Hollyoaks

hey i hav been watchin it i find it hard tho i kno my sis has stoped watchin ti cus she finds it hard to see it she tries normaly to pretend everythigns ok

its a bit like the ......story line altho i fink tht was all to short lived they made it seem as if it can come n go soo quik atleast ........ hav made it seem a bit mor real

im glad ........ hav seeked proper advice about it all

will they mention b-eat in it - like hannah will get advised by sum1 to use the web page - would b good publicity n gd to show those who may not b soo aware about it who need help - ppl relate to tv characters dunt they

well anyway i duno wat tht little rant of mine was about but shal go now xx

You might not have the power to do this or whatever, but there is alot on the hollyoaks site about anorexia and binge eating and bulimia, but would they be able to please write something about EDNOS? Hardly anybody knows what it is or that it exists, and I think it can be just as serious as anything else. When its not mentioned I think that its not as important an eating disorder as the others. thanks

Hi There

I've been watching Hollyoaks recently.  It just shows how scary it is suffering from an eating disorder.  For about a year I was unsure to whether I was suffering from Anorexia but thanks to this website, information and Hollyoaks it's made things a bit more clearer for me.   

I think it would be a good idea to have some more programmes on telly about ed's and also in the papers so taht people realise how serious dieting etc is. 

“We are very encouraged by the bold decision of the makers of Hollyoaks to portray eating disorder issues in such a realistic and responsible way.

alteration to the script would be considered.”

IM SICK OF HOLLOAKS AT FIRST IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS WATCHING A RE RUN OF MY LIFE IT SCARES ME TO THINK I WAS LIKE THAT WEL IM STIL ILL .IT HAS BIN MADE OWT TO JUST COME TO YOU LIKE HAVING A COLD IM SUFFERING FROM AN ED AND HAVE BIN 4 3 YEARS IM REALI UPSET OVER THE WAY EDS ARE BEING MADE OWT TO BE HAT OF TO EMMA RIGBY WHO PLAYS HER BUT I CRINGE WATCHING IT BECAUSE NOW MY FAMILY SAY I ACT LIKE HANNAH AND CAMPARE ME
TO HER .I HAVE ALSO HEARD PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPTED ED THRU WATCHIN HOLLYOAKS IT IS MAKING YOUNG GIRLS THINK HAVIN AN ED IS PART OF LIFE IT AINT ITS A BATTLE WIV YOUR MAIND AND FOOD IM FITIN TO GET BETTER IT S HARD WISH MY LIFE COULD JUST BE SWITHCED OF LIKE A TV SOAP BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WIV IT 24 HOURS A DAY ,

BYE EVERY ONE IM SURE SOME PEOPLE DISAGREE BUT IM JUST FEELIN LOW ANS I NEEDED A RANT .GOD BLESS US ALL.

LOVE AMY X X XX  

We understand that it is difficult when there are progammes showing an experience that you may be going through.

Maybe it would be helpful for you to call a friend, go for a walk, or come on our website instead.

I have been watching it intently! my friend was over and she said that she didnt like Melissa and Hannah because of their eating disorder, I was really annoyed at this and Im now talking to her less and less. The main reason I rang the b-eat helpline was because of Hollyoaks. I can really identify with it and I'm also very happy that rather than glamourise anorexia, it shows the worst that can get.

Hollyoaks is scary, everything that has happened to me has happened to Hannah but Hannah got better, i know she is older then me (as well as not existing) and that makes it easier for her to recover (i think) but why can't i?

ive been watching holly oaks too!!  since hannahs story line-      im glad it was hsown, cos it made me look up their site, nd then i got to know about beat.   i spoketo my dr, she said to visit her in a fortnights time(this was over a month ago), but i chickened out, nd never made the appointment-  ive lost alot of weight- but put it all bk on when bk home for uni christmas hols-  parents have no idea(i dont think(although they keep asking me what i eat nd cook at uni)      i think i have an ed,  restrict myt food, lose loadsa weight, but then i binge say a week later, nd put it all on again.    i really dont know what to do-  im bk at uni now-....   i dont know what to do, i dont want to get as ill as hannah b4 i get help, yet i dont want to put on weight, so confused. . .  x 

Did hannah get better?

and is she out of hospital?

Fully recovered?

I refuse to watch it because of that storry line? It was to hard.

Hey BabyBoo.

Hannah is recovering and she is now out of Hospital, and looks a lot healthier as well as a lot happier.

I think it was done well, and showed just how hard it is.

People's reactions to it has hurt me, but at the same time, I think that the 'real' people, who are 'real' and 'kind' and not just think of themselves, may have more of an understanding now? xxx

Thankss for that just dident want to watch it coz of that x!

I think that they are showing all the bad efects of hollyoaks but i personally it influences me even more lke not excactly copy but get idewas from it.
dont know whether thast just me ...
x

Watchin Hollyoaks actually triggered my ED to start up again and I have been gettin worse ever since. Don't get me wrong, I love the program and watch it every day but they made it all seem too glamorous and easy xxx

Hollyoaks tries to shows the tries and difficulties of eating disorders? So, have they removed all the above-average pretty girls that dominate most of the show?

Sorry if I offended anyone. 

No i no how u feel! i stopped watchin it wen hana started with an ED n wot 2 months l8r she was beta wots dat about?? its like it was all dramatic den d nxt thing u no shes eating * agen! i mean im not sayin 4 it 2 last years like it actually does. Other than that it was reli gd 2 show their facing actual issues xxx

I thought it was really good, but she's just so happy now, and although she does have the odd blip, I just think 'if only'!!

I do think that they covered it really well though, at the time, and I think that she was brilliant at acting it out. x

Yeah she was such a gd actor d truble is i wasnt diagnosed den n everything dey did just inspired me n gave me ideas of wot i cud do. Im not Bulumic but d anorexic stuff definitley effected me x

I think it was really good. And like most have said, it was brilliant acting.

But I would have liked to see more of the recovery side of things. For me it seems to have happened over night. She's recovered just like that...

However, to say that it is just a soap after all.. I thought overall it was fantastic. 

i love hollyoaks and watch it everyday! When the storyline of Hannah and her freind Melissa came up about the eating dosorder ... i began 2 watch it more intentivally however i do think this could maybe of triggered peoples eating disorders 2 surface again or even make people think it would be some kind of game and that ot only lasta wee while ... as she onli had it 4 a matter of months and is now recoverd how ever as i suffer from an eating disorder 2 (not the same 1 ) i no this is highly unlikly.

Apart from that i thought it was reli reli good and tht it may also help people do face there so called friends ! I feel it could have been a true acount of it however it was a bit short lived but i guess they might of lost viewers as the story line could have became boring or distressin for some people.

does anyone no if tv people would ever show other eatng disorders like BED to raise more awarness of the 1's ppl are unsure about..... could use possiably talk 2 the hollyoaks production team 2 see if this is possiable? as i no other people would feel the same as me ... how ever i do no this may be inapropiate.

Take Care .. Danielle x x x x x x  

Yeh ur so rite! it wud b a gr8 idea but they mite not do it as they have already had 1 ED plot line quite recently but I definitley agree more teen dramas shud face d issue xxxx

yea and i also thing pple wouldnt want 2 i dont no how 2 put this put discriminate pple so they couldnt reli go that detailed in 2 the issue .. but thats just my opion !

Thanks Danielle x x x x x

Yeh ur rite n it is a gd idea xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx