| Description |
1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Contents |
FRONT COVER; Bulimics on Bulimia; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 1. Binging and Purging to Stay Alive; 2. There Goes Alice Down the Hole; 3. Living with Diabulimia; 4. Surrounded by People but Completely Alone; 5. Running Away but Going Nowhere; 6. A Love of Athletics; 7. Recovery or What Passes for Normal; 8. High-functioning Superwoman; 9. The Hardest partis Wanting to Recover; 10. Diagnostic Labels and Sexual Abuse; 11. College plus Eating Disorder Equals ... ; 12. Not Good Enough; 13. An Addictive Personality, Food and Alcohol; 14. Confession to My Roommate, A Day in My Life |
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15. Becoming Bankrupt and Losing Everything I Had16. I Want to Be Like You; 17. Sex, Lies and Hedonism; 18. The Lesbian Bulimic Mafia; 19. Diets Don't Work, Bulimia Does; FURTHER READING |
| Summary |
Thousands suffer from bulimia secretly and in silence. They are never diagnosed and their story goes untold. Bulimics on Bulimia is a collection of accounts by people who are living with the disorder, shedding new light on the day-to-day struggle of coping with bulimia. This book challenges the stereotypical image of the bulimic teenage girl, revealing that bulimia affects a far wider range of people, and dispelling the myth that bingeing involves only food and purging involves only vomiting. The powerful stories in this book provide new perspectives on the experience of bulimia, revealing the |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Bulimia.
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Bulimia
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Bulimia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846428456 |
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1846428459 |
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