I saw this interesting article today: What you say, what the anorexic hears.
While I think that this post is a great idea… I didn’t find these thoughts to be true to my experience. In my case, things were more like this:
WHAT YOU SAY: “You look so thin!”
WHAT THE ANOREXIC HEARS: “You have an eating disorder and I can tell.”
WHAT YOU SAY: “I’m glad to see you’ve put on a little weight — you were getting way too thin!”
WHAT THE ANOREXIC HEARS: “I’m so glad to …