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Is “thinspiration” ever truly useful?

May 18, 2008 by angelique  
Filed under Women's Health

Is “thinspiration” ever truly useful?

First of all, thinspiration (or thinspo) is used by pro-ana and pro-mia advocates around the world and provides vision cues to them to stop eating.  Pictures of rail-thin women and guys are plastered around the web, ostensibly to give willpower to anorexics and bulimics.
Of course, all pro-recovery sites like Breaking the Mirror talk about the dangers of thinspo.  That’s nothing new.
But could thinspiration be truly useful in some situations?  I mean, people without eating disorders tend to use “thinspiration”, too. 
For instance, a gal who wants to return to her pre-pregnancy weight may put pics of her years ”before kids” around the house as …read more


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