What is going on with Lena Dunham??????

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Anonymous wrote:There is a whole subculture of young women who seem to revel in their illnesses. They often call themselves spoonies and blog on Tumblr. There are a few pretty predictable diseases they have, mostly self-diagnosed, like fibromyalgia, mast cell syndrome, myalgic encephalitis, and Ehlers Danlos.

Count me skeptical.

Screw you. I have EDS and it’s real and diagnosable. It can be deadly.

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I find Lena Dunham SO irritating, but i respect that she puts herself out there with no shame.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean? She’s always been a hot mess. Very unlikable vibe.

Agree. Everything seems the same with her. I hate people who never miss an opportunity to remind us how they have some illness.

I’m no Lena Dunham fan, but your “illness” post is is pretty ignorant. I’m going to guess you do NOT have “some illness”.

DP but why is it ignorant to say that you dislike someone constantly posting about their illness for attention? Posting about something for attention vs. awareness are two very different things. Selma Blair is a good example of someone who handles this well.

What is the difference really? Besides the fact that Selma Blair is still conventionally beautiful.

This has nothing to do with looks. Selma Blair is not playing a victim all over instagram.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean? She’s always been a hot mess. Very unlikable vibe.

Agree. Everything seems the same with her. I hate people who never miss an opportunity to remind us how they have some illness.

I’m no Lena Dunham fan, but your “illness” post is is pretty ignorant. I’m going to guess you do NOT have “some illness”.

DP but why is it ignorant to say that you dislike someone constantly posting about their illness for attention? Posting about something for attention vs. awareness are two very different things. Selma Blair is a good example of someone who handles this well.

What is the difference really? Besides the fact that Selma Blair is still conventionally beautiful.

This has nothing to do with looks. Selma Blair is not playing a victim all over instagram.

No, but she is parading around in heels and a cane, which is pretty attention seeking.
Dunham has talked a lot about illness in the past but her current instagram is pretty positive and reflective.

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Anonymous wrote:Pics and links or this didn’t happen.

https://people.com/tv/lena-dunham-red-carpet-debut-with-boyfriend-luis-felber/

Watching that video, I thought if ever there were a sequel to the Tanya Harding movie, Dunham would make a great older Tanya. It's uncanny, actually.

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I think she seems more sane and mentally healthy than usual actually. Sometimes I think she’s completely insufferable and I almost never find her likable but I’m impressed with her refusal to be shamed out of the public eye

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I hope she's under doctors' care for both her physical and mental health. She always seemed a bit fragile emotionally, and I doubt all that she's gone through recently health-wise has helped. She may always represent the overindulged millennial, but I hope she's doing well.

Agree. Also being overweight with an autoimmune condition isn’t good. Being overweight isn’t helping her any.

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Anonymous wrote:What do you mean? She’s always been a hot mess. Very unlikable vibe.

Agree. Everything seems the same with her. I hate people who never miss an opportunity to remind us how they have some illness.

I’m no Lena Dunham fan, but your “illness” post is is pretty ignorant. I’m going to guess you do NOT have “some illness”.

DP but why is it ignorant to say that you dislike someone constantly posting about their illness for attention? Posting about something for attention vs. awareness are two very different things. Selma Blair is a good example of someone who handles this well.

NP. I know multiple people with MS who hate Selma Blair’s social media about her illness. They were going off about her recent bathing suit pic being inappropriate.

Blair and Dunham are both actors and therefore always want attention because that’s what they’re rewarded for. ???? Illness or not is irrelevant.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a whole subculture of young women who seem to revel in their illnesses. They often call themselves spoonies and blog on Tumblr. There are a few pretty predictable diseases they have, mostly self-diagnosed, like fibromyalgia, mast cell syndrome, myalgic encephalitis, and Ehlers Danlos.

Count me skeptical.

Wow this is both fascinating and disturbing. I had no idea! Why do they use “spoonies” - what does it mean? I’m afraid to google!

Spoonie comes from a blog someone with an "invisible" chronic disease wrote that compared her energy levels to a finite amount amount (measured in spoonfuls)of energy she has for a day. Everyday things would take up so many spoonfuls that varied by the day, some of which would be taken up by mid-day or so, so nothing would be left for the rest of the day. https://www.healthline.com/health/spoon-theory-chronic-illness-explained-like-never-before#1

To the person who didn't like what I said about being skeptical about the claim of Ehlers Danlos, I actually have a niece with this disease; she was diagnosed at age seven after hundred of stitches from her skin breaking open from the slightest injury and appropriate genetic tests. It is serious.

