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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Figueras, Carolina author 2020-04-02T10:36:05Z 2020-04-02T10:36:05Z 2014 2020-04-02T10:36:05Z According to recent research on eating disorders, heavy users of pro-anorexia (pro-ana) sites show higher levels of disordered eating and more severe impairment of quality of life than non-heavy users. A better understanding of how pro-ana members self-present in the virtual world could shed some light on these offline behaviors. Through discourse analysis, I examined the metaphors the members of a pro-ana group invoked in their personal profiles on a popular social networking site, to talk about the self. I applied the Metaphor Identification Procedure to 757 text profiles. I identified four key metaphorical constructions in pro-ana members' self-descriptions: self as space, self as weight, perfecting the self, and the social self. These four main metaphors represented discourse strategies, both to create a collective pro-ana identity and to enact an individual identity as pro-ana. In this article, I discuss the implications of these findings for the treatment of eating disorders. Anorèxia nerviosa Anàlisi del discurs Trastorns de la conducta alimentària Internet Anorexia nervosa Discourse analysis Eating disorders Internet "I Am a Waste of Breath, of Space, of Time": Metaphors of Self in a Pro-Anorexia Group