I am presenting in class tomorrow, my topic does fit in with the rest of the readings but the focus on trauma and mental health in the other stories is so much more rounded out than mine. That is fine though. I still think what I am talking about will be justified. However I do not want to talk about my portions. Megan’s text about eating disorders had me thinking a lot more than I thought it would and I really enjoyed it. I kept thinking about the parts where the main character was talking or thinking to herself and how the things she was saying were so closely related to those people that justify drug abuse. They know that this is a bad thing and they still find some way of justifying it to themselves. I have seen how these things happen firsthand and it is crazy to watch these habits spiral out of control. The same thing that can be said about drug abuse can be seen in this excerpt about eating disorders.
The other part about the text I found especially notable is that the main character does not go through these habits for seemingly any real reason besides being a “winner”. I thought that a lot of people went through eating disorders for some sort of public image purpose. That does not seem to be the case here. I don’t know if there really is one anyway. That was something that stood out to me especially in the way that winners are usually found in public image and her definition of a winner is entirely internal.
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