But most of the young women in this subculture claiming to have ED are self diagnosed. If they have anything at all it is some hypermobility, without a genetic basis and which suddenly became a problem as young adults with no previous history.

The same self-diagnosis applies to other illnesses. They are constantly seeking medical care and reviling the medical community for not recognizing how sick they are. Some of the illnesses they claim to have do have clear objective medical tests (which they refuse to take) but most are diagnosed on a clinical basis like chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and migraines, making them easier illnesses to take on with less criticism for not taking the objective tests. Interestingly, many are from the UK and are getting medical services under the NHS.

They take emergency room glam photos and post them on their Instatagrams; order feeding tubes from shady online sites and take pictures of themselves with them, with points for ending up in the hospital with infections; and decorating Christmas trees with their empty pill bottles. Wheelchairs and canes are popular photo props.

Many in this community do have a history of eating disorders. Some crowd fund to pay for their medical care. There is at least one site where other young women dissect and refute claims made by internet popular "Munchies" (for Munchhausen syndrome).

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https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/lena-dunham-luis-felber-wedding

She doesn't look well and who the heck is this guy?!

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https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/lena-dunham-luis-felber-wedding

She doesn't look well and who the heck is this guy?!

The baby of doll dress and the smeared makeup is so scary looking. Like she's doing 90s grunge but it's her wedding day and can't pull it off.

And did you catch in the slideshow Luis's best friend is someone named Emma who gave Lena a bedazzled "L"? Sounds like Luis and Emma have something going on the side

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Anonymous wrote:There is a whole subculture of young women who seem to revel in their illnesses. They often call themselves spoonies and blog on Tumblr. There are a few pretty predictable diseases they have, mostly self-diagnosed, like fibromyalgia, mast cell syndrome, myalgic encephalitis, and Ehlers Danlos.

Count me skeptical.

Wow this is both fascinating and disturbing. I had no idea! Why do they use “spoonies” - what does it mean? I’m afraid to google!

Spoonie comes from a blog someone with an "invisible" chronic disease wrote that compared her energy levels to a finite amount amount (measured in spoonfuls)of energy she has for a day. Everyday things would take up so many spoonfuls that varied by the day, some of which would be taken up by mid-day or so, so nothing would be left for the rest of the day. https://www.healthline.com/health/spoon-theory-chronic-illness-explained-like-never-before#1

To the person who didn't like what I said about being skeptical about the claim of Ehlers Danlos, I actually have a niece with this disease; she was diagnosed at age seven after hundred of stitches from her skin breaking open from the slightest injury and appropriate genetic tests. It is serious.

But most of the young women in this subculture claiming to have ED are self diagnosed. If they have anything at all it is some hypermobility, without a genetic basis and which suddenly became a problem as young adults with no previous history.

The same self-diagnosis applies to other illnesses. They are constantly seeking medical care and reviling the medical community for not recognizing how sick they are. Some of the illnesses they claim to have do have clear objective medical tests (which they refuse to take) but most are diagnosed on a clinical basis like chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and migraines, making them easier illnesses to take on with less criticism for not taking the objective tests. Interestingly, many are from the UK and are getting medical services under the NHS.

They take emergency room glam photos and post them on their Instatagrams; order feeding tubes from shady online sites and take pictures of themselves with them, with points for ending up in the hospital with infections; and decorating Christmas trees with their empty pill bottles. Wheelchairs and canes are popular photo props.

Many in this community do have a history of eating disorders. Some crowd fund to pay for their medical care. There is at least one site where other young women dissect and refute claims made by internet popular "Munchies" (for Munchhausen syndrome).

It’s very linked with the pro-Ana community.

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https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/lena-dunham-luis-felber-wedding

She doesn't look well and who the heck is this guy?!

The baby of doll dress and the smeared makeup is so scary looking. Like she's doing 90s grunge but it's her wedding day and can't pull it off.

And did you catch in the slideshow Luis's best friend is someone named Emma who gave Lena a bedazzled "L"? Sounds like Luis and Emma have something going on the side

I suspect it's Emma Chitty, a creative director on most of his projects. Everything about this is so weird.

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Am I the only one who was shocked that she married a man?

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https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/lena-dunham-luis-felber-wedding

She doesn't look well and who the heck is this guy?!

The baby of doll dress and the smeared makeup is so scary looking. Like she's doing 90s grunge but it's her wedding day and can't pull it off.

And did you catch in the slideshow Luis's best friend is someone named Emma who gave Lena a bedazzled "L"? Sounds like Luis and Emma have something going on the side

Reminds me of the drag queen Divine from the John Water's movies.