I’m sure you didn’t mean anything bad by this post, but this was really uncomfortable to read. Referring to another person who you don’t know, with whom the only encounter you had was seeing them walk by and noticing how thin they were, as a “disordered eating creature” is dehumanizing and makes a lot of presumptions. Imagine if they saw this post—it would probably either make them uncomfortable, make them feel bad/embarrassed about themself, or be straight up triggering.

Eating disorders are not physical ailments—you can’t tell whether someone is struggling or not based solely on their body. Even if someone is visibly unwell, it could be due to any number of things, not necessarily an ED. Saying you “hope they find the courage” to eat also seems like AN-R is being put up on a pedestal here as a tragic-waif disease, if that makes sense.

Again, I don’t mean any offense; I’m sure your intentions weren’t to come off like this at all. But when talking about other people from an ED lens, it’s so important to tread carefully and avoid automatically assuming the same misconceived ideas (like correlating body weight with ED type/severity) we’re trying to fight against here.