"When you are actively in your eating disorder, you desperately want someone to understand, and a lot of time you find groups like the pro groups on Facebook that are supportive of you continuing your eating disorder."

—21-year-old American Andrea Schneider, addressing the boom in pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia groups — not to be confused with support groups for those seeking recovery from their condition — on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.

Pro Ana Nation, a pro-anorexia MySpace group boasting more than 1,000 members, includes in its group rules that there must be "no people trying to recover, it ruins our motivation."  Facebook, another social networking site, has a group called "Get thin or die trying."  Both social networking sites have prohibitions against posting harmful content.

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written by joshua giamalva, January 18, 2008

well my name is josh and im writeing a paper for college on pro ana websites.....the information on them is very heartbreaking dfor me .... its sad how a girl will tourtr her self just to be thin....for what so guys will like them more..dont guys already think of wemon as sex toys enough. welll i dont care if you thin or thick i like hem all..it shuld be about the mind and not the body...dont starve yourself just for me to like you..be who you are and plz dont die trin to be something your not....

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