Why She Feels Fat by Johanna Marie McShane

acknowledging, accepting vs. condoning

I'm always so impressed by what you guys have to say. You have such depth of understanding about yourselves, and even if you get impatient sometimes, you strive to understand what you are up to, not just criticize behaviors.

simply asking the questions

Cool, Lisa, you not only helped yourself, but you helped Laura by showing her exactly what to do in situations like you guys are talking about. 

using symptoms as helpers

I bet that title got some eyebrows raising... but coming from me it actually shouldn't surprise any of you.

growing ourselves up

Living with an eating disorder has the strange effect of making someone feel he/she's more than one age at once.

misc tidbits

Couple of thoughts I had when reading a few things you guys have written...

pause button

I think our friend SuperEgg is onto something with the idea of a "pause button."

replacing our "usual" questions and thoughts

Tiger, I'm glad the idea of usefulness works for you. I have a little (yes, it's little, but I'm hoping you guys can add to it) list of things we (and our culture/the general public etc) usually say and think, and some ideas for what might be more, well, more useful!

talk is good

Here's this week's Bumper Sticker of The Week: Talking is good, Not Talking is Bad.

rational fear and irrational fear

Leanonme, it's an interesting idea in your comment. Rational fears versus irrational fears... definitely worth some more thought...

when to disregard fear and when to pay attention to it

Yesterday I was in the process of sitting down on a bench when the owner of the bench and house where it resides said, "you should be afraid of that bench. It randomly falls apart." I elected to continue to stand up.