Comments on: Thin

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:13:39 +0000

I just left Renfrew and after reading these comments I am appauled. Wahh “I was treated terribly.”Suck it up! The staff doesn’t treat you terribly. They are there to help you. If you want to know what being treated terribly is-go to a lock down facility! Renfrew was an amazing place. The trauma track is one of a kind. In other places they like to push the trauma under the rug and act like it’s non-existant.

And to those that are trash talking Renfrew.. why did you waste your time? There are people out there that WANT to be there… people that die before they even get the chance(more like a gift) at treatment.

By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:31:19 +0000

Thinn ass bitches eat more.

By: Rosewood Ranch

Rosewood Ranch — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:09:10 +0000

It is a shame that they subject very sick patients to bad therapists that hide their inefficiencies behind a name like Renfrew.

By: Brie

Brie — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:31:03 +0000

I was a patient at Renfrew and treated terribly also. I had problems with self-injury and post traumatic stress disorder on top of my eating disorder and when I did self-injure there, they made me sleep on two chairs in the nursing station and eventually kicked me out. There wasn’t even talk as to why I had hurt myself. Nobody even cared if I was having a flash back or something of that sort. I absolutely detest that place. I would never go back. I was kicked out on a day that my therapist wasn’t even there, so she didn’t even have a say. The only nice staff there were Jen, Erin, the secretary and Miss Renee. I do agree though, that avoiding fear foods is staying in the disorder. The end. I have nothing more to say except that if you don’t like my opinion please don’t respond negatively, just state your opinion respectfully and I will be happy to hear it.

By: Shaun Antley (Ki)

Shaun Antley (Ki) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:10:17 +0000

I have the DVD. It only works a lttle bit because it Has scratches on it but I watch it over an over anyways. I`m obsesed with it. I just love polly. She`s the only one with spunk. It`s sad that her friends turned against her and that she was kicked for prescirption drugs and a tat. It really bites that she passed away with her feb 8 thingy. Rest in peace!.

By: whatever

whatever — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:36:37 +0000

oh and when i mentioned Polly earlier, I meant to say Shelly. Pollack “Polly” Ann Williams has passed away, may she rest in peace.

By: whatever

whatever — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:34:02 +0000

Okay, first: I have an eating disorder. I still struggle with it. There were times when I tried so f’ing hard to get admitted to a good clinic and it wasn’t possible because they are too damn expensive. It is something you suffer with everyday, a voice in your head that you wish would get the f*** out of there, and it runs your entire life. I hate it with a passion…And I initially I envied the girls in the film for being able to have the ability to get admitted somewhere nice like that….
I watched the film 3 times. I was amazed at how the place worked…And not in a good way. I was stunned. Especially at Jodi Krumholtz, the nutritionist. What a rude, horrible person. When Brittany is opening up to her, she throws the admission to purging back in her face so that the girl feels compelled to keep things to herself even MORE. Before that Brittany asks her “I’ve heard some things about how water can put more weight on you than food does” and the nutritionist asks where she heard that, and Brittany says it’s just been “flying around” and the nutritionist, in her condescending bitch manner says “Well should you listen to the other ED patients or should you listen to your nutritionist”. Everytime I watched that part I wanted to scream, THAT IS WHY BRITTANY IS ASKING YOU, YOU DUMB BITCH. GIVE HER ADVICE, GIVE HER FACTS, GIVE HER INFORMATION, DON’T BE A RUDE BITCH. The girl is obviously sensitive and constantly trembling and the nutritionist can’t pull her head out of her own ass to realize that she can be warm and supportive and kind and just give her the right information…She’s FIFTEEN YEARS OLD, you fool. I’m not even gonna begin talking about the horrible manner in which she treated Polly….
Anyways….If Jodi Krumholtz ever happens to read this, I think she should be ashamed of herself for being such a cruel, coldhearted bitch.
I think that in order to successfully help people get over EDs, there needs to be some involvement of people who have successfully gotten over EDs as an example and as somebody that can show some empathy and compassion – And also show them how they found their way out. None of the therapists in the film has had an ED and I know this, so how do they expect to help girls with EDs???!?!?!

Also, I looked up Jodi Krumholtz on facebook and her picture looks like she’s posing with Polly’s male therapist…If he’s banging her…Ewww….Not cool.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:34:27 +0000

I am someone with anorexia that I’m struggling with right now. As someone suffering from the disorder, but not having been in treatment (and I don’t want it, but it’s interesting to watch) as well as a degree in psychology, I can see both sides. The Renfrew staff aren’t mean or out of line when they do the things they do, nor do they treat the patients like inmates. They HAVE to be harsh if the patients are going to get over their disease.
They can’t be all hugs and kisses all the time.
Anorexia is all about lies and deciet, therefore the staff cannot and should not be too kind to the patients. Nor should they be too harsh. The gardenburger thing was a perfect example – the nutritionist made the right call, in my opinion. If she thought Shelly was being deceitful, she should have told her. She later apologized for the wrongful conviction as well.

This was a fabulous documentary and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I watch it at least once a week.

By: JAck

JAck — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:21:14 +0000

Yo, I agree with your review, the workers at renfrew are a bunch of fat fucking pig fuckers. Not only that but them skinny whiny bitches are so stupid and they need to learn how to properly commit suicide(up and down not side to side cutting of the wrists)

By: KL

KL — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:34:31 +0000

I cannot believe someone would ever say that the staff at Renfrew Florida was anything shy of supportive. As a former rebelling resident that had my fair share of run-ins with one or two staff members, when all was said and done I was the person in the wrong. I just didn’t want the support they were trying to give me. I wanted to stay sick and their job was to drag me out of it. If they would have fallen over and played along with my little games, I would at best still be extremely sick or dead. I had therapists there wait and talk with me for 30 minutes until my therapist was available. I at the time did not like the structure, but guess what- it works. I am now healthy and living a new life and have new dreams. They do an excellent job with trying to handle patients that are in a very lost state and will say hateful things to the very people that are trying to save them. I did not have an easy road through the level systems there, so it’s not like I got my way and can now give an inaccurate view of what it’s like at Renfrew. I’ve never cried more in my life, never felt more alone, and never wanted to quit more than I did while I was inpatient in Florida. What you put in is what you get out of that place. I made a decision while I was there to do what my treatment team suggested I do. The coping tools I learned there has saved my recovery out of the “Renfrew Bubble”. Oh, and that nurse who is mentioned in such a negative manner- I was so rude to her at first. For some odd reason I had to go to the hospital for stomach problems (not ED related) and she was the one who talked to me over the phone in the middle of the night when I was alone and scared in the hospital. Renfrew saved my life and I hate that someone would try and say they aren’t capable of doing the same for others.