NOREEN'S AMAZING POST: "HOW ANOREXIA FOUND ME"

Noreen

I came across Noreen's post, How Anorexia Found Me, this morning and she has graciously allowed me to re-post it here:

"Saturday, 08 August 2009

How Anorexia Found Me

It just started with grades.

Coming from a pretty strict Asian family, there was a whole lot of pressure for me to have straight A’s in my ‘special’ (way above average) middle school. At home, I would receive direct pressure from my parents to “do my best” (aka “you’re not good enough”), and at school I was pressured indirectly by my extremely crazy-brilliant peers.

I tried my hardest. I really did. But I still got 70s and 80s (which is wayyy below Asian fail), and pretty soon I gave up on trying to get A’s and B’s, I just settled for the C’s.

I felt extremely bad for my parents. In some weird twisted up mentality, I only tried to get good grades in school for my parents. I didn’t care about learning anything, getting good grades for myself, or having fun. Seeing my parents light up and say “good job” when I told them that I had gotten a 98% on a quiz was all I ever strived for. I wanted to be approved in the eyes of my parents, and it tore me up when I failed a test and they yelled at me..."


Please visit Noreen's weblog on Xanga to read the rest of her powerful post...

Click: HOW ANOREXIA FOUND ME

And many thanks again, Noreen, for allowing me to share your story. I appreciate it so much.

Link:

http://noree-n.xanga.com/709226128/how-anorexia-found-me/