Update: Pro-ana and pro-mia bracelets
August 6, 2008 by angelique
Filed under Women's Health
A few months ago, I blogged about the bracelets that pro-ana and pro-mia followers sometimes wear. However, it would seem that either 1) I was misinformed or 2) the bracelet colors have changed.
Thanks to a few very honest visitors who educated me, I’m here to tell you that the “proper” hues for the bracelets are:
Red – pro-ana
Purple (not blue) – pro-mia
Black & Blue – self-mutilation (such as cutting)
Of course, I’m not advocating the wearing of such jewelry. But I think awareness of the silent signals that pro-anas and pro-mias use to identify each other could be useful to parents.
It’s important to bring these things to light.
Did you know there are orange for self mutilation AWARENESS, not advocating doing it, but wearing it to say ‘I am aware, and I will help’. Although there are various, orange appears most popular, orange saying I am a Self mutilator, with white beads representing that you either want to stop, or have taken time without injuring. A white band with just a few orange beads mean you are willing to help self injurers. The most common theory behind these is so that people can encourage each other, I myself have used this system to give and recieve encouragement on my road to recovery ^^