Comments on: The phenomenon known as “tanorexia” http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-phenomenon-known-as-tanorexia-325/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:43:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alicia, Mental Health Notes http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-phenomenon-known-as-tanorexia-325/comment-page-1/#comment-114285 Alicia, Mental Health Notes Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:20:07 +0000 http://www.breakingthemirror.com/2008/08/11/the-phenomenon-known-as-tanorexia/#comment-114285 I get in tanning kicks once or twice a year when I'll tan for a few weeks, maybe a month. While I do love how much better I think I look with a tan (and I originally started this lightweight tanning routine over a decade ago), for the past several years I've mostly done it because it makes me feel better mentally. It's not "light therapy" in the strictest of senses, but it does seem to produce the same kinds of benefits for me. I feel better, happier, more alert, calmer and more energized (at the same time!) after I tan. Plus, I notice I crave it more during the fall, and in January or February, than I do in the spring or summer months. I get in tanning kicks once or twice a year when I’ll tan for a few weeks, maybe a month. While I do love how much better I think I look with a tan (and I originally started this lightweight tanning routine over a decade ago), for the past several years I’ve mostly done it because it makes me feel better mentally. It’s not “light therapy” in the strictest of senses, but it does seem to produce the same kinds of benefits for me. I feel better, happier, more alert, calmer and more energized (at the same time!) after I tan. Plus, I notice I crave it more during the fall, and in January or February, than I do in the spring or summer months.

]]> By: Erin http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-phenomenon-known-as-tanorexia-325/comment-page-1/#comment-114329 Erin Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:07:43 +0000 http://www.breakingthemirror.com/2008/08/11/the-phenomenon-known-as-tanorexia/#comment-114329 I used to be... but I was also about 16 at the time. I was at the age when I was extremely aware of my peers' opinions. It's when you continue the behavior past that age that it becomes excessive, I think. Not that I should have been doing it when I was 16 either. It was really strange. It was almost like a competition between certain girls to see who could be more tan. In that respect, I understand comparing it to anorexia. I used to be… but I was also about 16 at the time. I was at the age when I was extremely aware of my peers’ opinions. It’s when you continue the behavior past that age that it becomes excessive, I think. Not that I should have been doing it when I was 16 either.

It was really strange. It was almost like a competition between certain girls to see who could be more tan.

In that respect, I understand comparing it to anorexia.

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