“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 may wish that her needs and desires did not exist and may try to act as if she does not need or want anything or anyone. When that attempt inevitably fails, she may wish that others… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share
“Yet because her needs and yearnings are real and pressing, she must find some way to express them: she puts into body… — 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… — 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 may wish that her needs and desires did not exist and may try to act as if she does not need or want anything or anyone. When that attempt inevitably fails, she may wish that others… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share
“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
