I have to say I don't find the storyline very realistic at all. Last time round was horrific...Hannah was eating zilch....literally...nothing....I think it's just ridiculous since most of us at least eat a tiny amount of calories to keep us alive.
That said, I think Emma Rigby is a fabulous little actress.
Somewhere along I played it wrong fell into a world so far from home
i still feel the same, they are not portraying it very well. i was even more annoyed tonight. i mean, its not that easy to accept help, and its not that easy to get it. you cant really just walk into the hospital and ask for it and be admitted like that.
but at the same time, it did get to me tonight, and i did almost cry. just seeing her admit she needed being hospitilzing. cause i remember when i admitted i needed to be admitted, and it remninded me of that.
i agree that there should be a trigger warning at the beginning of the show.
If you had an emergency admission you can get in quick like that. I've had a volunatry hospitalization that only took a few hours to get admitted, and my involuntary ones were even quicker than that. Just thought I'd say.
Anyways, I don't think it really portrays anorexia well either. I mean everybody has a different journey with it and some people have multiple illnesses that cause it to be different, but it was just crazy how fast she recovered. But it is just a TV show, so obviously it's not real life.
I wanna stay inside all day
I want the world to go away
Hmm, well I only saw a little of it and didn't think it was too bad. She's relapsing, which can happen quickly rather than needing to be built up. I know it does for me, anyway. And she has been a bit of an emotional mess for quite a while what with the drinking and stuff. Also, the whole Anita thing could have triggered her back into it.
The girl playing Hannah is an awful, awful actress, it's actually laughable. I like Hannahs storyline though, like they've addressed the fact that relapsing is a possibility with EDs.
Ofcourse it's exaggerated and fast tracked, it's a soap, y'know?
I can't watch Hollyoaks at the moment because of the Hannah storyline. I find it particularly triggering, which is a big problem as i can't afford to fall back any further. Ofcourse, that is my problem and not the fault of a tv programme, but I kind of wish these storylines wouldn't be on tv. But on the other hand, there are many individuals out there struggling on their own and i the medium of broadcasting can alert others to this and maybe help them.
I like Emma Rigby as an actress though. I think she plays her roles well.
Agreed ^ I think its kind of good that they are showing relapses can happen in eating disorders and not everything becomes a happy ending...
its still a struggle sometimes...but then i dont think she has anorexia anyway although they say she has its clearly another eating disorder such as bulimia as she binges/purges and doesn't eat for days....so therefore that is my only concern with this as people may get the wrong understanding of what anorexia is and might think that all anorexics make themselves sick when they don't.
' With hindsight I was more than blind, lost without a clue
Thought I was getting carat gold and what I got was you
yeah i thought that but my friends consultant who is apparently this big name in ED says that its very common for overlaps and swapping and changing behaviours between the ED's.
It is quite common for people to swing different ways and to have different behaviours. There is no 'one' anorexia, or 'one' eating disorder with its specific behaviours.
im so jealous of everything she is and does. its sick but i want to be like her, i wish i was. this is far too triggering to be showing on tv, without any consideration to the people suffering with the illness that might be watching.
"Tonight i will dance on the graves of all my darkest days,
and erase all the worries of all the time i wasted, my scars may never go away but i'll learn not to mind them along the way"
I have to admit, I started to watch it again because it triggers me. I really think there should be a warning.
Does anyone think we should write in?
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Yes that would be a good idea i think..if it at least gives some sort of warning. I mean they say that thing at the end 'if you know someone or are suffering from eating disorder....' etc. and gives contact details but thats too late :S
I hope they listen.
^^And yeah i know there isn't 'one' specific type of eating disorder I'm just saying that its always portrayed as though she has Anorexia when actually it seems she has either Bulimia or another type of eating disorder...its like they seem to just think Anorexia is the only eating disorder that exists and it makes everyone who has the illness fall into a category of behaviours (such as binge-purging) which are not necessarily Anorexic and it makes me worry that everyone will start to think that I or others do that who are diagnosed with Anorexia
' With hindsight I was more than blind, lost without a clue
Thought I was getting carat gold and what I got was you
