It seems like the idea of divorce triggering Anna's ED originated in that GOMI thread, but a lot of that thread is rampant breathless speculation. Anna's parents seem to have gone in separate directions several years before Anna started losing the weight; this was previously verifiable on her sisters' social media accounts, which are now private.
The sister used to post pictures from lunch dates with her mom, where Mama Ginger appeared to eat normal meals and be at a normal weight. Anna's family all look like regular-sized people - her claims of being naturally emaciated because she comes "from a family of tiny people" are bullshit.
Or, remember the scene in "Step Brothers" where Will Ferrell licks the white dog turd?
Some cinnamon might've made it more visually appealing.
And the one time cinnamon would be a completely normal thing to add...
This.
Thing is, our bodies and how we are built have an innumerable amount of differences, what they can handle and how they can handle things. For example previous medical conditions, genes and a vast number of things we don't know about both Ghostinmypocket's and FVG's respective choices when it comes to things they actually eat and what kind of strain they put their bodies through.
Speaking of which I found the picture she posted the of her chin after supposedly cutting herself on her fingernail very depressing.
Christ, those look like they were fossilised.
It can be easy to blame them for not researching more about eating disorders and blah, blah, blah, but I imagine it's incredibly hard to look at your child and make the choice to cut off contact until they choose to seek treatment or refuse to get them their 'drug' and risk your child cutting you out of their life. At least with drug addiction you are cutting off a potential source of money to get the drug, with eating disorders cutting off the money could be seen (by the family) as encouraging FVG's problems. 'Oh my mean family won't buy me my zero calorie slop so I need to cut my eating even more!' It makes more sense when you consider FVG likely has orthorexia. The family can't force her into treatment and refusing her might end up with FVG disowning her family and maybe cutting out more potential food from her diet because 'I can't afford it anymore, my mean family!'.Christ, those look like they were fossilised.
It's like she unearthed them during un archaeological dig, dipped them in liquid shit and took a picture.
We don't know too what extent they're enbling her, but it's true that at this stage there's probably not much you can do.
As far as I know, it's very hard to treat adults with eating disorders who don't want to get help, since unlike teenagers, there's not much you can legally do against their will.
Ginger is very hard in denial- unlike ghostinmypocket who admits to being sick and know this will kill her.
It's unlikely she'll ever accept any kind of treatment, and even if there was a way for her parents to force her into getting help, they probably think she'd hate them for it.
It's a terrible situation, but it's always inccredibly difficult to help someone who absolutely refuses to be helped.
's you want, but I wish we could stage some sort of legally-viable and effective intervention here. It's hard to watch a young person kill themselves.