Rachel B. (travnray) reviewed Why Are They Starving Themselves?: Understanding Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia on + 182 more book reviews
This book was fascinating- anorexia has a spectrum much like autism and I very much enjoyed learning more about this problem. The "classic" type of anorexia nervousa has the person losing weight because they think they're fat- and maintaining a very low weight is t good enough- they must be losing weight or they're upset. But there is another kind that uses food and self starvation as a way to manipulate and control others. I was fascinated and couldn't put it down.
