Bulemia
Beginning of paper
Christmas is a time of joy, but the Christmas of 1988 was one of
revelation for me. My best friend of 15 years unveiled her deepest,
darkest, most private secret; she was bulimic. I was unfamiliar with the
disorder at the time, but when she told me of her 7 year struggle with
anorexia and bulimi ....
Middle of paper
.... disorders that could affirm my
feelings.
As I tried to rationalize my friend's behavior, I decided that social
acceptability had to have played a large part in her illness. I also took into
account that her mother had passed away about 7 years before she broke
her news to me, and she had also given up her crown as Miss Iowa, so
depression could have been a factor as well. Another aspect of eating
disorders that I discovered is a lack of self-esteem, something I never
imagi ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
