Posted by Poet on June 16, 2006, at 16:52:26
In reply to Disclosure?, posted by Racer on June 16, 2006, at 1:42:43
Hi Racer,
Dripping with sarcasm she said what you can't just do the eat a sandwich cure? Golly, the don't eat a gallon of ice cream and puke it up cure works for bulimia. Huh, must be a cultural difference.
Sarcasm over, well, I'll try to refrain from it.
I think the shame of having the people in your class know about your ED is that you don't know how they will react. Will they stare at you, causing you to imagine they're saying you're too fat to be an anorexic. Will they kind of back away from you?
On the positive side (God, it's so hard to be positive about anything)they could learn a lot about anorexia that they won't get in a textbook. You'd be providing education that, frankly, most of them could use as we both know EDs are misunderstood.
I think that if you are comfortable sharing what I will call your *secret* with the class, then do it. It could be a real self confidence booster- that's not sarcasm, I'm serious. It is, as you said, part of who you are and you shouldn't have to be ashamed of who you are.
Poet
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