![]() The starvation protects her from what she believes would be a worse agony. This is one of the reasons a person with anorexia can be so adamant about starving herself. This pursuit blocks her awareness of the unbearable agony that would be revealed to herself about her own self hatred. She sees only her externals and wants them very small. She doesn't know she has organs under her skin or a brain that requires nourishment. Her single minded purpose to achieve a gossamer state of lightness, and the wins along the way as she approaches her own bones, removes her awareness. ![]() To the anorexic, by her pursuit of smoke. ![]() Self hate can be thoroughly disguised, even ![]() It can take many forms yet always be beyond criticism because the shifting shape and barest presence is always lovely.īut it's not a human being, and it is not what a human being can be.Įllen says she was stunned by the degree of self hate Portia discloses in her book. My Perspective on Ellen Degeneres, Portia de Rossi, Unbearable Lightness and the lived experience of anorexia and bulimia.Īs a psychotherapist with many years of working with women with eating disorders, this photograph of smoke says it all. ![]()
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