5:50 PM
# 4168 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: an addictive state
What: "This is typical in the early phase when the sufferer is still in denial. Anorexia is like an addictive state. It serves the purpose of blunting the sufferer from her/his uncomfortable emotional feelings, just as alcohol and drugs do in the chemical addict, and once the individual has started dieting and losing weight, it is very difficult for them to stop."
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Writer: Medies
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 17 2013 5:53 PM
# 4169 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: tree
What: "When my daughter first got struck down with this dreaded disease, I had no idea. I wish there had been someone to help us though the early stages. I often say to people, anorexia is like a tree. It starts off as a seed, then slowly grows and branches off in to other complex areas."
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Writer: Wendy
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 17 2013 5:56 PM
# 4170 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: a spider crawling in corners
What: "Anorexia is like a spider crawling in corners, spinning webs of lies over the dusty boxes of thoughts, dreams and memories." The link is to some musing about this affliction.
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Writer: ThePrincessOfDenial
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Date: Oct 17 2013 5:56 PM
# 4171 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: alcoholism
What: "many people believe anorexia is like alcoholism, that it is a chronic disease that must always be managed"
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Writer: Amber Smith
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Date: Oct 17 2013 6:00 PM
# 4172 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: a mental ulcer
What: "Anorexia is like a mental ulcer. Centered somehow in the stomach, it consumes the person from the inside out."
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Writer: Kate Keeley
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Date: Oct 17 2013 6:02 PM
# 4173 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: alcoholism
What: "Anorexia is like alcoholism in many ways. It is strong, chronic, and vexing, and it defies rehabilitation. There is considerable debate over whether anorexia has a biological base, is an outward symptom of deeper pathology, or is the result of external conditioning in a society obsessed with weight and beauty."
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Writer: Jennifer Hendricks
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Date: Oct 17 2013 6:07 PM
# 4174 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: a cat-piss stain
What: "Anorexia is like a cat-piss stain on my sofa of awesome-ness. (My original analogy involved weeds in a flower garden, but aren't you glad I went this route instead?)"
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Writer: Suzie Claire
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 17 2013 6:08 PM
# 4175 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: necrophilia with a heart beat
What: "Anorexia is like necrophilia with a heart beat."
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Writer: xxspeakxx
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Date: Oct 17 2013 6:12 PM
# 4176 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: a crocodile
What: "You know, anorexia is a horrible, treacherous disease. It sneaks up on you and wraps its arm around your shoulder like a friend at first, but then before you know it, it has opened up its jaws to swallow you up whole. The thing is, it would be so nice if that was the end of it. Instead, anorexia is like a crocodile. It doesn't just rip you apart, it holds on to you with its deathly grip, stifling you, drowning you, starving you and leaving you to die a slow, painful death, then waiting until your body rots to a soft pulp before finally eating you up,"
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Writer: Sophia
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 17 2013 6:15 PM
# 4177 Critique Analogy
a: Anorexia ~
b: being trapped in a hall of distorting mirrors
What: "Anorexia is like being trapped in a hall of distorting mirrors and believing that the surreal reflections you see looking back at you are 'really you'."
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Writer: Dr. Susan, Roets
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Date: Oct 17 2013 6:17 PM
# 4178 Critique Analogy
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