“Yet because her needs and yearnings are real and pressing, she must find some way to express them: she puts into body what she cannot yet put into words. Her eating disorder serves as her voice, her attempt to express… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“A bulimic person's shame may lead her to try to hide not only her eating-disorder behaviors but also her basic needs and yearnings. She… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“In yet another paradox, bulimia nervosa serves as both an expression of feelings and a defense against experiencing feelings, particularly shame, anger, loneliness, sadness,… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“Yet because her needs and yearnings are real and pressing, she must find some way to express them: she puts into body what she… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“Her behaviors turn her psychic pain, which she fears is not legitimate, into physical pain, which is indisputably real".” — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“As she continually disregards and overrides her body's signals of hunger, fullness, and fatigue, a bulimic woman becomes increasingly disconnected from her subjective experience.… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“A bulimic person may be so disconnected from her experience that she does not even know what she needs or wants. If she does… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“Recovering is a process of coming to experience a sense of self. More precisely, it is a process of learning to sense one's self,… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
